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|
_PETER BAKER ________|
| (1808 - ....) |
| | __
| | |
| |__|__
|
_SMILEY ARMSTRONG BAKER SR._|
| (1858 - 1924) |
| | __
| | |
| | __|__
| | |
| |_WINNIE ARANT _______|
| (1822 - 1873) |
| | __
| | |
| |__|__
|
|
|--ELIZABETH BAKER
| (1878 - 1953)
| __
| |
| __|__
| |
| _____________________|
| | |
| | | __
| | | |
| | |__|__
| |
|_MRS. MARY J. BAKER ________|
(1858 - 1929) |
| __
| |
| __|__
| |
|_____________________|
|
| __
| |
|__|__
_JAMES BENNETT ______+
| (1760 - 1841) m 1797
_JOHN BENNETT _______|_MARY ANN CRYER _____
| (1800 - 1838) m 1824 (1762 - ....)
_WILLIAM CALVIN BENNETT _|
| (1819 - 1894) m 1850 |
| | _JOHN CRAWFORD ______+
| | | (1765 - 1821) m 1798
| |_CIVILITY CRAWFORD __|_PRISCILLA MULADY ___
| (1800 - 1855) m 1824 (1768 - ....)
_WILLIAM T. BENNETT _|
| (1853 - 1931) m 1875|
| | _ABRAHAN GEIGER _____
| | |
| | _ASA GEIGER _________|_MARY MARTIN ________
| | | (1799 - 1873) m 1820
| |_AMANDA "MANDY" GEIGER __|
| (1835 - 1895) m 1850 |
| | _____________________
| | |
| |_NANCY BENNETT ______|_____________________
| (1800 - 1845) m 1820
|
|--GROOVER CLEVELAND BENNETT
| (1893 - 1962)
| _____________________
| |
| _____________________|_____________________
| |
| _JOHN ALFRED GROOVER ____|
| | (1828 - 1908) m 1850 |
| | | _____________________
| | | |
| | |_____________________|_____________________
| |
|_LUCINDA GROOVER ____|
(1856 - 1950) m 1875|
| _____________________
| |
| _MALECHIAH HARPER ___|_____________________
| | (1800 - 1857) m 1829
|_LAVICIA "VICIE" HARPER _|
(1830 - 1908) m 1850 |
| _____________________
| |
|_MARY HARPER ________|_____________________
(1809 - 1897) m 1829
[8752]
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MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE
_TOBIAS BLACKWELDER _+
| (1828 - 1896) m 1850
_JOHN WILSON BLACKWELDER _|_DORA ANN CLIFTON ___
| (1862 - 1936) m 1885 (1831 - 1897)
_CASSIE DAVID BLACKWELDER _|
| (1896 - 1952) m 1920 |
| | _____________________
| | |
| |_MARY ETTA THOMAS ________|_____________________
| (1871 - 1936) m 1885
_MARKALEE BLACKWELDER ______|
| (1934 - 2019) |
| | _____________________
| | |
| | __________________________|_____________________
| | |
| |_LUCILLE EUNICE PETERSON __|
| (1904 - 1936) m 1920 |
| | _____________________
| | |
| |__________________________|_____________________
|
|
|--RAYE BLACKWELDER
| (1957 - ....)
| _____________________
| |
| __________________________|_____________________
| |
| ___________________________|
| | |
| | | _____________________
| | | |
| | |__________________________|_____________________
| |
|_MRS. NORMA S. BLACKWELDER _|
(1935 - ....) |
| _____________________
| |
| __________________________|_____________________
| |
|___________________________|
|
| _____________________
| |
|__________________________|_____________________
_JASPER BLAKE SR.____+
| (1568 - 1614) m 1591
_JASPER BLAKE II.____|_ANNE AMYAS _________
| (1592 - 1674) m 1613 (1570 - 1597)
_JASPER BLAKE 111.____|
| (1614 - 1674) m 1648 |
| | _RICHARD GODBOULD ___
| | | (1561 - 1613)
| |_FRANCES GODBOULD ___|_BRIDGET PRATT ______
| (1592 - 1678) m 1613 (1577 - 1670)
_TIMOTHY BLAKE ______|
| (1649 - 1718) m 1677|
| | _____________________
| | |
| | _RICHARD EVERARD ____|_____________________
| | | (1593 - 1682)
| |_DEBORAH EVERARD _____|
| (1628 - 1678) m 1648 |
| | _____________________
| | |
| |_SARA DALTON ________|_____________________
| (1589 - 1629)
|
|--DEBORAH BLAKE
| (1680 - ....)
| _____________________
| |
| _____________________|_____________________
| |
| _THOMAS SLEEPER ______|
| | (1616 - 1696) m 1654 |
| | | _____________________
| | | |
| | |_____________________|_____________________
| |
|_NAOMI SLEEPER ______|
(1655 - ....) m 1677|
| _____________________
| |
| _____________________|_____________________
| |
|_MRS. JOANNA SLEEPER _|
(1623 - 1703) m 1654 |
| _____________________
| |
|_____________________|_____________________
________________________
|
______________________|________________________
|
_BENJAMIN FRANKLIN BRATCHER _|
| (1883 - 1951) |
| | ________________________
| | |
| |______________________|________________________
|
_FRANKLIN EUGENE BRATCHER _|
| (1936 - ....) |
| | _JOSEPH WILLIAM DEEN ___
| | | (1871 - 1939) m 1891
| | _WILLIS WILLIAM DEEN _|_JULIA CORNELIA POWELL _
| | | (1893 - 1972) m 1910 (1876 - 1918)
| |_LULA ELOUISE DEEN __________|
| (1915 - 1998) |
| | _DANIEL WESLEY MILES ___+
| | | (1871 - 1945)
| |_ARCANIE MILES _______|_FLORIDA DEEN __________
| (1892 - 1974) m 1910 (1870 - 1932)
|
|--LINDA BRATCHER
|
| ________________________
| |
| ______________________|________________________
| |
| _____________________________|
| | |
| | | ________________________
| | | |
| | |______________________|________________________
| |
|_ELOUISE DELOACH __________|
|
| ________________________
| |
| ______________________|________________________
| |
|_____________________________|
|
| ________________________
| |
|______________________|________________________
_FRANCIS CHAUDOIN SR._
| (1720 - 1799) m 1753
_FRANCIS CHAUDOIN JR._|_SARAH WEAVER ________
| (1757 - 1845) m 1780 (1730 - 1798)
_BENJAMIN SAMUEL CHAUDOIN _|
| (1793 - 1869) m 1818 |
| | ______________________
| | |
| |_JUDITH HUTCHINGS ____|______________________
| (1761 - 1826) m 1780
_PLEASANT CHAUDOIN ____|
| (1831 - 1914) m 1853 |
| | ______________________
| | |
| | ______________________|______________________
| | |
| |_HENRIETTA GUPTON _________|
| (1793 - 1870) m 1818 |
| | ______________________
| | |
| |______________________|______________________
|
|
|--GEORGE ALBERT CHAUDOIN
| (1860 - 1924)
| ______________________
| |
| ______________________|______________________
| |
| ___________________________|
| | |
| | | ______________________
| | | |
| | |______________________|______________________
| |
|_MARTHA ELLEN SHIELDS _|
(1829 - 1917) m 1853 |
| ______________________
| |
| ______________________|______________________
| |
|___________________________|
|
| ______________________
| |
|______________________|______________________
_WILLIAM CLIFTON ____+
| (1750 - ....)
_JOHN CLIFTON _________|_MRS. CLIFTON _______
| (1784 - 1846) m 1805
_EZEKIAL CLIFTON ______|
| (1816 - 1891) m 1839 |
| | _____________________
| | |
| |_EUNICE STANSIL _______|_____________________
| (1784 - ....) m 1805
_HENRY EZEKIAL CLIFTON _|
| (1863 - 0941) m 1889 |
| | _DAVID EDENFIELD ____
| | |
| | _RICHARD EDENFIELD ____|_ELIZABETH APSTON ___
| | | (1796 - 1863) m 1822
| |_SARAH EDENFIELD ______|
| (1823 - 1891) m 1839 |
| | _EPHRAIM HERRINGTON _
| | |
| |_ELIZABETH HERRINGTON _|_____________________
| (1801 - 1852) m 1822
|
|--CLARA ELANOR CLIFTON
| (1892 - 1993)
| _WILLIAM CLIFTON ____+
| | (1750 - ....)
| _EZEKIAL CLIFTON ______|_MRS. CLIFTON _______
| | (1773 - 1852)
| _DANIEL C. CLIFTON SR._|
| | (1828 - 1903) |
| | | _____________________
| | | |
| | |_ELIZABETH ROBERTS ____|_____________________
| | (1773 - 1850)
|_RHODA CLIFTON _________|
(1872 - 1959) m 1889 |
| _____________________
| |
| _WILLIAM W. BARBER ____|_____________________
| | (1805 - 1844)
|_RHODA BARBER _________|
(1831 - 1901) |
| _____________________
| |
|_MRS. SUSAN BARBER ____|_____________________
[2078]
[S99]
1900 VOLUSIA COUNTY, FLA. CENSUS
__
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| | __
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| |__|__
|
_JOHN CLIFTON SR.____|
| (1822 - 1891) |
| | __
| | |
| | __|__
| | |
| |__|
| |
| | __
| | |
| |__|__
|
|
|--ROBERT SALATHIEL CLIFTON
| (1848 - 1918)
| __
| |
| __|__
| |
| __|
| | |
| | | __
| | | |
| | |__|__
| |
|_JULIA ANN LANE _____|
(1828 - 1924) |
| __
| |
| __|__
| |
|__|
|
| __
| |
|__|__
_JAMES DEEN __________+
| (1825 - 1863) m 1847
_JOHN HENRY DEEN _______|_HULDA GREY __________
| (1862 - 1895) m 1887 (1824 - 1863)
_DOWNIE D. (TOOK) DEEN _|
| (1891 - 1950) |
| | _ISAAC I. MOODY SR.___+
| | | (1847 - 1890) m 1870
| |_ADELINE (ADDIE) MOODY _|_MARTHA ELMIRA MILES _
| (1872 - 1935) m 1887 (1847 - 1920)
_HERBERT LAMAR DEEN __|
| (1915 - 1985) m 1934 |
| | ______________________
| | |
| | ________________________|______________________
| | |
| |_ADDIE (ADA) SMITH _____|
| (1893 - 1920) |
| | ______________________
| | |
| |________________________|______________________
|
|
|--JOHN HERBERT LAMAR DEEN
| (1935 - 1985)
| ______________________
| |
| ________________________|______________________
| |
| _S. D. KILGORE _________|
| | |
| | | ______________________
| | | |
| | |________________________|______________________
| |
|_VIOLET INEZ KILGORE _|
(1917 - 2010) m 1934 |
| ______________________
| |
| ________________________|______________________
| |
|________________________|
|
| ______________________
| |
|________________________|______________________
_ISRAEL DEWEY _______
| (1645 - 1678)
_DECON DAVID DEWEY __|_ABIGAIL DRAKE ______
| (1676 - 1712) m 1699
_DAVID DEWEY ________|
| (1700 - 1746) |
| | _____________________
| | |
| |_MRS. SARAH DEWEY ___|_____________________
| (1682 - 1756) m 1699
_ELI DEWEY __________|
| (1732 - 1803) m 1758|
| | _DAVID ASHLEY _______+
| | | (1642 - 1718) m 1663
| | _DECON DAVID ASHLEY _|_HANNAH GROVES ______
| | | (1666 - 1744) m 1686 (1646 - 1722)
| |_ABIGAIL ASHLEY _____|
| (1701 - 1748) |
| | _THOMAS DEWEY _______
| | | (1650 - 1690)
| |_MARY DEWEY _________|_CONSTANT HAWES _____
| (1668 - 1757) m 1686 (1644 - 1702)
|
|--AURELIA DEWEY
| (1773 - 1837)
| _____________________
| |
| _____________________|_____________________
| |
| _____________________|
| | |
| | | _____________________
| | | |
| | |_____________________|_____________________
| |
|_ABIGAIL GILLETT ____|
(.... - 1782) m 1758|
| _____________________
| |
| _____________________|_____________________
| |
|_____________________|
|
| _____________________
| |
|_____________________|_____________________
_JOHN DRIGGERS ________+
| (1774 - 1834)
_JONAS DRIGGERS _____________________|_NANCY JERNIGAN _______
| (1808 - 1860) m 1827 (1770 - ....)
_JORDAN MIDDLETON DRIGGERS ___|
| (1841 - 1914) m 1869 |
| | _JAMES MIDDLETON ______+
| | | (1740 - 1810)
| |_SARAH MIDDLETON ____________________|_MARY OWENS ___________
| (1806 - 1885) m 1827 (1770 - ....)
_DANIEL WEBSTER DRIGGERS SR._|
| (1893 - 1961) m 1915 |
| | _WILLIAM REDDING LONG _+
| | | (1786 - 1849) m 1808
| | _REDDING N. LONG ____________________|_ANNIS STATON _________
| | | (1813 - 1886) m 1836 (1793 - 1850)
| |_FANNY SUSANNA "GUSSIE" LONG _|
| (1853 - 1927) m 1869 |
| | _______________________
| | |
| |_FRANCIS "FANNY" SUSANNA OVERSTREET _|_______________________
| (1816 - 1902) m 1836
|
|--DANIEL WEBSTER DREGGORS JR.
| (1917 - 1959)
| _______________________
| |
| _____________________________________|_______________________
| |
| _JAMES STRATFORD WILEY _______|
| | (1859 - 1915) |
| | | _______________________
| | | |
| | |_____________________________________|_______________________
| |
|_ANNIE BELL WILEY ___________|
(1891 - 1924) m 1915 |
| _______________________
| |
| _____________________________________|_______________________
| |
|_ANNIE ROMANZA R. ENNIS ______|
(1860 - 1934) |
| _______________________
| |
|_____________________________________|_______________________
[1776]
[S67]
1920 LAKE CO. FLA. CENSUS
_JONAS DRIGGERS SR._____________+
| (1755 - 1821) m 1774
_JOHN DRIGGERS ______|_MRS. ELEANOR "ELLEN" DRIGGERS _
| (1774 - 1834) (1754 - ....)
_ISAAC DRIGGERS _____|
| (1803 - ....) m 1825|
| | ________________________________
| | |
| |_NANCY JERNIGAN _____|________________________________
| (1770 - ....)
_JAMES ATCHISON DRIGGERS _|
| (1827 - 1903) m 1859 |
| | ________________________________
| | |
| | _____________________|________________________________
| | |
| |_MRS SARAH DRIGGERS _|
| m 1825 |
| | ________________________________
| | |
| |_____________________|________________________________
|
|
|--DANIEL E. DRIGGERS
| (1873 - 1954)
| ________________________________
| |
| _____________________|________________________________
| |
| _____________________|
| | |
| | | ________________________________
| | | |
| | |_____________________|________________________________
| |
|_GEORGIA ANN MORRISON ____|
(0840 - ....) m 1859 |
| ________________________________
| |
| _____________________|________________________________
| |
|_____________________|
|
| ________________________________
| |
|_____________________|________________________________
__
|
__|__
|
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| |
| | __
| | |
| |__|__
|
_EPHRAIM DRIGGERS ___|
| (1798 - ....) m 1833|
| | __
| | |
| | __|__
| | |
| |__|
| |
| | __
| | |
| |__|__
|
|
|--JOHN DURWOOD DRIGGERS SR.
| (1835 - 1862)
| __
| |
| __|__
| |
| __|
| | |
| | | __
| | | |
| | |__|__
| |
|_RACHEL HOOVER ______|
(1804 - ....) m 1833|
| __
| |
| __|__
| |
|__|
|
| __
| |
|__|__
_____________________
|
_______________________________|_____________________
|
___________________________|
| |
| | _____________________
| | |
| |_______________________________|_____________________
|
_RICHARD EUGENE HENDRIX SR._|
| (1935 - 2017) m 1961 |
| | _____________________
| | |
| | _______________________________|_____________________
| | |
| |___________________________|
| |
| | _____________________
| | |
| |_______________________________|_____________________
|
|
|--RICHARD EUGENE HENDRIX JR.
|
| _WILLIAM WETHERELL __
| | (1845 - 1921)
| _CHARLES FREDERICK WETHERELL __|_MARGARET WHITFIELD _
| | (1871 - 1962) m 1893 (1847 - 1934)
| _THOMAS WILLIAM WETHERELL _|
| | (1897 - 1966) m 1925 |
| | | _____________________
| | | |
| | |_ALMA C. GUSTAFSDOTTER WYBERG _|_____________________
| | (1873 - 1929) m 1893
|_CHARLOTTE LENA WETHERELL __|
(1942 - 2018) m 1961 |
| _MR. HALL ___________
| |
| _EDMOND VESEY HALL ____________|_NORMA M. HALL ______
| | (1862 - ....) (1830 - ....)
|_EDNA A. HALL _____________|
(1905 - 1980) m 1925 |
| _____________________
| |
|_LENA S. OWEN _________________|_____________________
(1865 - 1934)
_EDWARD HIGGINS _____
| (1545 - 1631) m 1598
_RICHARD HIGGINS ____|_JULIAN MEALS _______
| (1603 - 1675) m 1634 (1582 - 1603)
_BENJAMIN HIGGINS ___|
| (1640 - 1691) m 1661|
| | _____________________
| | |
| |_LYDIA CHANDLER _____|_____________________
| (1613 - 1650) m 1634
_BENJAMIN HIGGINS ___|
| (1681 - 1760) m 1701|
| | _____________________
| | |
| | _____________________|_____________________
| | |
| |_LYDIA BANGS ________|
| (1642 - 1706) m 1661|
| | _____________________
| | |
| |_____________________|_____________________
|
|
|--THOMAS HIGGINS
| (1704 - 1789)
| _____________________
| |
| _____________________|_____________________
| |
| _____________________|
| | |
| | | _____________________
| | | |
| | |_____________________|_____________________
| |
|_SARAH FREEMAN ______|
(1684 - 1743) m 1701|
| _____________________
| |
| _____________________|_____________________
| |
|_____________________|
|
| _____________________
| |
|_____________________|_____________________
__
|
__|__
|
_HENRY LOY __________|
| (1827 - ....) |
| | __
| | |
| |__|__
|
_PLEASANT BLEDSOE LOY _|
| (1844 - 1900) m 1872 |
| | __
| | |
| | __|__
| | |
| |_LUCINDA CRAIG ______|
| (1828 - ....) |
| | __
| | |
| |__|__
|
|
|--HARVEY LEE LOY
| (1879 - ....)
| __
| |
| __|__
| |
| _____________________|
| | |
| | | __
| | | |
| | |__|__
| |
|_MARTHA EMILY WALKER __|
(1855 - ....) m 1872 |
| __
| |
| __|__
| |
|_____________________|
|
| __
| |
|__|__
[5090]
[S217]
1860 RICHLAND CO., SC CENSUS
_WILLIAM MORGAN _____+
| (1703 - ....) m 1728
_SOLOMON MORGAN SR.__|_FRANCES HENDRICKS __
| (1735 - 1803) m 1755 (1707 - ....)
_SOLOMON MORGAN JR.__|
| (1765 - 1819) m 1788|
| | _____________________
| | |
| |_JEMIMA WEBB ________|_____________________
| (1735 - 1801) m 1755
_ELIHU MORGAN SR.____|
| (1795 - 1869) m 1830|
| | _____________________
| | |
| | _____________________|_____________________
| | |
| |_ROXALINA STARLING __|
| (1769 - 1840) m 1788|
| | _____________________
| | |
| |_____________________|_____________________
|
|
|--ELIHU MORGAN JR.
| (1933 - 1886)
| _____________________
| |
| _____________________|_____________________
| |
| _MR. SMITH __________|
| | |
| | | _____________________
| | | |
| | |_____________________|_____________________
| |
|_DENCY SMITH ________|
(1808 - ....) m 1830|
| _____________________
| |
| _____________________|_____________________
| |
|_MARY SMITH _________|
(1795 - ....) |
| _____________________
| |
|_____________________|_____________________
_LEVANDER MORGAN _____________+
| (1830 - 1868) m 1854
_VAN BEAUREGARD MORGAN ____|_FLORIDA ANN WILLIAMS ________
| (1865 - 1922) m 1884 (1841 - 1886)
_ROBERT MANNING MORGAN SR._|
| (1898 - 1961) m 1918 |
| | _JORDAN MIDDLETON DRIGGERS ___+
| | | (1841 - 1914) m 1869
| |_EUGENIA SUSANNA DREGGORS _|_FANNY SUSANNA "GUSSIE" LONG _
| (1870 - 1958) m 1884 (1853 - 1927)
_ALFRED OWEN MORGAN _____|
| (1929 - 1985) m 1949 |
| | _SEN. AUSTIN SHUEY MANN SR.___+
| | | (1847 - 1914)
| | _ROY FREDERICK MANN _______|_RACHEL ELIZABETH KLINE ______
| | | (1874 - 1939) m 1898 (1852 - 1882)
| |_MAE ELIZABETH MANN _______|
| (1901 - 1970) m 1918 |
| | _MADISON "MATT" GODSEY _______+
| | | (1858 - 1934) m 1883
| |_JESSIE MARIE GODSEY ______|_SARAH LEONA "SALLIE" VICK ___
| (1883 - 1949) m 1898 (1861 - 1945)
|
|--VALORIE LYNNE MORGAN
| (1960 - ....)
| _SAMUEL BOLINGER _____________+
| | (1821 - 1885)
| _ABRAHAM SHERMAN BOLINGER _|_ISABELLA GILLILAND __________
| | (1866 - 1931) m 1898 (1830 - 1906)
| _MILLARD V. BOLINGER ______|
| | (1899 - 1977) |
| | | _CHRISTIAN GOTTLIEB ROUSER ___
| | | | (1843 - 1923)
| | |_DELLA MAE ROUSER _________|_MARTHA ANN DEITRICK _________
| | (1874 - 1952) m 1898 (1846 - 1909)
|_La NITA IRENE BOLINGER _|
(1933 - 2010) m 1949 |
| _LINNEAUS ELMER MILLER _______
| | (1855 - 1931)
| _IRVIN ELMER MILLER _______|_MRS. ALICE O. MILLER ________
| | (1882 - 1962) (1861 - 1936)
|_THELMA JULIA MILLER ______|
(1908 - 2000) |
| ______________________________
| |
|_DELIA FLORENCE STEVENS ___|______________________________
(1884 - 1951)
_LITTLEBERRY WALKER SR._+
| (1767 - 1853) m 1808
_LITTLEBERRY WALKER JR._|_ELIZABETH JOHNS _______
| (1802 - 1868) m 1822 (.... - 1835)
_JOHN WALKER ________|
| (1824 - 1865) m 1846|
| | _THOMAS NEWBERN ________
| | |
| |_NANCY NEWBERN _________|________________________
| (1793 - ....) m 1822
_DANIEL JACKSON WALKER _|
| (1847 - 1925) m 1866 |
| | ________________________
| | |
| | _JOSEPH UNDERHILL ______|________________________
| | | (1797 - 1880) m 1815
| |_MARY UNDERHILL _____|
| (1826 - 1886) m 1846|
| | ________________________
| | |
| |_NANCY HILLIARD ________|________________________
| (1797 - 1880) m 1815
|
|--ENOCH LAWTON WALKER SR.
| (1867 - 1908)
| ________________________
| |
| ________________________|________________________
| |
| _____________________|
| | |
| | | ________________________
| | | |
| | |________________________|________________________
| |
|_POLLY DAVIS ___________|
(1849 - 1928) m 1866 |
| ________________________
| |
| ________________________|________________________
| |
|_____________________|
|
| ________________________
| |
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Waycross Journal
Dec. 25, 1908
Page 7
COL. E. L. WALKER KILLED NEAR BLACKSHEAR ACCIDENTALLY
DEATH HAS CAST GLOOM OVER ENTIRE SECTION
SHOT GUN IN HANDS OF BEN DIXON FIRED ACCIDENTALLY, LOAD ENTERING COL. WALKER'S HEAD NEAR RIGHT EAR -- FUNERAL AT PATTERSON THIS AFTERNOON LARGELY ATTENDED.
By C. F. Andrews
Blackshear, Ga., Dec. 18 -- Col. E. Lawton Walker, solicitor general-elect of the Brunswick Circuit, was accidentally killed Thursday afternoon by Mr. Ben Dixon, a well know Pierce county farmer, about eight miles north of Blackshear. As a result of an accident that has removed one of Blackshear's best citizens and one of the most popular men of this entire section a deep gloom has settled over Blackshear. Mr. Dickson's [sic] heart rending anguish is pitiful, and he declares with the fervor of a life-long friend that he would rather his own life had been taken than that of Col. Walker. He is completely torn up by the sad accident, and can hardly talk about it.
In company with quite a party from Blackshear Col. Walker spent most of Thursday at a turkey shoot at Walkersville, about eight miles north of Blackshear. Col. Walker carried Mr. Ben Dixon and Mr. Lem Dickson to Walkersville in his own buggy, and was never in a more jovial mood. At the turkey shoot he was continually joking with those around him, and several times cautioned the men about keeping their guns elevated so as to avoid accident.
About three o'clock the party at Walkersville dispersed. Col. Walker, accompanied by Mr. Ben Dixon, Mr. Lem Dixon and his cousin, Willie Walker, came towards Blackshear hunting birds. They had flushed one covey of partridges and were after a second at the time of the accidental shooting. Mr. Ben Dixon was backing up Col. Walker, and Mr. Lem Dixon, Willie Walker. Col. Walker had his gun ready to fire at a partridge when the bird flew to his left. Mr. Ben Dixon was waiting for Col. Walker to shoot, and, seeing the bird going to Col. Walker's left, made ready to fire. In some inexplainable manner one load of his double barreled shot gun fired, the load entering Col. Walker's head above and below the right ear. This happened at 3:35 o'clock, and death relieved the stricken man about twenty minutes later.
Mr. Ben Dixon was standing about fifteen steps behind Col. Walker at the time of the accident.
Will Walker and the others rushed up to where Col. Walker fell, turning him over and trying to ease him as much as possible. Will was with Col. Walker until he expired, and states that beyond a moan or two when he first fell, Col. Walker made no sound.
The body was brought to Blackshear at seven o'clock, having been first carried to a house near the scene of the shooting.
Col. Walker is survived by a wife, who was Miss Minnie McGee before marriage, and three children, two sons and a daughter. Five sisters and four brothers survive him, Mrs. Peterson of Douglas, Mrs. J. M. R. Griffis, Mrs. Dr. O'Quinn, Miss Annie Walker all of Patterson, and Mrs. Donaldson of Jesup; Col. Randall J. Walker of Valdosta, Ormer, Reppard, and Lester Walker of Patterson. His parents Mr. and Mrs. D. J. Walker of Patterson also survive him.
He was forty-one years old and has served several terms as member of the Georgia Legislature from Pierce county, also as senator of the Third District. He was a member of the law firm of Estes & Walker. Col. A. B. Estes being his partner. He was born and reared in Pierce county, and would have succeeded Col. John W. Bennett as solicitor general of the Brunswick Circuit on January first. Until two weeks ago deceased was a member of the Waycross Lodge number 97, I.O.O.F. He had his membership transferred to the Blackshear [sic] and a member of the Knights of Pythias. These lodges attended his funeral at Patterson this afternoon. Rev. Thomas Minchew of Ware county conducted the funeral, the interment being at the family burial ground at Patterson.
A special train was operated from Waycross and Blackshear to Patterson this afternoon on account of the funeral of Col. Walker, and many of his friends attended from Waycross.
[Transcriber and contributor: Pamela D. Hudson]