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Saturday, March 25, 2017

Ancestor Birthday - March 25th - Mary Walker 1801 - 1873


Mary Jane Walker's birthday on March 25th is just a week after her husband, William Logsdon England, whose birthday was March 18th (posted on March 19th). However her birth happened almost a year before his as she was born in 1801 and he was born in 1802. Mary, my 3rd great-grandmother, was born in South Carolina according to census records. I believe that her parents were probably John and Rachel Walker. I plan to write another post next week explaining why I believe that.

Mary and William were married in Gibson County Tennesee. The bond is dated 27 Feb 1827 and family information indicates the marriage took place 2 Mar 1827. The bond gives her name as Polly Walker, which is the very common nickname for Mary. After their first son John was born, they moved to Montgomery County Illinois in 1829. They lived there until about 1847 when they moved to Davis County, Iowa with their six children.

While living in Davis County, Mary saw five of her children married there:
  • Margaret married Commodore Perry O'Neal 23 Feb 1858
  • Rachel married Hezekiah Redenbaugh 7 Oct 1858
  • James married Angeline Sutten 17 Mar 1859
  • David married Eliza Hopkins 29 Mar 1860
  • John married Eliza Goodson 29 Apr 1865

This last marriage took place just before the family left to go to California. James and his family left the year before and Rachel and her family stayed in Iowa, so Mary, still unmarried: Margaret and family; David and family; and John and his new wife joined the wagon train and went with Mary and William to California.

Mary and William lived in California about six years until 1871 when they went north to Oregon. It was there in Lane County, Oregon about a month before her 72nd birthday that Mary Jane (Walker) England died on 27 Feb 1873. She was buried in the Cogswell-Gay Cemetery which was less than 5 miles from her daughter Margaret's home.


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