Major Nathaniel Fox (1763-1825)

Mary Carver King (about 1767-1806)

Nathaniel Fox (1805-1887)

Kitturah McFarland (1812-1877)

Ruth Ellen Fox (1851-1889)

 

Family Links Spouses/Children: Charles Pearsey Walker Samuel Nathaniel "Sam" Walker+ Everna Ida "Vernie" Walker+ Albert E. Walker Thomas "Tom" Walker Charles Leander "Lee" Walker+ Flossie Zella Walker+ James G. "Jim" Walker John H. Walker Ruth Ellen Fox 1 Born: April 16, 1851, Henry County, Iowa 3 Marriage: Charles Pearsey Walker on July 4, 1868 in Mount Pleasant, Henry County, Iowa 1 2 Died: December 29, 1889, Morning Sun, Louisa County, Iowa at age 38 3 4 Buried: Ferrel Cemetery, New London Township, Henry County, Iowa 3    Cause of her death was tuberculosis.5   Medical Notes: The family moved to Texas in the 1880s hoping it would help Ruth Ellen's tuberculosis, but it didn't. They returned to Iowa after about one year.   Noted events in her life were: • Census, 1860, New London Township, Henry County, Iowa. 6 Ruth Fox, age 9, female, born in Iowa • Census, 1870, New London Township, Henry County, Iowa. 7 Ruth E. Walker, age 19, female, white, born in Iowa • Census, 1880, New London Township, Henry County, Iowa. 8 Ruth Ellen Walker, white, female, age 28, wife, married, occupation keeping house, born in Iowa, father born in Virginia, mother born in Ohio • Residence, between 1884 and 1889, Louisa County, Iowa. 5 • Iowa State Census, 1885, Morning Sun Township, Louisa County, Iowa. 9 Ruth E. Walker, age 33, female, married, keeping house, born in Henry County, Iowa • Religion. 10 Ruth Ellen was affiliated with the Christian Church. Ruth married Charles Pearsey Walker, son of Francis Samuel "Sam" Walker and Catherine B. Pearsey, on July 4, 1868 in Mount Pleasant, Henry County, Iowa.1 2 (Charles Pearsey Walker was born on April 13, 1843 in Milton, Wayne County, Indiana,1 3 died on March 8, 1922 near Morning Sun, Louisa County, Iowa 3 11 and was buried on March 9, 1922 in the Ferrel Cemetery, New London Township, Henry County, Iowa 3 11.)   Noted events in their marriage were: • Residence, about 1868-1869, Nebraska. 5 Possibly they moved there because other members of Ruth Ellen's sister's family, that of Elizabeth (Fox) Sampson, had moved there. • Residence, between 1869 and 1883, Henry County, Iowa. 1 Charles and family lived in a "log cabin" north of New London, between New London and Mt. Union. • Residence, between 1883 and 1884, Tehuacana, Limestone County, Texas. 1 5 Daughter Flossie Walker was born during the stay in Texas. • Gravestone Inscription. 3 Charles Pearsey and Ruth Ellen (Fox) Walker's gravestone is located in Ferrel Cemetery near New London, Henry County, Iowa. The inscription is: "Charles P. Walker, April 13, 1843 - March 8, 1922; Ruth E. His Wife, April 16, 1861 - Dec. 29, 1889."

1 Arthur Springer, Louisa County History - Louisa County, Iowa (published in 1912 by S. J. Clark Publishing Company, Chicago, Illinois), pages 549-550. Biographies condensed from the book, many provided online at URL: http://www.rootsweb.com/%7Eialcgs/lbios.htm; Additionally this book is on microfilm at the Sutro Library, San Francisco, California.

2 The 1925 Iowa state census. Morning Sun Township, Louisa County, Iowa.

3 A photograph of Charles Pearsey and Ruth Ellen (Fox) Walker's gravestone, located in Ferrel Cemetery near New London, Henry County, Iowa. The inscription on Charles and Ruth Walker's gravestone is: "Charles P. Walker, April 13, 1843 - March 8, 1922; Ruth E. His Wife, April 16, 1861 - Dec. 29, 1889.". Courtesy of Marjorie (Walker) Kimble.

4 A list of deaths in the Walker family. List created by Flossie (Walker) Russell; provided courtesy of Marjorie (Walker) Kimble.

5 Email, snail mail, scanned photographs, telephone interviews and conversations, etc., with Marjorie Naomi (Walker) Kimble, a descendant of Charles and Eleanor Walker of Ireland/Pennsylvania.

6 The 1860 United States federal census. 1860 US Census; New London Township, Henry County, Iowa; Post Office New London; Page # 273; Enumerated July 23, 1860. The eighth enumeration of the U.S. government

7 The 1870 United States federal census. 1870 US Census; New London Township; Post office Mt. Pleasant; Henry County, Iowa; Page 8; Enumerated July 16, 1870. The ninth enumeration of the U.S. government

8 The 1880 United States federal census. New London Township, Henry County, Iowa; Enumeration District #97; Supervisor's District # (blank); Page 5; Sheet 353 June 3/4, 1880. The tenth enumeration of the U.S. government

9 The 1885 Iowa state census. Morning Sun Township; Sutro Library, San Francisco, Census Microfilm.

10 Charles Pearsey Walker's obituary (originally published in a Southeast Iowa newspaper, March 16, 1922, probably The Morning Sun News-Herald, Morning Sun, Louisa County, Iowa). Courtesy of Marjorie (Walker) Kimble. (The date on the scan of the obituary is: "16, 1922"; ergo it is assumed it was from a paper on March 16, 1922.)

11 Patrick Robert Pearsey, A History of the Pearsey Family (2002).