Vashti Annie Walker ³

  Noted events in her life were:

• Alt. Birth, 1835. Almost all the census information indicates Vashti was born in 1835, not 1833.

• Census, 1840, Wayne County, Indiana. ⁵ 2 females aged 5-10 (Vashti Walker, age 6/7, and Louisa Plummer?, age 7/8)

• Census, 1850, Milton, Wayne County, Indiana. ⁶ Vashti Walker, female, age 15, in school during year.

• Census, 1860, Pleasant Grove Township, Des Moines County, Iowa. ⁷ Line # 4; Dwelling # (same as her father, Francis Walker - 1133); Family #1073: Vashti Brewer, age 25, female, born in Indiana, attended school during the previous year

• Census, 1870, Baltimore Township, Henry County, Iowa. ⁸ (Residence next to her father, F. S. Walker, and family)

Charles F. Walker, age 4, male, white, born in Indiana

Line #35, Dwelling #212; Family #209(?); Vashti Brewer, age 34, female, white, occupation house keeper, born in Indiana

Mary Catharine Brewer, age 13, female, white, at home, born in Iowa, attended school during the previous year

• Census, 1880, New London Township, Henry County, Iowa. ⁹ (Living in the home of the widower John Edger:) Vashti Brewer, white, female, age 45, occupation housekeeper

Vashti is ALSO listed in the 1880 census in Baltimore Township with Francis S. Walker:

Vashti Brewer, white, female, age 45, daughter, married and widowed, born in Indiana, father born in Tennessee, mother born in Virginia

• Autograph Book Entry, about 1883. ¹⁰ (Entries to Sam Walker's autograph book:)

"Sammy dear nephew
Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise. Touch not taste not. Your aunt Vashti H. Edger 9-18-1883."

• Iowa State Census, 1885, Baltimore Township, Henry County, Iowa. ¹¹ Vesthe (Vashti) Edger, age 50, female, married, born in Indiana, both parents native born

• Iowa State Census, 1895, New London, Henry County, Iowa. ¹² Vashti Edgar, 60, female, married, born in Indiana, keeping house, no religion.

• Census, 1900, New London Township, Henry County, Iowa. ¹³ Vashti A. Edgar, wife, white, female, born January 1835, age 65 (sic), married, married for 19 years, 2 children born, 1 of these children living, born in Indiana, father born in Tennessee, mother born in Virginia, could read, could write, could speak English

• Census, 1910, New London Township, Henry County, Iowa. ¹⁴ Line # 73, Dwelling # 83, Family # 84: Vashti A. Edger, head of household, female, white, age 78, widowed, born in Indiana, father born in Tennessee, mother born in Virginia, could speak English, occupation own income, could read, could write, owned home , home free of mortgage , home was a farm

Albert Hartman, grandson, male, white, age 28?, married, born in Iowa, father born in Germany (spoke German), mother born in Pennsylvania, could speak English, occupation farmer, general farming own account, could read, could write

Lorena A. Hartman, granddaughter, female, white, age 23, married, married for 2 years, 0 children born, 0 of these children living, born in Iowa, father born in Iowa, mother born in Iowa, could speak English, occupation none, could read, could write

• Census, 1920, New London Township, Henry County, Iowa. ¹⁵ Albert Hartman, rented farm, head of household, male, white, age 37, married, could read and write, born in Iowa, father born in Switzerland, spoke German, mother born in Pennsylvania

Lurena Hartman, wife, female, white, age 33, married, could read and write, born in Iowa, father born in Iowa, mother born in Iowa

Mrs. Vashti Edgar, grandmother (of Lurena), female, white, age 84, widowed, could read and write, born in Indiana, father born in Tennessee, mother in Virginia

• Residence, March 1922, near New London, Henry County, Iowa. ¹⁶

• Religion: the Church of Christ: New London, Henry County, Iowa. ¹⁷

Vashti married Jehiel Brewer, son of (Father - 23154) Brewer, on November 11, 1855 in Wabash County, Indiana.¹ (Jehiel Brewer was born in 1831 in Indiana ³ and died before 1860 in Iowa.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Indiana Marriages, 1800-1941. ¹ Wabash County, Indiana; Marriage Records 1854 - 1861; Compiled by Wabash County Historical Museum

County Wabash; Name Jehiel Brewer; Spouse Vashti Walker; Marriage Date 11 November 1855; Name/b> Isaac Richardson; Book A; Original Source Page 411

Vashti next married John Edger, son of William Edger and Mary Wilson, in March 1881.² (John Edger was born on April 22, 1811 in Carlisle, Cumberland, England ^{2 18}, christened on June 15, 1811 at Saint Cuthbert, Carlisle, Cumberland, England,¹⁹ died on October 21, 1905 in Henry County, Iowa ¹⁹ and was buried in the Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Center Township, Henry County, Iowa ¹⁹.)