Rebecca Walker ¹

  Noted events in her life were:

• Alt. Birth, October 23, 1815, Knox County, Tennessee. ¹ Her gravestone indicates she died at age 38 years, 10 months, 25 days. This date is based upon that information.

• Census, 1820, Wayne County, Indiana. ³ 1 female under age 10 (Rebecca Walker, age 4/5)

• Census, 1830, Washington Township, Wayne County, Indiana. ⁴ Line 15: George Walker, 1 male aged 50/60 (George Walker age abt 59/60) On the right hand page for George, the total of people living in his house was listed as "4." Apparently they forgot to add 3 people on the left, who would have been: Julia Ann, his wife, and his two unmarried children, Francis and Rebecca.

• Census, 1840, Henry County, Iowa Territory. ⁵ 7th line: John F. Tryer, 1 male 20-30 (John Francis Tryer). 1 female 15-20 (Rebecca Walker Tryer, actually age 25). Total 2, 1 employed in agriculture

• Census, 1850, New London Township, Henry County, Iowa. ⁶ Rebecca Tryer, age 35, female, born in Tennessee

• Iowa State Census, 1852, New London, Henry County, Iowa. ⁷ Name: John F Tryer (ancestry.com mistakenly reads it as "Toyer"); Census Date: 1852; Residence County: Henry; Residence State: Iowa; Locality: New London; Line: 38; Roll: IA_119: John F. Tryer; 1 male (John); 3 females (Rebecca, Minerva, Ella); 1 available for militia (John); 1 allowed to vote (John); 4 persons total

• Iowa State Census, 1854, New London, Henry County, Iowa. ⁸ Name: John F. Tryer (ancestry.com mistakenly reads his surname "Frier"); Census Date: 1854; Residence County: Henry; Residence State: Iowa; Locality: New London; Line: 21; Roll: IA_121: John F. Trier (sic); 2 males (John F. and John Willis); 3 females (Rebecca, Minerva, Eve Ellen); 1 voter (John); 1 militia (John); 5 persons total

Rebecca married John Faucett Tryer, son of Daniel B. Tryer and Cynthia Faucett, on September 20, 1838 in Marion County, Indiana.^{1 2} (John Faucett Tryer was born on August 28, 1819 in Miamisburg, Montgomery County, Ohio,¹ died on September 2, 1899 in Medford, Jackson County, Oregon ¹ and was buried in the Independent Order of Odd Fellows Cemetery, Jackson County, Oregon ¹.)