The Charles Pearsey Walker Family

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This photograph is the only known photo of Ruth Ellen [Fox] Walker and Charles Francis Walker. It was taken most likely in 1882; no later than 1883. Charles Leander ("Lee") Walker, sitting on Charles Pearsey Walker's lap, was born May, 1881. Flossie Walker, the next child born to Charles and Ruth, was born in April, 1884, while the family was living in Texas for a year, and Charles F. Walker remained with Francis S. Walker on the family farm when Charles and Ruth and their family were in Texas.

Despite what the writing on this photo says about Charles F. being an orphan, his father, Leander Walker, Charles Pearsey Walker's brother, was alive and living in Indiana when this photograph was taken. Leander's first wife, Olive (?), died when Charles F. was an infant; Leander sent his son to Iowa to be raised by the family. Leander remarried later and had three more sons. Whether or not Charles F. Walker was raised believing both his parents were dead is unknown.

Leander Walker's House, Indiana

The Walkers - Pictures in the 1800s
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