Samuel Nathaniel Walker and His Sons:

This snapshot does not appear to have been taken by the same person who took a series of photographs which I believe might have been from a 1939 birthday party/family reunion on the occasion of Sam N. Walker's 70th birthday; nevertheless it still appears it may be from the same reunion and could have been taken by someone with a second camera (this is based on the kind of developing paper used, etc.).

In 1929 Sam's sons posed for a group photo, and once again they are seen together, along with their father, in this picture. If indeed it is a photo from 1939, it was taken four months after the death of these sons' sister, Ruth. Their brother Ross had died three years earlier.

Assuming these dates to be approximately correct, according to Ruth Walker's obituary, at the time she died her siblings George, Leota, Myrtle, and Clifford were all living in New London, Iowa. Sam Clinton Walker lived in Marion. Sister Maude [Walker] Fortner lived in Winterset. Paul and Bill Walker lived in Morning Sun. (Paul is not in this picture, and whether or not he was living on the family farm is not known; Bill, judging by his age at the time, probably was living at home.) Additionally Sam and Reil's children, Viola, John, Marjorie and Robert were young and still living at home.

Robert and Helen Collingwood on the Accordions

The Walkers - 1920-1939
The Walker Tour
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