William Frances WALKER

1832 - 1889  (57 years)

• Name	William Frances WALKER  [1]
  Birth	8 Jan 1832	Shelby County, AL   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	4 Mar 1889	Walker County, AL   [1]
  Burial	4 Mar 1889	Friendship Graveyard, Walker County, AL   [1]
  Person ID	I8303	Wood-Lester
  Last Modified	17 May 2024

  
  

  Father	Samuel WALKER,   b. 1790, County Durham, England d. Alabama
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Nancy Taylor BRACKETT,   b. 2 Oct 1796, Georgia d. 16 Aug 1870, near Dora, AL (Age 73 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	Abt 1824	Georgia   [1]
  Family ID	F3181	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Widow Emaline SHORT,   b. 1837
  Marriage	Abt 1856	Alabama   [1]
  Children	1. James R. WALKER  [Father: natural]   2. William Frances WALKER  [Father: natural] + 3. Samuel G. WALKER,   b. Abt 1822, Alabama  [Father: natural]
  Family ID	F3159	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	17 May 2024

  
  

  Family 2	Eliza (Elizabeth) J. MORGAN,   b. 28 Jan 1832, Blount County, AL d. 24 Oct 1886, Dora, Walker County, AL (Age 54 years)
  Marriage	25 Dec 1865	Blount County, AL   [1]
  Children	1. Jacob D. WALKER,   b. Abt 1867  [Father: natural]   2. Isaac WALKER,   b. Abt 1869  [Father: natural]   3. Abraham WALKER,   b. 25 Jan 1871   d. 25 Jan 1871, Walker County, AL (Age 0 years)  [Father: natural]
  Family ID	F3162	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	17 May 2024

  
  

  Family 3	Eliza Jane MORGAN,   b. 28 Jan 1833, Blount Springs, Blount County, AL d. 24 Oct 1886, Dora, Walker County, AL (Age 53 years)
  Children	1. Jacob D. WALKER  [Father: natural]   2. Abraham WALKER  [Father: natural]   3. Isaac WALKER  [Father: natural]
  Family ID	F3160	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	17 May 2024

  
  

• Notes

  Brother to Amos B. WALKER On August 15, 1861 he enlisted as a Pvt Co. K 16th Inf. near Sulligent, Alabama. He went AWOL and enlisted in Co. B of the 14th Battalion of the Alabama Partisan Calvary (USA). He was connected with the Memphis and Charleston Railroads. He later was invovled in traffic control on the Mississippi River. Source: Homer B. Coleman (Research):Information found from the book of "History of Walker County Its Towns and Its People" William was connected with the operating department of the Memphis and Charleston Railroad before the Civil War, and also with Mississippi River traffic. After coming to Walker County, AL he, at one time, together with his brother, Amos, was engaged in mining and boating coal from near Cordova to Mobile. On August 15, 1861, he enlisted at Moscow (now Vernon; Moscow is located immediately west of Sulligent, Lamar County, Alabama, Ed.) as a private in Company K, Sixteenth Alabama Infantry. On Sept. 16, 1862, he enlisted at Jasper as a corporal in Company B, Thirteenth Battalion, Partisan Rangers, which was later consolidated with the Fifteenth Battalion to form the Fifty-sixth Regiment Partisan Rangers, and served until the close of the war. He died on March 4, 1889, and is buried at Friendship. He was married, first, to a widow, a Mrs. Short, and, second, to the widow of his brother, Amos, Mrs. Eliza J. Morgan, Walker.

  
  

• Sources

  [S163] Joyce Wood's research.