Katharine Anne Walker

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Personal and Family Information

Katharine was born on 8 Mar 1839 in Wilkerson County, Tennessee, the daughter of Joel Walker and Mary Motheral.

She died on 18 Oct 1916 in Amarillo, Potter County, Texas.

Her husband was William Joseph Bynum, who she married on 21 SEP 1859 in Horn Lake, Desoto County, Mississippi. Their seven known children were William Joseph (1862-1882), Marie Motheral (1864-1934), Wade Walker (1866-1925), Benjamin Chapman Dupree (1869-1954), Katherine (c1875-c1875), Sallie Lagrand (1876-1973) and Thomas (1880-1892).

Pedigree Chart (3 generations)


 

Katharine Anne Walker
(1839-1916)

 

Joel Walker
(1789-1844)

 

Allen Walker
(1758-1816)

   
 
 
     
 
 
   

Esther McCrory
(1768-1845)

 

Thomas Ira McCrory
(1735-1788)

 
   

Hannah Crawford
(1735-1788)

 
   

Mary Motheral
(1798-1862)

 

John Motheral
(1755-1824)

   
 
 
     
 
 
   

Jane Currie
(1759-1833)

   
 
 
     
 
 

Events

EventDateDetailsSourceMultimediaNotes
Birth8 MAR 1839
Place: Wilkerson County, Tennessee
Death18 OCT 1916
Place: Amarillo, Potter County, Texas
Age: 77
DeathCert - Bynum Katherine Walker
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Census30 OCT 1850
Place: DeSoto County, Mississippi
Address: dwelling 657 family 657 Mary Walker 52, J 19, M 18, J 16, all born Tenn Jos 14, C.A 11, J 9 all born Tenn
Census9 JUN 1880
Place: DeSoto County, Mississippi
Age: 42
Address: Horn Lake Box, line 41 Bynum, WJ, wm age 53, married, farmer, born Va, f&m Va __ KA wf age 42 wife married, keeping house born Tenn, f NC, m Tenn __ MM wf age 16 daughter single, born Miss, f Va m Tenn __W J jr wm age 18, son single farming born MIss “” “” __ WW wm age 13 son, singlle farming born MIss ‘’ ‘’ __ B C D, wm age 10 , son single farming born MIss “ “ __ Sallie wf age 4 ,daughter , born MIss “ “
Census18 JUN 1900
Place: DeSoto County, Mississippi
Address: dwelling 228 family 231 Bynum, William J , head wm , born Aug 1826, age 73, married 41 yrs born Virginia, f&mVirginia, farmer Bynum, Kathierine, wife, wf born Mar 1839, age 61 married 41 yrs, mother of 7, 4 living, born Tenn, f North Caroline, m Tenn __ Sallie L, daughter wf born May 1876 age 24 single, born Mississippi, f Virginia, m Tennessee
Census28 APR 1910
Place: Potter County, Texas
Age: 71
Address: Amarillo City 1010 Taylor street, dwelling 308 family 362 Smith, James Lowry, head mw age 50, married 24 yrs born Texas, f Miss, m N Carolina, President of Bank __ Marie B, wife fw age 45, married 24 yrs, mother 0, born Miss, f Virginia, f Tenn __ Bynum, Katharine, mother in law, fw age 71, widow, mother of 7, 4 living, born Tenn, f North Carolina, M Tenn Cobb, Earl, brother in law, mw age 34 married 0, born Ark, f Virginia, m Kentucky __ Sarah A, sister in law, fw age 30 , m 0, mother 0, born MIss, f Virginia, m Tenn
BurialOCT 1916
Place: DeSoto County, Mississippi
Address: Horn Lake , New Bethlehem Church Cemetery findagrave 28827030 Inscription: daughter of Dr. Joel and Mary Motheral Walker. Wife of William Joseph Bynum

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Notes

Note 1

Familysearch.org information: Spouse: William Joseph BYNUM Birth: 3 Aug 1826 Greenville, Co. Va.

Death: 10 Dec 1907 Amarillo, Tex. Burial: Horn Lake, Desoto Co. Ms.

Katharine Anne Walker Marriage: Sep 21 1859 Horn Lake, Desoto Co., Miss

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Father: Joel Walker

Birth: May 6 1789 Rockingham NC

Death: Aug 29 1844 Williamson TN

Burial: Motheral Family, Franklin/Williason TN

Mother Mary Motherall Walker

Marriage: Apr 30 1830 Davidson TN/Apr 17 1830 Williamson TN

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Paternal Grandfather: Allen Walker

Birth: 14 Feb 1758 Rockingham Co., NC

Death: 1817 Centerville, TN

Paternal Grandmother: Esther McCrory

Birth: 1767 county Antrim, Ireland

Death: 1845

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Paternal GGrandfather: James Walker

Paternal GGrandmother: Sarah Allen

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Maternal Grandfather: Capt Thomas McCrory

Birth: 1735 County Antrim, Ireland

Death: 2 Nov 1777 Bluff City, Sullivan County TN.

Burial: Weaver Cemetery, Bluff City, Sullivan Co

Maternal Grandmother: Hannah Crawford

Birth: 1732 County Antrim Ireland

Marriage: 1756

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Maternal GGrandfather: Hugh McCrory

Maternal GGrandmother: Elizabeth UnknownKatherine Bymun 61 Mar 1839 Wife

Sallie L Bymun 24 May 1876 Daughter

Katharine Anne Walker Bynum findagrave 28827030

Note 2

Non paternity event. FamilyTreeDNA Kit 926600 Y-DNA-111 in Jan 2020 in Haplogroup I-M253 and has two matches at Genetic Distance 2, two at Gen Dist 3, three at Gen Dist 4, and another twenty one matches from Genetic Distance 5 to 10, most with Walker name, all in group 2 of the Walker Project.

I1-Z138 S2293+ Z2541+ S19185+ S23519+ S20030+ BY1482+ BY1330+ BY34667+ A7116+ A7115+ Branches

Ancestry DNA shows many matches with Allan Walker and Esther McCory family, strongest in Joel Walker and Mary Motheral descendents.