Ellen Jane Driver
Personal and Family Information
Ellen was born on 1 Apr 1842 in Mississippi, the daughter of Luke S Driver and Mary Ann Gray.
She died on 27 Sep 1901 in Senatobia, Tate County, Mississippi.
Her husband was James Motheral Walker, who she married on 25 JUN 1872 in DeSoto County, Mississippi. Their three known children were Mary (1871-1918), William Gray (1868-1905) and Hugh Arthur (1876-1966).
Pedigree Chart (3 generations)
Events
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| Birth | 1 APR 1842 |
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| Death | 27 SEP 1901 |
| Place: | Senatobia, Tate County, Mississippi |
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| Census | 11 SEP 1850 |
| Place: | DeSoto County, Mississippi |
| Age: | 8 |
| Address: | dwelling 180 family 180
YC Stokes age 32 male, physician, $200 born VA
Margaret A “ 25 f born Ala
Lelia J age 5 f Miss
Mary 3 f Miss
MB 1m Miss
Elen Driver age 8 female born MIss
Wm B Gray, age 22 m Physican born Ala
LC “ age 5 m MIss
dwelling 181 family 181
William Gray 53 m farmer $5,000 Tenn
Thomas 19, Caroline 17 WT 14 Hw 10, James W 2 |
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| Census | 1860 |
| Place: | DeSoto County, Mississippi |
| Age: | 18 |
| Address: | dwelling 1292 family 1292 WC Rutland 32 m farmer $32,000 $65,417 born Miss
LA 27f, GW 9m, SA 6f, WJ 4m, AA 2m
dwelling 1298 family 1298
Mary A Stokes, age 35, female farmer $19,926 , $36,000 born Ala
Ellen J Driver age 18 female, $9,000 born Miss
LJ Stokes 15 f MIss
MC ditto 12 f MIss
MB ditto 12 m born MIss
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| Census | 23 AUG 1870 |
| Place: | DeSoto County, Mississippi |
| Age: | 28 |
| Address: | dwelling 41 family 37
Stokes, M.A. age 45 fw farming, $16,000 $3.300 born Alabama
Driver, E.J. age 28 fw keeping house born Mississippi
Stokes, LJ age 25, mary 22, MB 21
Walker JM age 35 mw farmer born Tenn
Rutland L. D. age 7 fw born Miss, no name age 2 mw, no name mw age 4/12
and 2 black female, 1 black male |
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Census-1870MIss, DeSoto, page5
Census-1870MIss, DeSoto, page6
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| Census | 16 JUN 1880 |
| Place: | Tate County, Mississippi |
| Age: | 38 |
| Address: | dwelling 204 family 209, Walker JM wm age 38 born Tenn, f NC m Tenn
with family
dwelling 205 family 210 Sulivan C wf age 40 widow, born Tenn f NC m Nc
Bouie JM age 21
Bouie Mary A age 19 |
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Census-1880, Miss,Senatobia
Census-1880MIss-Tate-extract from index
Census-1880 Miss Tate Senatobia
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| Census | 2 JUN 1900 |
| Place: | Hinds County, Mississippi |
| Age: | 57 |
| Address: | Beat 5, part of , sheet 3, line 3 State Insane Hospitial
Ellen J Walker age 57, wf, patient, born 1842, married, mother of 3, 0 living, born Miss, parents unknown, can read, write, speak english
June 5, ED 165 sheet 5A line 23
Walker, Mary, patient wf born 1871, age 28 single born Miss, f Tenn, m Miss |
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| Burial | SEP 1901 |
| Place: | Tate County, Mississippi |
| Address: | Bethesda Cemetery, Senatobia section 2, with husband, links to 3 children
findagrave 110986489
Wife of J. M. Walker |
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| Will | 21 SEP 1895 |
| Place: | Tate County, Mississippi |
| Address: | Senatobia, Tate County, Mississippi
will book 1, pages 203 to 205 |
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Will-Walker, James M. Page 203
Will-Walker, James M. Page 205
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| Other Event | APR 1845 |
| Place: | DeSoto County, Mississippi |
| Type: | Generic Event |
| Address: | William Gray applies for letter Guardianship for Ellen Jane Driver, minor heir of Luke S Driver deceased |
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Guardian-Driver, EllenJane
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Multimedia
Notes
Note 1
1870 Census Desoto County MIss-dwelling 41 family 39-
E J Driver age 28, is single with widowed mother Mary A. Stokes age 45 born Ala, (first marriage with Luke Driver, 2nd marriage Young C Stokes)
on the next page, apparently same house 41 same family 37
are other children of Mary A Stokes: LJ Stokes fw age 25, Mary Stokes fw age 22w, MB Stokes mw age 21
and her 3 grandchildren, children of daughter EJ Driver LD Rutland female age 7 f, and two male Rutland 2. amd 4 months, no names.
In this same house & family is J.M. Walker age 35 mw farmer, born Tennessee, future husband of Ellen J Driver/Rutland
Next in 1880 Census JM Walker and now wife Ellen have 3 children WG (ie, William Gray named for her guardian Uncle or GrandDad) age 12, but must be younger because not in 1870 census, M daughter age 7, and T? (Hugh Arthur) a son age 4
LD Rutland is listed as stepdaughter to JM Walker age 38 and Ell age 32; Implies EJ Driver had earlier marriage to Rutland.
Miss LB Rutland married C.W. Rutland 3 Feb 1887, Desoto County, Miss.
http://www.msgw.org/desoto/court/probate.html Probate Court Records, Desoto County
Recorded 05 Jan 1847: pg 354 Estate of Luke L DRIVER:
Assigned to Mary Ann STOKES - DICK, a negro man, DELCY, a negro girl;
Assigned to Ellen J. DRIVER DAUFSA?, - a negro man, LYDIA, a negro girl.
April 1845, DeSoto County, William Gray applies for letter Guardianship for Ellen Jane Driver, minor heir of Luke S Driver deceased. William might be either be her uncle William B born 1828 and living same house 1850 census or her grandfather William born 1797 living next house in 1850 census
1850 census, Desoto County has Elen Driver age 8 born Miss with YC Stokes 32 Physician born Va and Margaret A Stokes 25 f Ala and children Lelia J age 5, Mary age 3 and MB age 1.. same house Wm B Gray 22 male Physican born Ala and his son LC age 5 born Miss
Mary A Stokes (aka Margaret) 2 Aug 1825 Ala to 26 Nov 1895. buried State Line Cemetery, Texarkana, Miller county, Ark findagrave 138945309
note also in same cemetery Fannie G Flynt Stokes 1858-1891, findagrave 138945298
d/o Martin Flynt, Esther A. Havior/Favor - m. 18 Sep 1850, DeSoto, Mississippi
1st w/o M. B. Stokes, m. 2 Dec 1874, Desoto, Mississippi
~Sibling~ Walter Flynt (1857- ) Richard Flynt (1861- ) William B. Flynt (1867-1903)
