Charles WALKER
SOURCES: 1. 1900 Census, Knox County, TN ED.88 Sh7 (FHL#1241583) 2. 1880 Census, Knox County, TN ED154 Sh26 (FHL#1255265)
NAME: RUNYONS aka RUNIONS
NOTES: E-mail to Steve Drummer 18 January 1999 from Donald F. Walker states that Hugh Franklin Walker and Sarah (Sadie) Asalee Drummer moved by train from Strawberry Plains, Tennessee to Los Angeles, California in about 1917. Herman Roy Franklin Walker was born in Tennessee on 3 August 1914. His siblings were Elmer, Ebert, Stanley, Gladys, and a brother who died as an infant. Gladys is the only one living and the last to visit in Strawberry Plains. She is married to Don Wheeler and lives in Yucaipa, CA. I (Donald F. Walker) remember Sadie talking about Sister Mary, Brother Harmon and Brother George. I believe they all lived on an original family farm in Strawberry Plains. I visited at Aunt Mary's house in 1948. I remember a spinning wheel in the attic. I also remember talk about a nephew, Boyd Lee, who was a physician.
He married Caroline Runyons 6 Dec 1868 at Knox, Tennessee . Caroline Runyons was born at Knox, Tennessee Feb 1854 daughter of Oliver Perry Runyons and Sarah E. Roberts .
They were the parents of 10
children:
Sarah J. Walker
born 1870.
Mary C. Walker
born 1873.
Bertha Walker
born 1876.
Ada B. Walker
born 1878.
Charles H. Walker
born Feb 1884.
Samuel O. Walker
born Feb 1882.
John N. Walker
born Apr 1887.
Hugh Franklin Walker
born 21 Jun 1889.
Walker
born Abt 1890.
Walker
born Abt 1892.
Charles Walker died 2 May 1916 .