Nancy Walker

Abt 1800 - Bef 1869  (~ 69 years)

• Name	Nancy Walker
  Born	Abt 1800	North Carolina, United States   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Female
  Died	Bef May 1869	Polk, Oregon, United States   [5]
  Buried	Bef May 1869
  Person ID	I2065	Wagner-Thomas | Hallmark
  Last Modified	11 Jan 2014

  
  

  Family	Moses Eads,   b. 1797, Franklin, Georgia, United States ,   d. Bef May 1869, Polk, Oregon, United States  (Age < 72 years)
  Married	6 Jan 1818	Boone, Missouri, United States   [6, 7, 8, 9]
  Children	+ 1. John D Eads,   b. Abt 1821, Cole, Missouri, United States ,   d. 17 Mar 1888, Spokane, Washington Territory  (Age ~ 67 years)   2. Louisa Eads,   b. Abt 1826, Cole, Missouri, United States ,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. William Lewis Clark Eads,   b. Abt 1827, Cole, Missouri, United States ,   d. Yes, date unknown + 4. Elvira Ellen Eads,   b. 1830, Cole, Missouri, United States ,   d. 1885, Spokane, Spokane, Washington, United States  (Age 55 years)   5. Silas W Eads,   b. Abt 1831, Cole, Missouri, United States ,   d. Yes, date unknown   6. Rufus R Eads,   b. 17 Aug 1834, Cole, Missouri, United States ,   d. 28 Dec 1908, Salem, Marion, Oregon, United States  (Age 74 years)   7. Abram B Eads,   b. Abt 1836, Cole, Missouri, United States ,   d. Yes, date unknown   8. Isaac B Eads,   b. Abt 1837, Cole, Missouri, United States ,   d. Yes, date unknown + 9. Narcisses Jane Marlow,   b. Abt 1830 OR 1840,   d. Yes, date unknown + 10. Solomon Marion Eads,   b. 29 Jun 1842, Cole, Missouri, United States ,   d. 11 Apr 1921, Colfax, Whitman, Washington, United States  (Age 78 years) + 11. Jesse H Eads,   b. Abt 1845, Polk, Oregon Territory ,   d. 14 Jan 1877, Douglas Twp, Polk, Oregon  (Age ~ 32 years)
  Last Modified	22 Nov 2014
  Family ID	F720	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - Abt 1800 - North Carolina, United States Married - 6 Jan 1818 - Boone, Missouri, United States Died - Bef May 1869 - Polk, Oregon, United States  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  c1800 BIRTH: Nancy (Lucy) Walker born about 1800 in North Carolina, dau of John & Sarah Walker of Cole Co MO [also show dau of Thomas Walker TO CK OUT] Roy Eads [find info given by Roy] 1860 Polk Co OR census: Nancy bn Alabama 1818-21 MARRIAGE #1: MO,Howard Co: Moses Eads married Nancy Walker 9 Jan 1817-1821 1842 DEATH OF FATHER-1842 WILL of father, John Walker, Cole Co MO Wills, Vol 1 #3, pg 164: James Anderson and Sarah Walker, Admin.; Sarah, widow; Robert, Thomas & Jane Walker, Nancy Eads, Sarah Henry. 10 Feb 1842 (713A-20) Cole Co MO Probate in Pioneer Times, Fiche #6333987 for John Walker who died after 10 Feb 1842 (will 713A20) & wife Sarah, children: Robert, Thomas, Jane, Nancy Eads, Sarah Henry. 1850 CENSUS: Polk Co OR,19 Oct, Dw 179/179: Nancy Edes 50/NC, wife of Moses Edes 1860 CENSUS: OR, Polk Co-Douglas Precinct, Salt Creek PO,17 July, Dw 495-438: Nancy Eades 60/NC, wife of Moses Eades HIST: Nov 2002 email from Connie Clapier pg 2: The wife of Moses Eads (Nancy [Lucy] Walker) is mentioned in a book by Charlotte Martheny Kirkwood "Into the Eye of the Setting Sun" found at Hist Soc of McMinnvile OR, pg 105: "I remember Elvi (Elvira Eads) who stepped thru a hole in the ceiling when Father Waller was holding meeting. She belonged to a large family. They were from the South; honest folk, but simple. Lucy was the mother of them all and I remember her best. Twice a year she came to visit us, and exactly twice a yr Mother returned her visits. "I can see Lucy very clearly as she used to come thru the woods path, knitting as she walked; simple old Lucy in her queer little bonnet. She alwasy wore a large handkerchief with a gay border folded in half cornerwise across her breast and pinned at the throat. She was tall and very, very thin but straight as an arrow. There was a certain stateliness about her in spite of the long limp calico skirt that wound and twisted about 1 foot, only to unwind & twist in turn about the other foot as she walked. Her bonnet was crudly fashioned out of one square piece of cloth. The front was doubled back & casings run to hold the thin splints of wood,. This part fastened around her head & tied under her chin while the back was sewed straight up the back to form a little peak. When freshly starched, the peak would bob& nod as she walked-if not, it hung dejectedly to 1 side or the other, or to the back as the case might be. I fancy that it reflected something of her state of mind, for Lucy was not always happy. She was very homely, but Mose (Moses Eads) was sometimes jealous of her & people said that they quarreled bitterly. She was a good neighbor to us however, & kind to everyone. So Lucy would come to our house; her knitting in her hands, a goose quill sewed in a bit of cloth pinned at her waist to hold her extra needle, knitting as she walked. They moved away though, and when I saw old Lucy again they had just taken her out of the creek. Still wearing her queer bonnet, she look pitifully old & thinner than ever. Her sodden calico dress, streaked with mud, clung to her legs & lay crumpled over her sunken breast. She was quite dead." She & Mose had been on horseback, coming to our house. The spring rains had carried the creek out of its banks. Mose crossed first & rode on without looking back. No one ever knew just what happened--perhaps Lucy's horse stumbled or floundered into a hole-they only knew that presently Mose saw that the horse that followed was riderless. Some hours later, Lucy was taken out of the creek." PIONEERS of 1844: "Eades, Mrs,: m'd EADES, Moses; helped with Sager baby until they arrived at Whitman Mission; described by the fastidious Narcissa Whitman as "a filthy old woman." See "The True Story of the Sagers." Bef 1869 DEATH: OR Donation Land Claim: SC Foster gave affidavit that both Moses and Nancy Eads are dead on 25 May 1869. Aff: Wm Conner, Jackson Eades, Aldy [X] Neal, Henry W Eades, Anthony Selder

  
  

• Sources

  [S217] CENSUS: Oregon,Polk Co: U.S. Federal, Pg 120. "Dw 179/179:EDES, Moses 50/GA farmer; Nancy 50/NC..." Date: 19 October 1850 [S198] Family Rcds: BLACKBURN, Phillip. Nancy Walker, dau of Thomas Walker &... Ancstral File #269P-DC [S173] Family Rcds: CLAPIER, Connie, Page 1. "Nancy (Lucy) Walker bn abt 1800 in N Carolina, dau of Thomas Walker" Nov 2002 email from Connie Clapier to Pam Wagner [S201] Missouri,Cole Co: Probate Records, Fiche #6333987, Vol 1 #3, pg 164. Will for John Walker who died after 10 Feb 1842 & wife Sarah, children: Robert, Thomas, Jane, Nancy Eads, Sarah Henry Cole Co MO Pioneer Times, will 713A20 [S145] Oregon,Polk Co: Donation Land Claim. SC Foster gave affidavit that both Moses and Nancy Eads are dead on 25 May 1869. Aff: Wm Conner, Jackson Eades, Aldy (X) Neal, Henry W Eades, Anthony Selder. [not sure if this information is part of the donation land claim death notice-do some checking] [S145] Oregon,Polk Co: Donation Land Claim. "Moses Eads md Nancy Walker 6 Jan 1918, Boone Co Missouri" Certif #3598, Claim #39 Date: October 1854 [S193] IGI-International Genealogical Index, #7205518, page 75. "Moses Eads married Nancy Walker 9 Jan 1818, Howard Co MO" SS: 7 Oct 1972 OG [S198] Family Rcds: BLACKBURN, Phillip. "Moses Eads md Nancy Walker 9 Jan 1817 Howard Co MO" Ancestral File: #269P-C6 [S199] Missouri,Howard Co: Marriage Rcds, Vital Rcds CD Series 9. "Moses Eads md Nancy Walker 9 Jan 1821 in Howard Co MO"