I personally would like to know abit about this J. D. WALKER if someone has info on him. I have one of my KELLY's marrying a Jowell WALKER and they lived in Troup County, GA about 1870-1880 time frame. She died in 1880 leaving at least two children. Thank you for your help and support Mike -----Original Message----- From: LisaTM@aol.com <LisaTM@aol.com> To: GATROUP-L@rootsweb.com <GATROUP-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Saturday, November 27, 1999 4:19 PM Subject: [GATROUP] Walker, Loftin >In a message dated 11/14/99 12:48:06 PM Central Standard Time, >GATROUP-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: > ><< X-Message: #11 > Date: Sat, 13 Nov 1999 11:52:24 EST > From: BonBonSass@aol.com > To: GATROUP-L@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <0.17ccbcbc.255ef148@aol.com> > Subject: Re: [GATROUP] Shank > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > Colleen, > > Thank you so much! I am so excited! You are very kind to answer my e-mail. > > Do you know anything else about the Shanks? Do you know what hotel Janelle > worked in? I have been to the library and found a picture of her sister > Carrie (married Wiley Creel) from 1905 and also another book had a picture >of > the old Shank home that has been restored. I have traced the Shanks and the > Loftins ancestry. I have also been to Myrtle Hill cemetery where John >Arnold > Shank, Lovisa Loftin Shank, Otis A. Shank, etc., are buried. > > Do your friends, by chance, know about Ida Shank who married J. D. Walker? > She was Janelle's sister and her husband was a doctor there in Hogansville. > I'm wondering what J. D. Walker's full name was and if they had any >children. > Ida is buried in the family plot with her parents, but J. D. Walker is not. > > Maybe she died early and he remarried. > > My mother-in-law was the granddaughter of Otis A. Shank and Luda Tanner >Shank. > > I can't tell you how excited I am! You've made my day! > > Bonner >> > >The mention of LOFTIN and WALKER together intrigues me. Is there a >connection other than both of them marrying into the Shanks family? > >The reason I am asking is that my great grandmother Ida Mae Walker's >grandfather's name was William Loftin Walker (b 1780 d 1860). > >The second reason I wonder if there is a connection to Troup county is that >Ida Mae WALKER married Benjamin Franklin TUCKER. They lived in Rockdale >county..in 1899 B F TUCKER was the postmaster in ALMON, GA and their only >child Thomas Walker TUCKER was born that year. > >In 1920, Thomas Walker TUCKER ( he went by the name Walker) married a young >lady from Troup County, Susie Brooks SMITH, daughter of Charles W. SMITH and >Susan A. (Sudie) BROOKS. > >My question is was there a connection between the Walkers of Rockdale county >and Walkers of Troup county? Why else would my grandfather be in Troup >county to meet my grandmother? The story I have from my sisters is that our >grandparents met on a tennis court. > >Many thanks to anyone who is interested enough to read this and comment. If >I have confused anyone, or if anyone needs more details, please feel free to >email privately or to the list. I am NOT a good correspondent tho, I am >taking 12 hours of college classes, running a household almost single >handedly, and being grandmother to 5 puppies born on TG day... > >Hope alls TG was wonderful. > >Lisa Tucker Melvin >LisaTM@aol.com > > >==== GATROUP Mailing List ==== >Visit the Troup County GAGenWeb page at >http://www.rootsweb.com/~gatroup/ >