Regarding son "Claford", I have the name as Claiborne A. Walker. "Clabe and Min" were lifelong, Van Wert friends of my great-grandparents, Ira and Mae Price. Min was also a cousin of Grandma's -- the daughter of Benjamin and Calista (Corbet/Price) Easter. Thanks for this info on Bartlet and wife. I know the "Maxey's" were part of the Van Wert/Popcorn Corners/ history of the area, but know nothing else about them. -Sherry > [Original Message] > From: Nancee Seifert <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Date: 12/28/2009 6:10:25 AM > Subject: [IADECATU] DEATH OF B.Y. WALKER > > Decatur County Journal > Leon, Iowa > Thursday, March 28, 1912 > > BARTLET Y. WALKER was born in North Carolina, October 30, 1819. He moved to > Indiana in 1833 then to Illinois in 1841, where he was married to FRANCES > MAXEY, February 20, 1845, then moved to Decatur County, Iowa. To this union > were born six children, the youngest, FRANCES, dying in infancy in 1859. Mr > WALKER then lived within one and one-half miles of Van Wert and in Van Wert > until December, 1909, when he moved with his son, CYRUS, to Weiser, Idaho, > where on March 19, 1912, he died, aged 92 years, 4 months and 20 days. > > Truly a devoted father and earnest Christian has departed for a better land. > Traveling life's journey with all its vicissitudes well nigh onto a > century. He has at last reached his eternal home. He leaves five children, > MELVIDA, of Indianola, Iowa; CYRUS, of Weiser, Idaho; HANSFORD, of Brock, > Nebraska, and CRUSO, of St. Joseph, Mo. and CLAFORD, of Van Wert, besides a > host of friends are left to mourn his departure. > > Funeral services were held at the M.E. Church, Van Wert, Iowa, conducted by > J.A. Bronson, Pastor. Interment in Green Bay Cemetery. > --------------------------------------------------------- > Copied by Nancee(McMurtrey)Seifert > December 28, 2009 > [email protected] > > www.iagenweb.org/decatur > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message