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]