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Descendants of Columbus Moore

Generation No. 2

2. Jessie Cleo² Moore (Columbus¹) was born August 25, 1872 in Springfield, Mo, and died January 30, 1970 in Paducah, Cottle, Tx. She married (1) William Andrew Walker September 04, 1890 in Sulfphur Springs, Tx, son of George Walker and Martha Herman. She married (2) William Andrew Walker September 04, 1890 in Sulphur Springs, Hopkins, Texas, son of George Walker and Martha Herman.

Notes for Jessie Cleo Moore:
When only three weeks old, she moved with her family by covered wagon from Missouri to Texas. Her Father, Columbus (Lum) Moore was a school teacher, farmer, and a veteran of the Civil War. Her mother died i n the spring of 1890 with pneumonia. Her father wanted her to wait until she was 18 years or age before marrying so that she could help wi th the household and the younger children. Nine days after her 18th b irthday, she and William drove in a buggy to Sulphur Springs, Texas a nd married. Her father died in 1892 when a gristmill grinding stone burst, a portion of it hitting him in the stomach. Jessie's parents and two sisters are buried in Mt. Zion Cemetery about six miles north of Cumby, Texas in Hopkins County. William and Jessie lived around s x miles north of Cumby, Texas in Hopkins County.
They moved to Indian Territory somewhere around the small town of Antlers, Oklahoma. They moved back to Hopkins County in about 1897 and then to DeKalb, Texas in Bowie Countyn between 1900 and 1903 where William worked as a logger for a lumber mill. In 1904 they moved back to Hopkins County where William resumed farming. Four years later he was ordained as a deacon or elder in the Mt. Zion Cumberland Presbyter ian Church. The family moved to Cottle County in 1914 and farmed a couple of years at Buck Creek where he purchased a farm in the Fairview community.

More About Jessie Cleo Moore:
Died At: Paducah, Cottle, Tx
Buried At: Paducah, Cottle, Tx

Notes for William Andrew Walker:

William Andrew was of English-Irish-American Indian descent. Moved t o Texas in a covered wagon from Missouri about 1877 and settled in Ho pkins County around Ridgeway, Texas. He was a farmer . Had sandy hair and a sandy complexion.

More About William Andrew Walker:
Died At: Paducah, Cottle, Tx
Buried At: Paducah, Cottle, Tx

Notes for William Andrew Walker:

William Andrew was of English-Irish-American Indian descent. Moved t o Texas in a covered wagon from Missouri about 1877 and settled in Ho pkins County around Ridgeway, Texas. He was a farmer . Had sandy hair and a sandy complexion.

More About William Andrew Walker:
Died At: Paducah, Cottle, Tx
Buried At: Paducah, Cottle, Tx

Children of Jessie Moore and William Walker are:

Mary Cleo³ Walker, born December 14, 1891; died May 25, 1980 in Paducah, Cottle, Tx.

ii.

Frank Columbus Walker, born October 14, 1893. He married Margaret ?.

Notes for Frank Columbus Walker:
Barber--fought in WWI
Barber--fought in WWI. Lived in California. Last seen in Arizona, suffering from T.B. Dudley drove his parents out to visit him in TB sanitarium abt 1933.

iii.

William Clarence Walker, born December 30, 1898; died June 1960 in Paducah, Cottle, Tx. He married Nellie Pierce.

Notes for William Clarence Walker:
Nellie had children from previous marriage. Clarence and Nellie never had children. Clarence died of cancer, buried in Paducah.

iv.

Everett Moore Walker, born September 24, 1900.

Claudia Leora Walker, born February 08, 1903; died March 20, 1996 in Paducah, Cottle, Texas.

vi.

Jesse Hubert Walker, born March 07, 1906 in Sulphur Springs, Hopkins, Tx; died April 28, 1975 in Lubbock, Lubbock, Tx.

vii.

Clarene Walker, born September 13, 1913; died 1915.

viii.

J. P. Walker, born May 24, 1916; died October 13, 1983 in Aurorora, Adams, Col.

Child of Jessie Moore and William Walker is:

Dudley Clark³ Walker, born September 23, 1908; died October 25, 1987 in Lubbock, Lubbock, Tx. He married Clarice Taylor.

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