Family/Spouse: Nancy Irwin. Nancy was born about 1790 in Woodford, Kentucky, USA; died in Unknown in Kentucky, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

James married Sarah C. Lowry about 1828. Sarah died in Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Residence: 4 Jun 1870, Hanover Township, Jefferson, Indiana, USA; House hold # 141 Roll 328 Book 1 Page 221
• Residence: 3 Jun 1880, Hanover Township, Jefferson, Indiana, USA; House hold # 5 Roll 287 Book 1 Page 16
• Residence: 14 Jun 1900; Living in the house hold of his son William Wade Walker
• Residence: Apr 1910; Living in the house hold of his son William Wade Walker

Notes:

Source of information: Genealogy. Com
1870 Jefferson County, Hanover Township Census record. Roll 328 Book 1 page 221

House Hold # 141
Walker, Geroge age: 33 born: Kentucky occupation: Farmer
Hester          28             Indiana                         Keeping House
William           4                  "
Sarah           2                  "
Also living in this house hold:
Shannon, Elizabeth          60                Ohio               Keeping house
Wiersburg (?), Charolotta age, 20       Virginia             "               "

Genealogy.com
1880 Jefferson County, Hanover Township Census: Roll 287 Book 1 page 16
House Hold # 5

Walker, Geo age:43 born: Kentucky                     Father born: Va  Mother born : Ky          occupation: Farmer
Hester          38             Ind.                   Pa   Ohio
William             14               Ind                   Ky                         Ind.     In school
Sarah E.            12               Ind.         Ky                 Ind                                "

Living next door to this family is the Family of Frank (36) and Margaret (36) Shannon.  After the 1880 census was taken and before the 1900 census, Hester passes away. George W. is now living in the home of his son William W. along with Williams wife Jennetta M. Walker, William N. (son), James L. ( son), and George S. (son).  George W. is now widowed after being married for 35 years. This would indicate that Hester passed early in the year of 1900.

The 1910 census of the same source now shows Williams family growing. New additions to the family since the 1900 census are: Ann (daughter), John T. (son) and Mary E. (daughter). Williams father George W. is still living with the family.

The 1920 census of the same above source now shows Williams family is getting smaller. William is now 54 and Jennette is 48. They are still farming. William N.  and Ann are now missing from the family as is Groege W.  who would be about 85 if he is still living.  Williams family on the census is now living next to the family of Frank Shannon. I believe this to be the same Frank Shannon who was enumerated as being next door to George W. on the 1880. This Frank is now 76 years and has remarried. New wife's name is Laura and she is 64. The 1920 census shows the home to be on River Road.

The 1930 census of the same above source now only finds Lealand (Leonard) and John still living in Hanover both are on Main Cross St. 8 dwellings apart.

Buried:
Event Description: Bethel Cemetery

George married Hester Shannon on 11 Mar 1864 in Hanover, Jefferson, Indiana, USA. Hester (daughter of George Shannon, Jr. and Elizabeth Gordon) was born on 19 Jul 1841 in Hanover, Jefferson, Indiana, USA; died in 1921 in Hanover, Jefferson, Indiana, USA; was buried in Hanover, Jefferson, Indiana, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Source of information: 1860 Jefferson County, Hanover, Indiana census. Roll 270 Book 1 page 579

House Hold # 452

Samuel C. Walker 28 Farmer Kentucky
Ann 26 Indiana
Geroge 5 Kentucky

Samuel married Ann Amanda Shannon on 5 Apr 1855. Ann (daughter of George Shannon, Jr. and Elizabeth Gordon) was born on 10 Aug 1833 in Washington, Pennsylvania, USA; died in 1918. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Medical Condition: Death record filed 7/29/1945 Book No.: D-18-20 page: 5
• Residence: Between 12 and 13 Jan 1920, Hanover, Jefferson, Indiana, USA; House hold # 178 On River Road
• Baptism: 10 Jun 1866, Hanover, Jefferson, Indiana, USA
• Residence: 14 Jun 1900, Hanover, Jefferson, Indiana, USA; House hold # 129 Page 18a
• Residence: Apr 1910, Hanover, Jefferson, Indiana, USA; House hold # 185 Roll 359 Book 1 Page 22

Notes:

From photo copies of Carmel Church records owned by Wilma Walker:
" Carmel June the 10th 1866. Baptized by Rev. Moses Arnot William Wade infant son of Hester Walker."

"Dub Dub" He was also called Willie when he was a kid. He was raised on the Ohio river bottom near Hanover, Indiana. In 1873 waterway men came and made a deal with Willie's Dad for a place to set up Cooper's Bar light to guide the boat that ran at night. Willie was 7 years old then. His father appointed him assistant keeper of the light. It was something that could very well do despite his youth and the fact that the river bank, where the pole stood, was half a mile from the Walker home, for he had learned to ride horseback as soon as he could walk. His chore was to fill the lantern at the house, carry it horseback to the pole and without dismounting, hang it to the hook. The lantern served as a channel light but it also guided boats at night to Walker's Landing. Those where the great steamboat days on the Ohio River and many stopped at Walker's Landing. Some of them were; City of Cincinnati, City of Louisville, Nachez, Fleetwood, Guiding Star and the Chas. Morgan to name a few. For 70 years William Wade Walker tended Cooper's Bar light, seeing to it that it was ever kept burning, a guiding star, for the ships that passed in the night.

Source of Information: Genealogy.com; Family Archive Image>
1900 Jefferson Co., Hanover Township, In. Page 18a census

House hold # 129

Walker, William Farmer b. 1-1865   35 m. 4 yrs. b. In. Pa b. Ky Ma b. In.
Jennetta M.     3-1870   30 3 of 3 children b. In.          Pa.        In.
William N.     4-1806    4 b. In.
James L.                        9-1898    1 b. In.
George S.     1-1900 4/12 b. In.
Walker, Geroge W. Farmer     9-1836   63 m. 35 yrs. b. Ky. Va.           Ky.

1910 Jefferson Co., Hanover Township, In. Roll 359 Book 1, page 22

Walker, William W. m. 16 yrs.
Jenie 6 of 6 children
William N.
James L.
Geroge S.
Ann 7 b. In.
John T. 3 b. In.
Mary E.               7/12 b. In.
Walker, George W. 75

1920, Jefferson Co., Hanover Township, In. River Road. Roll 441 Book 2, page 20

House hold # 171

Walker, William W. 54
Jennie 48
Leonard 20 Divorced
Shannon 19
John 13
Elizabeth M. 10

Died:
Event Description: Out in the Rural area

Buried:
Event Description: Hanover Cemetery

William married Jennetta Morton McNeel on 19 Sep 1895 in Hanover, Jefferson, Indiana, USA. Jennetta (daughter of James McNeel and Susan Forrest Morton) was born on 19 Mar 1870; died on 1 Jun 1953 in Madison, Jefferson, Indiana, USA; was buried on 2 Jun 1953 in Hanover, Jefferson, Indiana, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

William married Mabel Lanham in 1914. Mabel died in Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Residence: 2 Apr 1930, Hanover, Jefferson, Indiana, USA; House hold # 6 Main Cross Street

Notes:

I believe this was written by David Boone. Wilma Walker's son.

Leonard was my grandfather. He was in construction. He had heavy equipment to build roads, bridges and put in basements and put up buildings I spent many summers with him and my grandmother Caya ( Clara Jones) in Hanover. Loved to go to Hanover Beach.
Leonard's father loved to have the latest machinery, but couldn't fix them when they broke. Leonard was good a fixing things. He loved steam engines. He had tractor steam engines and I remember driving a jeep that had a steam engine in the back with a big boiler and smoke stack around Hanover. He, also, had a small paddle wheel steam boat. Kind of a miniature of the big beautiful Ohio River Steam Boats.
Leonard helped put boats in the water in Madison when they had their annual Boat Races. Madison had one of the fastest big speed boats around in the country. Lining along the Ohio was something he really loved and he left me with many wonderful memories along the river in Indiana.

Source of information: Genealogy.com: Family Archive Image> Jefferson Co., Hanover Township, In. Main Cross St. Roll 595 Book 2, page 93.

House hold # 6

Walker, Leonard (31) now married to Clara (39) they have two children, their son Kendell L. (7) and their daughter Wilma G. (5).

Living in house hold # 14 of the same source is Leonard's brother John (23) along with his wife Jean F. Knoeble Walker (23)

Buried:
Event Description: Hanover Cemetery

James married Clara Jones in 1920. Clara was born in 1892; died in 1968 in Hanover, Jefferson, Indiana, USA; was buried in Hanover, Jefferson, Indiana, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Buried:
Event Description: Old Bethel Cemetery

George married Helen Roberts in 1927. Helen died in Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Clifford Kelly. Clifford died in Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Residence: 2 Apr 1930, Hanover, Jefferson, Indiana, USA; House hold # 14 on Main Cross Street

Notes:

Source of Information: Genealogy.com: Family Archive Image>
1930 Jefferson Co., Hanover Township, Main Cross St., In. Roll 595 Book 2, page 93:

House hold # 14

Walker, John 23 b. In. Pa b. In. Ma b. In. no occupation listed
Jean 23     In.          In.                           In. "

Obit from the Madison Currier:
JOHN WALKER
John T. Walker, 83, Naperville, Ill., died Thursday at the Hinsdale Hospital in Hinsdale, Ill.
Formerly of Hanover, he was a retired operating engineer for G.H. Alen in Vincennes and was a member of the Luman Christi Presbyterian Church in Darien, Ill.
Survivors include his wife, Jean Knoebel Walker; two daughters: Lois Hall, Darien, Ill.; and Helen Hall, Burr Ridge, Ill.; three grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by one son, John T. Walker, two daughters, Miriam and Naomi Walker.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday at the Vail-Holt funeral Home Hanover Chapel with burial in Springdale Cemetery.
Friends may call at the funeral home from 4 until 8 p.m. Sunday and after 9 a.m. Monday.

Memorial Service For John Taylor Walker ( Written by Shannon Clarkson, John's niece)
February 19, 1990
Hanover, Indiana

John Taylor Walker was born in 1906, the fourth son and fifth child born to Jennetta Morton McNeel and William Wade Walker. He is the last of the six children to die. He grew up on his parent's farm, helping with the farming and with his Father's gravel pit. He and his brothers became acquainted with mechanical things early on. Their father loved to buy the latest mechanical wonders but when they broke, he hadn't a clue how to fix them.. it was up to Neel, Leonard, Shannon and John to keep things running. This early experience with machines stayed with all of them.. but especially Leonard and John, who spent their lives operating big machinery..steam shovels and bull dozers and even steam engines.

The boys all worked hard for their father, helping him build many roads around Hanover and throughout Jefferson County. But they found time to have a little fun, too. My dad always told the story of an afternoon when he and John decided to go squirrel hunting. They finally found one and chased it up a big hollow tree on the hillside behind the house. When it wouldn't come out they decided to fire the shotgun up the trunk. Seconds later, the tree caught on fire and the whole hillside would have gone up in flames if a sudden rainstorm hadn't occurred.

A strong influence in the Walker home was the Presbyterian Church, or should I say churches, since they attended three, Bethel, Carmel an finally Hanover. John and his wife Jean were very active in their church in Vincennes where Hohn served as an elder, sang in the choir and was the chief of transportation for anyone who needed groceries or a ride to church. Being a faithful Christian didn't mean he didn't have a temper, though. Mabel Walker told me how John would get so mad at my mother.. who was no doubt teasing him.. that he would in exasperation say "Dod dammit, Libby!" and its probably just as well that we not mention all the BB gun stories.

Suffice it to say John enjoyed life, and enjoyed his family. He and Jean were married for 65 years and raised two daughters, Lois and Helen and have always taken a great interest in the lives of their grandchildren, Dee Ann, Linda and John and their children, Michael, Angela, Amy, Matthew, Stacy and Eric.

His love of life will stay with all of us as we remember him and his love for us all.

Buried:
Event Description: Springdale Cemetery

John married Jean Florence Knoebel on 18 Nov 1925 in Madison, Jefferson, Indiana, USA. Jean (daughter of George Henry Knoebel and Rachel Anna "Annie" Mott) was born on 13 Dec 1906 in Madison, Jefferson, Indiana, USA; died on 6 Jun 1997 in Hinsdale, DuPage, Illinois, USA; was buried on 12 Jun 1997 in Madison, Jefferson, Indiana, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

according to Elisabeth's newspaper obit. Elisabeth's wishes were to be cremated.  She was a member of Calsin Presbyterian Church: 2501 Ruby Lane, Louisville, Ky.

Died:
Event Description: in her home

Buried:
Event Description: Hanover Cemetery

Mary married James T. Clarkson in 1928. James died in 1982. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]