Riley Jackson Walker -- Old IOOF Cem., Hamilton TX
N 31° 42.641 W 098° 07.190
14R E 583398 N 3508704
The modern WoW tombstone of Riley Jackson Walker, in Hamilton's historic Old IOOF Cemetery
Waymark Code: WMH2QE
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 05/12/2013
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The modern grey granite tombstone with a WoW medallion engraved on it, Riley Jackson Walker was 80 years old when he died. Several of his family membrts are buried here.
For such an aged man who died in modern times, the record on him is pretty thin.
Blasterz have discovered only that he was born in Arkansas in 1860, and married Pheba Ann Swofford. They had sevreal children, one of whom died less than 15 eyars ago. This was a long-lived bunch!
Several links to this familty tree are found through Find-A-Grave: (
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Birth: Mar. 21, 1860 Arkansas, USA
Death: Nov. 25, 1940 Hamilton, Hamilton County, Texas, USA
Wife: Phoeba Ann (Swafford) Walker
Family links:
Spouses:
Phoebe Ann SWAFFORD WALKER (1860 - 1896)*
Pheba Ann Swafford Walker (1860 - 1896)*
Children:
Jacob Wayne Walker (1889 - 1941)*
Sallye C Walker (1893 - 1976)*
Everett Walker (1908 - 1997)*
We have not been able to turn up an obituary.
Riley, Pheba and his children are all buried together in the Old IOOF Cemetery in Hamilton TX. These children have smaller engraved markers. None of these children appear to have ever married.
Riley J. Walker's tombstone reads as follows:
[WoW medallion]
"RILEY JACKSON WALKER
Mar 21, 1860
Nov 25, 1940
The best of Daddies"