Rhoda Emily WalkerAge: 82 years1860–1942
- Name
- Rhoda Emily Walker
- Given names
- Rhoda Emily
- Surname
- Walker
- Married name
- Rhoda Emily Skurlock
 Birth | November 28, 1860 28 30 |
 Birth of a brother | James Young Walker February 6, 1862 (Age 14 months) |
| Birth of a brother | William Simpson Walker March 7, 1865 (Age 4 years) |
 Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 4 months)Note: In the spring of 1861, tensions between the northern and southern United States over issues including state's right versus federal authority, westward expansion and slavery exploded into the American Civil War - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War |
| Birth of a sister | Mary White Walker April 19, 1867 (Age 6 years) |
| Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 6 years)Note: The Alaska Purchase was the purchase of 586,412 square miles of new territory by the United States from the Russian Empire (a bargain at two cents an acre) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Purchase |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic 1867 (Age 6 years)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 8 years)Note: The First Transcontinental Railroad was a 1,907-mile contiguous railroad line constructed between 1863 and 1869 across the western United States to connect the Pacific coast with the existing Eastern U.S. rail network - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Transcontinental_Railroad |
 Census | June 20, 1870 (Age 9 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Bettie Walker February 14, 1873 (Age 12 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Amelia Lonesome “Millie” Patterson September 14, 1876 (Age 15 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 17 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
 Marriage | Francis Marion Skurlock Sr. — View this family about 1880 (Age 19 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #1 | Bessie Skurlock August 25, 1881 (Age 20 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #2 | Mary Eliza Skurlock May 26, 1883 (Age 22 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #3 | Daisy Skurlock April 2, 1886 (Age 25 years) |
| Birth of a son #4 | Francis Marion Skurlock Jr. October 1, 1889 (Age 28 years) |
| Death of a brother | William Simpson Walker February 11, 1892 (Age 31 years) |
| Death of a sister | Mary White Walker October 23, 1894 (Age 33 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 37 years)Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War |
| Death of a father | John Monroe Beaty Walker December 20, 1910 (Age 50 years) |
| Death of a mother | Mary Adaline Frost January 2, 1911 (Age 50 years) |
| Death of a brother | Elijah Frost “Lige” Walker July 21, 1914 (Age 53 years) |
| Burial of a brother | Elijah Frost “Lige” Walker July 22, 1914 (Age 53 years) Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Crossville City Cemetery |
| Death of a sister | Amelia Ann “Millie” Walker June 22, 1915 (Age 54 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 55 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Death of a husband | Francis Marion Skurlock Sr. November 21, 1917 (Age 56 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 56 years)Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I |
| Historical Event | Spanish Influenza Epidemic 1918 (Age 57 years)Note: Spanish Influenza killed over 500,000 people in the United States, and somewhere between 20 and 40 million in what has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in history - http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/ |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 68 years)Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression |
| Death of a sister | Elouisa Jane “Eliza” Walker April 14, 1937 (Age 76 years) |
| Burial of a sister | Elouisa Jane “Eliza” Walker April 15, 1937 (Age 76 years) Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Frost Family Cemetery |
| Death of a brother | James Young Walker February 4, 1939 (Age 78 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 81 years)Note: The United States enters World War II after the attack at Pearl Harbor, a global war that involved the vast majority of the world's nations and including all of the great powers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II |
 Death | November 29, 1942 (Age 82 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Greenwood Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
John Monroe Beaty Walker Birth: April 14, 1832 — Rhea, Tennessee, United States Death: December 20, 1910 — Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States |
| mother |
Mary Adaline Frost Birth: November 17, 1830 32 29 — Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States Death: January 2, 1911 — Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States |
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Marriage: January 26, 1854 — White, Tennessee, United States |
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10 months elder sister |
Amelia Ann “Millie” Walker Birth: November 27, 1854 22 24 — White, Tennessee, United States Death: June 22, 1915 — Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States |
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23 months elder sister |
Elouisa Jane “Eliza” Walker Birth: October 16, 1856 24 25 — Cumberland, Tennessee, United States Death: April 14, 1937 — Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee, United States |
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2 years elder brother |
Elijah Frost “Lige” Walker Birth: March 4, 1859 26 28 — Cumberland, Tennessee, United States Death: July 21, 1914 — Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States |
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21 months herself |
Rhoda Emily Walker Birth: November 28, 1860 28 30 — White, Tennessee, United States Death: November 29, 1942 — White, Tennessee, United States |
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14 months younger brother |
James Young Walker Birth: February 6, 1862 29 31 — Cumberland, Tennessee, United States Death: February 4, 1939 — Santa Clara, California, United States |
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3 years younger brother |
William Simpson Walker Birth: March 7, 1865 32 34 — Cumberland, Tennessee, United States Death: February 11, 1892 — Granby City, Newton, Missouri, United States |
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2 years younger sister |
Mary White Walker Birth: April 19, 1867 35 36 — Cumberland, Tennessee, United States Death: October 23, 1894 — Cumberland, Tennessee, United States |
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6 years younger sister |
Bettie Walker Birth: February 14, 1873 40 42 — Cumberland, Tennessee, United States Death: November 14, 1944 — Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee, United States |
| Family with Francis Marion Skurlock Sr. |
| husband |
Francis Marion Skurlock Sr. Birth: October 1, 1854 — White, Tennessee, United States Death: November 21, 1917 — White, Tennessee, United States |
| herself |
Rhoda Emily Walker Birth: November 28, 1860 28 30 — White, Tennessee, United States Death: November 29, 1942 — White, Tennessee, United States |
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Marriage: about 1880 — |
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20 months daughter |
Bessie Skurlock Birth: August 25, 1881 26 20 — White, Tennessee, United States Death: September 28, 1950 — Murfreesboro, Rutherford, Tennessee, United States |
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21 months daughter |
Mary Eliza Skurlock Birth: May 26, 1883 28 22 — White, Tennessee, United States Death: May 28, 1981 — Catoosa, Georgia, United States |
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3 years daughter |
Daisy Skurlock Birth: April 2, 1886 31 25 — White, Tennessee, United States Death: August 25, 1975 — Catoosa, Georgia, United States |
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4 years son |
Francis Marion Skurlock Jr. Birth: October 1, 1889 35 28 — Doyle, White, Tennessee, United States Death: May 25, 1946 — Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee, United States |
| Census | 1870 United States - Census transcript - John Monroe Beaty Walker - Household
District 5, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
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