Monthly Archives: May 2016

Photos Lot #3 – Unknowns

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The individuals in the photos posted below are unknown/unidentified. Considering how (and from whom) I came into possession of these photos, I suspect they are related to the following families and geographical locations: Families – Walker, Hiler, Smithen, Loosier, Sabo, Lassiter, Curl, Hightower …. Locations: Texas, Navarro County, Ellis County, Ennis, Blooming Grove, Corsicana. If you can help me identify any of these individuals, please email me at the address listed on my “Contact” page of this website. If you have any photos you feel are related to these families that you would like posted on this website, please email me.

Unknown06 (Photograph provided by and in the collection of Johnny Taylor, Marshall, TX, 2016)

Unknown06 (Photograph provided by and in the collection of Johnny Taylor, Marshall, TX, 2016)

Unknown07 (Photograph provided by and in the collection of Johnny Taylor, Marshall, TX, 2016)

Unknown07 (Photograph provided by and in the collection of Johnny Taylor, Marshall, TX, 2016)

Unknown08 (Photograph provided by and in the collection of Johnny Taylor, Marshall, TX, 2016)

Unknown08 (Photograph provided by and in the collection of Johnny Taylor, Marshall, TX, 2016)

Unknown09 (Photograph provided by and in the collection of Johnny Taylor, Marshall, TX, 2016)

Unknown09 (Photograph provided by and in the collection of Johnny Taylor, Marshall, TX, 2016)

Unknown010 (Photograph provided by and in the collection of Johnny Taylor, Marshall, TX, 2016)

Unknown010 (Photograph provided by and in the collection of Johnny Taylor, Marshall, TX, 2016)

Photos Lot #2 – Unknowns

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The individuals in the photos posted below are unknown/unidentified. Considering how (and from whom) I came into possession of these photos, I suspect they are related to the following families and geographical locations: Families – Walker, Hiler, Smithen, Loosier, Sabo, Lassiter, Curl, Hightower …. Locations: Texas, Navarro County, Ellis County, Ennis, Blooming Grove, Corsicana. If you can help me identify any of these individuals, please email me at the address listed on my “Contact” page of this website. If you have any photos you feel are related to these families that you would like posted on this website, please email me.

(Photograph provided by and in the collection of Johnny Taylor, Marshall, TX, 2016)

Unknown01 (Photograph provided by and in the collection of Johnny Taylor, Marshall, TX, 2016)

Unknown02 (Photograph provided by and in the collection of Johnny Taylor, Marshall, TX, 2016)

Unknown02 (Photograph provided by and in the collection of Johnny Taylor, Marshall, TX, 2016)

Unknown03 (Photograph provided by and in the collection of Johnny Taylor, Marshall, TX, 2016)

Unknown03 (Photograph provided by and in the collection of Johnny Taylor, Marshall, TX, 2016)

Unknown04 (Photograph provided by and in the collection of Johnny Taylor, Marshall, TX, 2016)

Unknown04 (Photograph provided by and in the collection of Johnny Taylor, Marshall, TX, 2016)

Unknown05 (Photograph provided by and in the collection of Johnny Taylor, Marshall, TX, 2016)

Unknown05 (Photograph provided by and in the collection of Johnny Taylor, Marshall, TX, 2016)

James Berry Walker Photograph

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In my years of WALKER family research, this is, undoubtedly, the most significant photographic find I have made. The photo was in a cache of paper ephemera I discovered in the residence of my late cousin, Dorothy Loosier Sabo. The photos were originally in the possession of Dorothy’s mother, my grand aunt Evie Walker Loosier. This photo was worn and had numerous scratches mostly over J.B. and for this reason I sent it off for a professional restoration. To enable other researchers to use J.B.’s face for possible comparison to other photos, I have cropped and made a second photo from the first.

James Berry Walker (seated) with his youngest son, L.D., and his wife, Sarah Ann Parker Stills Walker, circa 1890. (Photograph provided by and in the collection of Johnny Taylor, Marshall, TX, 2016)

James Berry Walker (seated) with his youngest son, L.D., and his wife, Sarah Ann Parker Stills Walker, circa 1890. (Photograph provided by and in the collection of Johnny Taylor, Marshall, TX, 2016)

Just James Berry Walker's face cropped from the larger family photo. (Photograph provided by and in the collection of Johnny Taylor, Marshall, TX, 2016)

Just James Berry Walker’s face cropped from the larger family photo. (Photograph provided by and in the collection of Johnny Taylor, Marshall, TX, 2016)

Photos Lot #1

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Before using any photograph from this website, please read the letter posted on May 1, 2016, entitled RELEASE OF PHOTOGRAPHS.

Isom Stockard and Nancy Hiler. (Photograph provided by and in the collection of Johnny Taylor, Marshall, TX, 2016)

Isom Stockard and Nancy Hiler. (Photograph provided by and in the collection of Johnny Taylor, Marshall, TX, 2016)

Fate and Mattie Seals. (Photograph provided by and in the collection of Johnny Taylor, Marshall, TX, 2016)

Fate and Mattie Seals. (Photograph provided by and in the collection of Johnny Taylor, Marshall, TX, 2016)

Christopher C Walker Jr. (Photograph provided by and in the collection of Johnny Taylor, Marshall, TX, 2016)

Christopher C Walker Jr. (Photograph provided by and in the collection of Johnny Taylor, Marshall, TX, 2016)

Claire P. Walker. (Photograph provided by and in the collection of Johnny Taylor, Marshall, TX, 2016)

Claire P. Walker. (Photograph provided by and in the collection of Johnny Taylor, Marshall, TX, 2016)

C.C. (Lum) Walker and son, Nathan. (Photograph provided by and in the collection of Johnny Taylor, Marshall, TX, 2016)

C.C. (Lum) Walker and son, Nathan. (Photograph provided by and in the collection of Johnny Taylor, Marshall, TX, 2016)

Release Of Photographs

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Dear Cousins,

As some of you may be aware, I have taken a break from genealogy research for most of the past two years due a number of deaths within my immediate family and also demands of my business. Several weeks ago something happened to end my genealogy break …. I unexpectedly came into possession of a cache of family photos which appear to have been originally in the safekeeping of my grand aunt Evie Walker (Loosier) who was the daughter of John Alexander Walker and the grand-daughter of James Berry Walker and his second wife, Sarah Parker (Stills) (Walker). In addition to photos of James Berry and Sarah, the collection includes photos of individuals from these families: Walker, Loosier, Curl, Lassiter, Hightower, Hiler, Smithen, Stockard, Sabo, Seals, and others. Also, there are many photos of unidentified persons.

I plan to share ALL of the photos online … they will be posted on my Ancestry.com tree (where I am username 1jtay) and also my personal genealogy website located at www.genwebsite.com which is a free access site. For way too long many old photos have been withheld from other family members and fellow researchers for various reasons that may have begun with good intentions but still resulted in the photos being kept “hidden”. I hope my gesture of total release of these photos will encourage others to share theirs. Only two stipulations will apply to these photographs …. (#1) You may not rename or relabel any photo … in other words, in your mind & heart you may not believe that that’s a photo of L.D. Walker but you may not change, rename, relabel or otherwise alter that photo in any way … my grand aunt Evie knew her family members names and she wrote them on the photos during her lifetime, 1904-1975. (#2) You should properly cite the source of the photo when and if you reprint it elsewhere. The citation should read, “Photograph provided by and in the collection of Johnny Taylor, Marshall, TX, 2016”.

With all my best wishes,

Johnny Taylor

(Standing L.) Myrtle, James Dewey, Evie. (Seated L.) John Alexander Walker, Mattie, Laura J. Hiler Walker, Clarence. c. 1915-15 (Photograph provided by and in the collection of Johnny Taylor, Marshall, TX, 2016)

(Standing L.) Myrtle, James Dewey, Evie. (Seated L.) John Alexander Walker, Mattie, Laura J. Hiler Walker, Clarence. c. 1915-15 (Photograph provided by and in the collection of Johnny Taylor, Marshall, TX, 2016)