WALTERS FAMILY

Research into this family has been extensive by myself and cousin
Louise Howell over the past 20 years. For years we hit stone walls
at every turn. We kept telling each other than someday we would
find the key to unlock our family history. We finally found that key
when we received the full pension records of James G. Walters.

On the 1850 census of Russell County, Kentucky we found one
Thomas Waters, age 67, born Maryland. Children living with him
were Ellen Ann; Henry F; John H; Sarah A and Mary C. We had
found this several years before but could not make a tie to
James G until we received the pension papers..

In those papers James stated he had a brother John and a sister
Mary. Also there were depositions from Ellen Ann Pierce stating
James was her brother. I will print some excerpts from those paper
under “Walters Pensions”. I also have pension papers on Henry F.
and John H that I will include in this section..

Going back to Oldham County, Kentucky and other census records
we find our Thomas Waters/Walters had the following children:.

    2 males born 1810-1830 – no names
    2 females born 1810-1820– no names
    James G Walters, born 1826
    Ellen Ann “Nellie” Waters, born 1828
    George M. Waters, born 1831
    Henry F Walters, born 1839
    John Harrison Walters, born 1843
    Sarah Waters, born 1844ca
    Mary C Walters, born 1845
    All children born in Kentucky..

As of 2006 we are still actively searching for a marriage record for
Thomas. We believe he married at least twice and possibly three
times. We have researched all of the above children. Some of these
families went by the Waters name, others Walters. In 1830 our Thomas
is listed as Walters, but in 1840 and 1850 he is listed as Waters. In
researching early records of Maryland we find both Waters and Walters.
This makes proving our line back further almost impossible. You will
note I said “almost impossible”. Seems Louise and I have some of the
stubborness of our ancestors, for we will not give up as long as we
are able to move! We continue to look for that next key to open those
doors. The known children of Thomas Waters/Walters are:.

JAMES G WALTERS

According to family members and official records such as
death certificate, my great grandfather was JAMES G. WALTERS. It
is believed the G stood for Granville. Records indicate he was
born March 8, 1826 in Oldham County, Kentucky. He died May 4,
1913 in Crawford Co., Arkansas and one relative says he is buried
at the Zion Cemetery, Adair County, Oklahoma.

He married (2) Ann (Triplett) Davis in Russell County,
Kentucky in 1849. By 1852 he had moved the family to Putnam
County, Missouri. Sometime between 1860 and 1870 they moved to
Crawford County, Arkansas. One cousin relates that James and Ann
had quite an extensive holding in Missouri. This included a
grist mill, flour mill and many livestock. Land records indicate
he owned several hundred acres of land. The same cousin tells
that when neighbors discovered James had fought in the civil war
for the Union Army, he was burned out and all his livestock
killed. It was then that he moved his family to Arkansas.

After Ann's death James G. married Mrs America Barnett on
8-19-1880. No children of this marriage.

(* indicated my line)

* JAMES G. WALTERS - born 3-8-1826, Oldham County, Kentucky.
Died 5-4-1913 Crawford Co, Arkansas. Buried Zion Cemetery, Adair
County, Oklahoma. Married ANN TRIPLETT DAVIS 1849 Russell Co.
Ky. She born 1824/26. Died 1877. Daughter of JOHN "&" PATSY
TRIPLETT. Their children:

1. DAVIS, J.A. - Ann's son by first marriage. Born 1842
Ky. Married Elizabeth ____(?) and had at least one son J.W.,
born 1869ca in Arkansas.

2. * ZACHARIAH T. "ZACK" - born 5-4-1849 in Russell
Co., Ky. Died 10-23-1923 in Sequoyah County, Oklahoma and is
buried at the Box Cemetery near Vian, Oklahoma. Zack was a
farmer most of his life. He married EMMA HOWELL, who was born
1850 in Tennessee, the daughter of Henry Howell Sr. and Martha
Lowe Howell. They lived near Uniontown, Arkansas until about
1907 when they moved to Sequoyah Co, Okla. north of Vian to the
Blackgum Mountain community where their sons James Henry and
Andrew lived. It is said that Emma moved with her daughter
Myrtle "Mert" Walters Byrum to Atoka, Oklahoma where she died in
1925 after Zack's death in 1923. The children of Zack and Emma
are:

A. * JAMES HENRY - born 9-15-1869, Crawford County,
Arkansas. Died 12-21-1947 in Muskogee County, Okla. He married
(1) Nettie Allison . Records indicate by 1890 he and Nettie
lived in Cherokee Indian Territory in Oklahoma. This is where
his first three children, all girls, were born. Family history
indicates that Nettie died either at the youngest daughters birth
or shortly thereafter. I believe he may have returned to
Crawford County after Nettie's death as he remarried on October
8, 1899 at Uniontown, Crawford County, Arkansas to Miss Armintie
Katherine Harp. She daughter of Wyatt Madison Harp and Delitha
Cumile Brasuell, born 3-20-1875 in believe Crawford Co.,
Arkansas. She died 8-14-1956 at Vinita, Oklahoma and is buried
at Haskell, Oklahoma.. Children of James Henry:

(First three by Nettie Allison Walters)

1. Vada - born 7-23-1890, Indian Territory, Okla. Died
5-30-1984 at Vian, Okla and buried beside first husband in Vian.
Married (1) Warner Merriott - 5 children; (2) George W. Fields -
5 children: Her children:

• a. Cecil Merriott - born 11-16-1910. Married (1) Mary
  Sells. Two children:
  Michael- born 1948 and Warner - born 1941.

  b. Chester Merriott - born 4-17-1912. Married Bess
  Davis 1938. No children.

  c. Bonnie Merriott - born 1913, died 1917.

  d. Gilbert Merriott - born 1915, died 1986. One
  daughter Frances Ruth, born 1952.
  

  e. Blanche Merriott - born 1917, died 1986. Married
  Frank Olguin. Two children: Joanne- born 1929. Married Jim
  Stallings; Shirley Dianne, born 1943.

  f. Lucille Fields - born 1919. Married Guy Ritter
  1939. No children.

  g. Lillian Virginia Fields- born 1921, died 1993.
  Married Kenneth Cowart. Their children: (1). Helen Marie born
  1940, married Raymond Dearman; (2) Geraldine Bernice - born
  1942. Married Ray Lackey; (3) Thelma Juanita - born 1944,
  married Dale Sutton; (4) Kenneth Ray Jr., born 1946; (5) Peggy
  Sue - born 1945. Married Danny Vastine; (6) Bertha Allene, born
  1947. Married Vance Thomas; (7) Rena Annette - born 1952, died
  1953.; (8) Delora Lynn - born 1955, died 1958; (9) Judy Ann -
  born 1956; (10) Benjamin Leroy - born 1953.; (11) Patsy Joanne -
  born 1958. Married Mr. Carlton; (12) Gala Faye - born 1960.
  Married Alvin Moore; (13) Destiny.

  h. George W. Fields Jr. - born 1923. Three children -
  (1) Larry, born 1965; (2) George Allen, born 1969; (3) Tammie
  Denise, born 1970.

  i. William Henry Fields, born 1916. Married Jean
  Choate 1958.

  j. Charles Herbert Fields, born 1928. Married Faye
  Raye Hopkins. Two sons.

2. Clara Walters - born 9-16-1892, Indian Territory, Okla.
Died 2-5-1984 at Vian, Okla. Married (1) Bullet Fields; (2) Sam
Waters. Her children:

• a. Johnnie Bullet Fields.

  b. Lahoma Fields, born 1911, died 1992.

  c. George Woodfrow Fields - died 1993.

3. Ollie Walters - born 1895 Indian Territory, Okla. Died
1935, Ft. Smith, Arkansas. Married Claude Delois Sanders, Sr.
5-13-1911, Crawford Co., Arkansas. He son of Robert S. Sanders
and Mattie Virginia Martin, born 1889 and died 1975 at Vian,
Okla. Their children:

• a. Claude Delois Sanders Jr. "Toddy", born 1912 Vian,
  Okla. Married Nellie Payne Griffin 1932. Their children: (1)
  Claude Delois III, born 1935; (2) Bettye Lou, born 1936.
  Married Richard C. Fisher 1954.- 3 children; (3) Nancy Lee, born
  1933, died 1985. Married Frank Ficki 1952. 4 children; (4)
  Patricia Ruth, born 1942. Married Fred Garcia. 3 children.

  b. Romona Sanders, born 1915. Married Larry Landsverk.

  c. Nadine Virginia Sanders - born 1920. Married Andy
  Anderson.

4. Ethel Martha Walters - born 7-27-1900, Indian Territory,
Oklahoma. Married (1) John George; (2) Bill Wood. Her children
are:

• a. Jack - born 1920, Muskogee Co, Okla. Married
  Pauline. No children.

  b. J.R. - born 2-6-1927, Muskogee Co., Okla. Died
  4-20-1987, Tulsa, Oklahoma. Married Juanita Sowers 6-16-1948,
  Wagoner, Okla. Their children: (1) Joann Walters, born 1950.
  Married Weston Hill - 1 daughter Heather Hill; (2) Wilma Dean
  Walters, born 1956.

5. Floyd James Walters - born 5-27-1902, Indian Territory,
Okla. Died 9-19-1975, Haskell, Okla. Married Ardell Williams
1911. Their children:

• a. Helen Maxine - born 1925, died 1985, California.
  Married James William Carroll. 3 children. (1) Terry Alexander,
  born 1948; (2) Tanya Marcia, born 1950; (3) James William, born
  1953.

  b. James Clarence "J.C." - born 1928, died 1994.
  Married Aliene Moore. Their children: (1) James Clarence Jr.,
  born 1949, died 1970. Married Mary Neal 1952. 1 son , James
  Edward, born 1969.; (2) Beverly Sue, born 1950. Married
  J.D.Dillington 1968. Two children: (1) Julie Renie, born 1971;
  (2) John David, born 1974. (3) Ronald Floyd, born 1953, died
  1970. Married Billie Cooper. One son Ronnie Dale, born 1970,
  died 1985. (4) Brenda Gail, born 1960.

6. Edna Parilee Walters, born 7-30-1904 Indian Territory,
Oklahoma. Died 1-17-1916 Vian, Oklahoma of pneumonia. Buried at
the Box Cemetery near Vian, Oklahoma.

7. Delbert Francis Walters, born 8-30-1906 Indian
Territory, Oklahoma. Died 19-7-1986 Flora, Illinois. Married
Lola Zelda Rice in 1925. In later years after Lola's death he
married Eveyln Dulaney Banhart. Children of Delbert and Lola
are:

• a. Pearl Frances, born 1926. Died 1996, Illinois.
  Marreied Don Eugene Brown 1949. Divorced in 1973. Their
  children: (1) Paula Sue. Married Ronald Sears - 2 children; (2)
  Jerry Eugene, Married Deborah Hoyt. 2 children; (3) Donald.
  Married Patricia Downey.

  b. Tommy Ray - born 1930. Married Mildred ____. No
  children.

  c. Bobby Joe - born 1935, died 1980 Illinois. Married
  Judith Marie Cassolari. Their children: (1) Natalie, born
  1980; (2) Johnathan Robert, born 1982; (3) Tina Marie, born
  1961; (4) Tommy Lee, born 1967.

  d. Jerry Wayne, born 1938, died 1939. Buried Haskell,
  Oklahoma.

8. Carl Clifford Walters, born 7-30-1908 Indian Territory,
Okla. Died 10-23-1984 Okmulgee, Oklahoma. Married Dora Belle
Mangrum 1929 Muskogee, Okla. Their children:

• a. Shirley - born 1934. Married (1) Vernon Rogers;
  (2) Oscar Mathis; (3) Danny Burright. Her children: (1) Doenye
  Rogers, born 1954. Married Jim Collins - 2 children; (2)
  Ladonna Rogers, born 1956. Married (1) Jeff Welding; (2) Dange
  Diebold. 2 children by 1st marriage. (3) Kyle Dean Mathis,
  born 1966. Married Gaye ____ 1991 - 2 daughters.

  b. Billy Joe Walters, born 1930, died 1932. Buried
  Haskell, Oklahoma.

  c. Clifford Walters, born 1932 Okmulgee Co., Okla.
  Married (1) Genine Booker - 3 children; (2) Geraldine Gordon - no
  issue. His children: (1) Ava Lavon, born 1951. Married
  ___Tansey, one daughter Jennifer Erin Tansey; (2) Pnyllis Ann
  born 1954. Married ____Hardridge, 2 children; (3) Russell Lee,
  born 1964, died 1985, Palestine Texas. Buried Haskell, Oklahoma.

  d. Richard Walters - born 1941 Okmulgee Co., Okla.
  Married (1) Ida Mae Hamilton. Divorced. His children: (1)
  Ronald Wayne; (2) Brett Lee, born 1961; (3) Traci.

  e. Glenda Walters, born 1945, Okmulgee, Okla. Married
  Jamie Dixon 1961. Their children: (1) James Gordon, born 1964.
  Married Cathy Endres 1982. 2 sons; (2) Clint Wayne, born 1966.
  Married Carolyn Earheart 1984. One son; (3) Carmon - married
  with one son; (4) Floyd, born 1974.

  f. Alan Walters, born 1951, Okmulgee, Okla. Married
  Linda Checotah 1972. Their children: (1) Shawna Renee, born 1975; (2) Leslie Rochelle, born 1981.

9. Opal Eula Walters - born 3-23-1910, Sequoyah County,
Oklahoma. Died 6-26-1991. Married Virgil Dotson (divorced).
Their children:

• a. Virgil Gene, born 2-14-1937, Oklahoma.

  b. Joyce Dean. Married Gene Stephens. Their
  children: (1) Ronnie - married with one child; (2) Sherri Renee

10. Lois Manda Walters - born 4-26-1913, Sequoyah County,
Oklahoma. Died 4-11-1980 Corpus Christi, Texas. Married Frank
Agee (Divorced). Their children:

• a. Corylan Agee. Married (1) Edward Stringer; (2) Mac
  Armstrong. Her children: (1) Brenda Ann Stringer; (2) Jan
  Stringer; (3) Edward Stringer; (4) Debbie Stringer.

  b. Frankie Doyle Agee. Married with two daughters:
  (1) Lisa Gaye; (2) Dawn

  c. Lavern Agee. Divorced. no children

  d. Charles Agee. Married - 3 children: (1) Allen;
  (2) Gena; (3) Jason

11 * Lela Bessie Walters- born 3-5-1917, Sequoyah
County, Oklahoma. Married Vernon Lawson 5-24-1934 Muskogee,
Okla. Their children:

• a. Vernon Lawson Jr., born 3-11-1936, Haskell, Okla.
  Married Barbara Whomble 5-19-1956. Their children: (1)
  Kathleen Renee - born 1961 - 4 children; (2) Toni Leann born
  1964. 3 children; (3) Thomas Roy, born 1969. one daughter; (4)
  Patrick Lynn born 1972. One daughter.

  b. Billy Ray Lawson, born 5-14-1938 Haskell ,
  Oklahoma. Married Marlene Bromley 1960. His children: (1)
  Marty Sue - Adopted- born 1957. - 2 sons; (2) Jody Lynn, born
  1961. Married Charles Porter - 2 sons; (3) Timothy Ray, born
  1963. Married Elizabeth Kelley. Two sons.

  c.* Carol Sue Lawson, born 6-27-1941 Muskogee
  County, Oklahoma. Married Maurice King Johnson 1960. Their
  children: (1) Maurice Keith, born 1961 - 1 daughter; (2)
  Kimberly Sue, born 1962 - 2 sons; (3) Kevin Lee, born 1963 - son
  Jake, daughter Jessica.

B. ANDREW "ANDY" WALTERS - son of Zack and Emma Walters -
born 4-5-1872, Crawford County, Arkansas. Died 4-14-1918, Vian, Sequoyah
County, Oklahoma. Married Lillian Allison (sister to Nettie
Allison, first wife of James Henry Walters) . Her mother Mary
Franklin Allison was a Cherokee indian who had made the trip from
the Carolinas over the now noted "Trail of Tears" to Fort Smith,
Arkansas. She died in 1920. Their children:

• 1. Zackary Taylor - born 1893, died 1976 Tulsa, Okla.
  Married Hazel Terrell 1915. Their children:
  a. Juanita Kathalyn, born 1916. Married William
  Walker. One son:
  (1) James Donn Walker, boxn 1942. Married Kathryn Shearer. Two
  children: Zachary and Joshua

  b. Jack Walters, born 1918. Married Marjorie
  Cox. Their children: (1) Mary Margret, born 1948. Married Edward Stephens, 2
  children. (2) Diana Gail, born 1943. Married Kent Van
  Valkenburgh. Two childred - Katie and Chad .

  c. Nina Margaret Walters - born 1922. Married E.
  Flemming Jr. Two children: (1) Susan Marie, born 1954. Married
  Gary Linde, 3 children; (2) Lisa Dorlean, born 1957. Married
  Kevin Daniel Smith. Two children.

  d. Carolyn Walters, born 1924. Married Kenneth
  Hale. Her children:
  (1) Clifford Wayne, born 1953. Married Debra Wilson, 2
  children: (2) Marsha Lynn, born 1949. Married Bob Simpson. 3
  children;

  e. Barbara Jean Walters, born 1930. Married
  Carl Norton. Her children: (1) Carla Jean, born 1956. 3
  children; (2) Charles Taylor "Chuck", born 1960.

• 2. Zeff Walters, born 1894 Indian Territory, Okla.
  Died 9-2-1966 Vian, Okla. Married Mayme Starr Terrell. Their
  children:

  a. John Terrell Walters, born 1917. Married
  Chloe Spears. 3 children:
  (1) Patricia Jean, born 1939; (2) Harold Dean, born 1942; (3)
  John Terrill II, born 1945; (4) Paula Rene, born 1955.

  b. Mattie Lillian Walters "Nino", born 1926.
  Married Dan Ira Pilcher. Their children: (1) Michele Danette,
  born 1954, Married Dr. Terry Fruits - 2 children: (2) Kelly Kim,
  born 1958. Married Kirk August Peterson. 2 children. (3) Ira
  Dan II, born 1962. Married Emily Ann Elder.
  c. Paul Walters, born 1933, Vian, Okla. Married
  Anna Cattaneo Adams "Tena" 1954. One daughter Shawna Ann, born
  1957. Married Randy Rogers, 2 children.

• 3. Pearl Walters, born 1896, died 1977. Married Ottis
  L. Tate. Their children:

• 4. Carlo Walters, born 1897. Died as infant.

  5. Harry Walters, born 1902 indian Territory, Okla.
  Died 1975. Married Mary Liston. Their children:

  a. Emogene Walters, born 1922. Married Carney
  Caughman. Their children: (1) Jeanette Caughman, born 1940
  Married Arnold McGee, 4 children; (2) Teri ; (3) Dale; (4) Dean;
  (5) Carney Jr.; (6) Carnella Jean; (7) Delana.

  b. Louie "Sonny" Walters, born 1932. His
  children: (1) Jimmy; (2) Terry; (3) Tina; (4) Dolly; (5)
  Georgia Ann; (6) Craig David, born 1961, died 1984.

• 6. Vera Walters, born 1908, died 1987 Clarion, Iowa.
  Married Elmer Streb. No children.

  7. Pauline Walters, born 1911, died 1990. Married Joe
  Smith. No known children.

NOTE: Members of this family report Andrew and Lillian had three
sets of twins that died as infants. It is believed they are
buried at Box Cemetery beside Andy and Lillian.

C. MATTIE WALTERS, daughter of Zack and Emma Howell
Walters, born 1879 at Uniontown, Crawford Co., Ark. Died 1964 at
Cedarville, Crawford Co., Arkansas. Married Abe Jackson 1899.
Their children:

• 1. Winnie Jackson, born 1899 at Cedarville, Arkansas.
  Died 1953 Fort Smith, Arkansas. Married Jay Maxey. They had one
  child:

  a. Warren Jay Maxey, born 1929. Married Della
  Chabez.

• 2. Emma Jackson, born 1903 Cedarville, Arkansas, died
  1984 Fort Smith, Arkansas. Married Earl Maxey 1924. Their
  children:

  a. Sue Maxey, born 1927, died 1966. Married
  Hurst Shaw.

  b.E.J. Maxey, born 1926. Married Kathryn
  Patterson. Their children:
  (1) Earl Donald, born 1948, died 1977; (2) David Charles, born
  1961. Married Teresa Gravley.
  (3) Shana Kay, born 1963.

• 3. Ray Jackson, born 1911, Cedarville, Arkansas.
  Married Edith Thompson. Their children:
  a. Darrell Ray, born 1954. Married Becky Friday.
  2 daughters

  b. Stevin Jackson, born 1956. Married Kathy
  Workman. 1 child

D. MYRTLE "MERT" WALTERS, daughter of Zack and Emma Howell
Walters, born 1884. Married Edward Smith Byrum 1898 Crawford
County, Arkansas. Their children are:

• 1. Ura Byrum, born 1900, died 1919. Married Ray
  Brown. One daughter:

  a. Prudence Brown, born 1919, died 1955. Married
  Jim Pierce. 2 daughters: (1) Norma; (2) Gwen.

• 2.. Everett Byrum, born 1902, died 1919.

• 3. Velmer Byrum, born 1905, died 1969. Married Marie
  Buckner. Their children: a. Dwight Eugene, born 1929. Married (1) Jenny
  Tolbert; (2) Jean Giumarra Koening. His children by first
  marriage: (1) Leesa Colleen, born 1958; (2) Dwight Daniel,
  born 1960. One daughter; (3) John Kenneth, born 1964. Married
  Karen Tanzy.

  b. Shirley Ann, born 1934. Married Raymond
  Olmstead. Three children: (1) David Charles, born 1956. Married Robyn Gardner, one daughter Madelyn Ann; (2) Diane Elizabeth, born 1958. Married Robert Burns. (divorced) One son Patrick; (3) Douglas Robert, born 1963. Married with no children.

  c. Charles Roger Byrum, born 1936. Married Ann
  ______.

  d. Kenneth Michael Byrum, born 1939. Married
  Pamla Best. 3 children: (1) Christopher Michael, born 1969; (2) Juli Marie, born 1971;
  (3) Thomas Paul, born 1974.

• 4. Tilmon Byrum, born 1910. Married Clista Murphy
  1939. Died 1973, Odessa, Texas. One son: Walter Eugene "Spanky"
  Bryum.

• 5. Ottis Byrum, born 1907, Atoka, Okla. Died 1978,
  Phoenix, Arizona. Married Juanita Faye Price 1936. Their
  children:

  a. James Ronald, born 1939

  b. Judith Carol, born 1944. Married Dean
  Alexander 1966. Two children: (1) Matthew Dean, born 1969; (2)
  Suzanna Alexander, born 1971.

  c. Rebecca Sue, born 1946. Married Leo
  Bridgeforth. Their children: (1) David; (2) Kimberly Sue.

  d. Katherine Gay, born 1950. Married (1) Herb
  Maybee; (2) John Turner. Her children: (1) Shea Maybee; (2)
  Shannan Maybee

• 6. Gay Byrum, born 1915, Slick, Oklahoma. Died 1928.

• 7. Virgnia Byrum, born 1917, Slick, Okla. Married
  Hoover R. Buckner 1934. Her children:
  a. Meridith, born 1934. Married Bob Miller 1951.
  Three children: (1) Katherine Miller, born 1952. Married Buck
  Dodson (divorced) one son Robert Dodson, born 1981.(2) Susan
  Miller, born 1955. Married John Fisher (divorced). Her children:
  (1) Calvin Fisher, born 1978. (3) Janice Miller, born 1960.
  Married Robert Snavely. two children: Dyllan and Allison.

  b. Janice Buckner, born 1941. Married Ben
  Stewart. Their children:
  (1) Emily, born 1965; (2) Amy, born 1976.

  c. Phillip Buckner, born 1938. Married (1) Peggy
  Broadnax 1956; (2) Joan Boersma. Children of Phillip and Peggy:
  (1) Deborah, born 1957. Married Mark Myers, 3 children, Jason,
  Brian and Jessica.(2) Michael, born 1958.; (3) Donna, born
  1960, Married Matthew Rambo. Two children Cole and Chelsea; (4)
  Judy, born 1961. Married David Haas. Two children Hannah Grace
  and William.

  d. Karen Buckner, born 1951. Married Gary Wiese
  1970. Two children:
  (1) Jennifer Gael, born 1978; (2) Eric Tyson, born 1982.

• 8. Geraldine "Geri" Byrum, born 1920, Atoka, Oklahoma,
  Died 1994, Bakersfield, California. Married Chester Elrod.
  Their children:

  a. Nora Jo Elrod, born 1943. Married (1) Loren
  Graf; (2) Kent Middleton. Her children are: (1) Loren David
  Graf, born 1964; (2) Jason Russell Middleton, born 1972;

  b. Evelyn Joyce Elrod, born 1945. Married (1)
  Larry Friesen; (2) Marvin Byrd; (3) Robert Stubbs. Her children:
  (1) Aaron Byrd; (2) Adam Stubbs, born 1978; (3) Katie Stubbs,
  born 1980.

  c. Russell George Elrod, born 1950. Married
  Barbara Wright. Their children: (1) Bryan Gregory Elrod, born
  1981; (2) Stephen Russell Elrod, born 1983; (3) Megan Justine
  Elrod, born 1987.

• 9. Edward Vernon "E.V." Byrum, born 1923, Atoka,
  Oklahoma. Married Nona Hill 1942. Their children:

  a. Eddie Joe, born 1944.

  b. James Sidney. Married Ginger Brown, one child
  Stacy.

  c. Tillman, married (1) Ann ___; (2) Carolyn.
  One child Marci Byrum.

• 10. Robert Lee "R.L." Byrum, born 1925 Atoka,
  Oklahoma. Married Bobbye Jean Strawn. Their children:

  a. Robert Lee "Robbie", born 1948, died 1973.

  b. Sandra Lynn, born 1949, Married Fred R.Crocker
  1969.

  c. Larry Craig, born 1957.

• 11. Arthur Victor Byrum, born 1928, Atoka, Okla.
  Married Alleen Altman. Their children:
  a . Dwight Wesley

  b. Brent

  c. Steven Victor "Coonie"

E. SALLIE WALTERS - daughter of Zack and Emma Howell
Walters, born 4-27-1890. Died 8-8-1966 at Stilwell, Sequoyah
Co., Okla and is buried at Box Cemetery, near Vian, Okla. She
married Edgar "Jake" Warneke the son of John and Annie Warneke.
He born 1893 and died 1927. Also buried at the Box Cemetery.
Their children:

• 1. Cornell Warneke, born 1916, died 1987. Buried Box
  Cemetery

  2. William Jennings Warneke, born 1920, died 1993.
  Buried Box Cemetery.

• 3. JAMES MILTON "MITT" WALTERS, son of James G. and Ann
  Triplett Walters. Born 1913, Kentucky. Married Margaret S. Reed 1884. She born
  1858 and died 1944. Mitt and Margaret both buried at Box
  Cemetery, near Vian, Oklahoma. Their children:

  a. Thomas Edward "Ed" Walters, born 1875, died 1972.
  Married Minnie L. Compton. Both buried at West Lawn Cemetery,
  Henryetta, Oklahoma. 4 children.

  b. John Reed Walters, born 1877, died 1945. Married
  Florence Jones. Both buried Garden of Memories, Vian, Oklahoma.
  One daughter Christine.

  c. Walter Henry Walters, born 1879, died 1928.
  Married Beulah "Lula" West. One son Haskell.

  d. Bert Walters, born 1882, died 1950. Married Pearl
  Watts. Both buried Round Mountain Cemetery. 11 children.

  e. Bertha Walters, born 1884, died 1936. Married
  Marshall E. Daley. 4 children.

  f. Mont - born 1889. Married Cora Gossett. 2 sons
  Glen and Frankie

  g. James Clyde, born 1892, died 1982. Married (1)
  Mary Frances Crook; (2) Sophie Neesby. One daughter by second
  marriage.

  h. Mamie, born 1895 (twin), died 1992. Married
  William Charles Cook. Both buried Box Cemetery, Vian, Oklahoma.
  5 children.

  i. Minnie, born 1895 (twin), died 1986. Married Sam
  Caldwell. Both buried Sallisaw City Cemetery, Sallisaw,
  Oklahoma. No children.

  j. Sylvester "Vess" Walters, born 1897, died 1976.
  Married (1) Mary Belle Hedrix; (2) Anna Belle Wells. Vess had 7
  children.

• 4. MARION FRANCES "DUTCH" WALTERS, son of James G. and
  Ann Triplett Walters. Born 1853 Missouri. Married Nancy Jane
  Kelley. Their children:

  a. Lula Ann, born 1873, died 1948. Married George W.
  Asbill. 6 children.

  b. William A., born 1879, died 1936. Married Viola
  Patterson (divorced). 4 children.

  c. Andrew Jackson, born 1882, died 1955. Married
  Nancy Susan Brasuell. Both buried Seabolt Cemetery, Sequoyah
  Co., Oklahoma. 5 children.

  d. Arthur "Haute", born 1884, died 1943. Married
  Maudie Brasuell. Both buried Seabolt Cemetery, Sequoyah Co.,
  Oklahoma. 7 children.

  e. Jess Lee, born 1886, died 1963. Married Effie Ann
  Routh. Both buried Sallisaw City Cemetery, Sallisaw, Oklahoma.
  4 children.

  f. Frances Marion, born 1893, died 1961. Married
  Nellie James. Both buried Seabolt Cemetery, Sequoyah Co.,
  Oklahoma. 6 children.

  g. Frank, born 1897, died 1967. Married Nannie
  Asbill. Both buried North View Cemetery, Sequoyah Co., Oklahoma.
  6 children.

• 5. BENJAMEN BLAKE WALTERS, son of James G. and Ann Triplett
  Walters. Born 1856 Missouri, died 1943. Married Mary Magdalena
  Dale. Both buried Akins Cemetery, Akins, Oklahoma. Their
  children:

  a. William Granville, born 1877, died 1969. Married
  Dora Catherine Walker. Both buried Akins Cemetery, Akins,
  Oklahoma. 8 children.

  b. Volentine "Vol", born 1879, died in California.
  Married Dora Green. 7 children.

  c. Virgie Emma (twin to Vol), born 1879, died 1958.
  Buried Akins Cemetery, Akins, Oklahoma. Single

  d. Maude A., born 1884, died 1951. Married Robert E.
  "Bob" Jeremiah. Buried Akins Cemetery, Akins, Oklahoma. 7
  children.

  e. Ola, born 1885, died 1989. Married (1) Murphy Fine
  - 3 children; (2) Frank Masterson. Buriedd Akins Cemetery, Akins,
  Oklahoma.

  f. Gillie Blake, born 1887, died 1973. Married (1)
  Charles Smith; (2) Phillip Reeder. 5 children.

  g. Troy Dale, born 1890, died 1915. Married Pearl
  Lessley. Buried Akins Cemetery, Akins, Oklahoma. 4 children.

  h. Gertie, born 1892, died 1974. Married Bert Brewer.
  Both buried Akins Cemetery, Akins, Oklahoma. 2 children.

  i. Tressie, born 1895. One son

• 6. THOMAS WALTERS, son of James G. and Ann Triplett
  Walters. Born 1858 Missouri. Married Martha E. Hill. Believed
  to have 2 children who both died about age 3.

  7. GEORGE HENRY WALTERS, son of James G. and Ann Triplett
  Walters. Born 1859 Missouri, died 1945 McCurtain County,
  Oklahoma. Married Mollie Barrer. One step-son Luther.

  8. SAMANTHA WALTERS, daughter of James G. and Ann Triplett
  Walters. Born 1862 Missouri. Married John W. Allen.

• 9. NANCY ANN WALTERS, daughter of James G. and Ann Triplett
  Walters. Born 1863 Missouri, died 1941. Married (1) Samuel
  Fisher; (2) ____Nickels. Children of Nancy Ann and Samuel Fisher

  : a. Wilbert "Bert" , born 1884, died 1970. Married Mae
  Hawkens. one daughter.

  b. Daughter , died at 10 months.

  c. Willie Myrtle "Mert", born 1887, died 1958.
  Married (1) Frank Tassey; (2) ___Parton. 5 children by first
  marriage.

  d. Lillie Ethel, born 1889, died 1970. Married Manie
  George Jackson. Both buried Sallisaw City Cemetery, Sallisaw,
  Oklahoma. 2 children.

  e. Charles Henry, born 1891, died 1975. Married
  Pearlie Alice Jackson. Both buried Blackjack Cemetery near
  Muldrow, Oklahoma. 8 children.

  f. James Luther, born 1893, died 1983. Married 3
  times. Two children with second wife.

  g. Joe Earnest, born 1895, died 1973. Married Minnie
  Mae Shamblin. Both buried Ft. Smith, Arkansas. 4 children.

  h. Dana Pearl, born 1898, died 1988. Married (1)
  August Edwards; (2) Ralph Jones. Buried Sallisaw City Cemetery,
  Sallisaw, Oklahoma. one daughter by second marriage.

  i. Della Mae "Dale", born 1900, died 1983. Married
  (1) Gordon Wren; (2) John Humpheries. One child with first
  marriage, two children with last marriage.

  j. Delmer Jewel, born 1906, died 1906. (Female)

ELLEN ANN WATERS "NELLIE"

2. Ellen Ann “Nellie” Waters, born November 1828 Oldham
County, Kentucky She died April 14, 1913 in Washington
County, Arkansas and is buried at the Garrett Creek
Cemetery. She married James Pierce in Kentucky. Their
Children are:

    1. Elizabeth Jane, 1849-1938– married John Stephens
    2. Cyrunes, 1855-1915– married Matilda Andrews
    3. Mary, 1855-1943– married William Patterson
    4. John Ode, 1859-1941
    5. William, 1861-1939

GEORGE M WATERS

3. George M Waters, born 1831, died 1860 in Camden County
Missouri. He married Elizabeth White in Kentucky. Their
Children:

    1. Mary Ellen, 1850
    2. Sarah Catherine, 1853
    3. Luretta Jane, 1855
    4. James Thomas , 1858
    5. George Jr., 1860

HENRY F. WALTERS

4. Henry F Walters, born 1839 in Kentucky. Died 3-4-1891 in Kentucky.
He married Louisa Russell 1-22-1863 in Russell Co. Ky.
Their children are:

    1. Lounetta, 1862ca-May 1926– married William Cook
    2. Mary C, born 1866ca-1926-married Wm A Glover
    3. John Zeyer, born 1868-1931-married Ida Murrick
    4. Sarah, born 1869ca
    5. George M, born 1874-1959-married Florence Kerns
    6. Sopha, born 1878
    7. Orien A, born 1884-1961-married Nora Kerns

JOHN HARRISON WALTERS

5. John Harrison Walters, born 1841 in Kentucky. Died 1-10-1917
In Ellis County, Texas. Buried Italy, Texas. Married Christina
“Crissie” Baldwin in 1866 in Monteau County, Missouri.
Their children:

    1. James Thomas “Jimmie”-1869-1912 married Lucy Smith
    2. John Morrison, 1872 – – married Mary Alice Plant
    3. Nina Mae, 1874– – married Joseph A Nixon
    4. Fannie Leona, 1878 ––– Married James Shippey
    5. Othello Edward “Eddie”, 1881 – -
    6. Jessie Harlan “Loving”, 1890 – 1948
    7. Unnamed infant

SARAH KIZAR WATERS

6. Sarah Kizar (?) Waters, born 1844ca Russell Co. Ky. Died 1888
Linn Creek, Camden Co. Mo. Buried at Freedom Cemetery, Camden Co,
Mo. Married Isaac Newton Anderson in 1860 in Camden Co. Missouri.
Their children:

    1. John Henry, 1861-1925
    2. Sarah "Sally", 1863-1926
    3. Tom Harrison, 1867 - 1954
    4. James William "Bill", 1871-
    5. Mary Nancy, 1873-1966
    6. Charles A. 1879-
    7. Rachel Leona "Oney", 1882-1907
    8. George A, 1886-1900

MARY C. WALTERS

7. Mary C. Walters, born 2-5-1845 Russell Co. Kentucky. Died
8-28-1930 in Versalles, Morgan Co. Missouri. Buried at the Versalles
Cemetery in Morgan Co. Mo. Married Jacob Coffman. Their children:

    1. Margaret, 1865-
    2. Thomas, Feb.1866-Dec 1866
    3. Susan A, 1869=
    4. Sarah E., 1871
    5. Viola Elizabeth, 1874-1959
    6. Kellis, 1878-1952
    7. Daniel , 1881-1882
   8. Jacob, 1883-1949
    9. Mary Eilen "Molly", 1886-1963

NOTE: There are still a lot of unanswered questions regarding these
families. Notice how many of these children had a middle name of
Harrison. Could this be a mother's maiden name? Which is correct
spelling; Waters or Walters ? I suggest you look at some of the
pictures I have posted to the website. Notice the resemblance
between these families. That Walters look comes down several
generations.