A. J. Walker Family Photo Gallery - Pre 1950

The photographs below are those connected to the A.J. Walker family of Pecan Grove, San Saba County Texas and were taken more than 50 years ago.

Opal Pearle Estelle and Ruth - 1913

This picture had no names or date with it and it is a postcard that was never mailed with the return address W.T. Walker, Lometa Tex, St. Rte B. (Star Route B) which of course is Billie and Pearle's address. The bottom row is Opal and Pearle and the top row is Estelle and Ruth. Thanks to Deonna and Nell for the identification. The date is about 1913 and that would mean Pearle was age 23, Opal 2, Ruth 12 and Estelle is still a teen-ager at 19.

Zumwalt House Near the River - 1921

This picture is dated 1921, probably mid-summer. On the back of the original there were twelve persons listed from left to right. They are: Jimmy, Maude Walker, Ernest Pierce, Linda (Lane), Estelle Pierce holding baby Joe Pierce who was born on Christmas Day 1920, Terry Walker, Lou (Lane) Patton, Velma (Edwards) Walker, Gladys Patton, Winnie, and Alfred Walker Jr. I have confirmed identities and relationships of all but Jimmy. Jack Walker III sent me this picture with names on the back and he believed that Jimmy and Winnie are Linda's children. However Winnie, born in 1899, is the daughter of Jefferson D. Lane. Jefferson is the second child in Alfred G. Lane's second marriage and was born two years after Lou Lane. Linda Lane is the third child and was born in 1865. The house in this picture is the Zumwalt House and was located near the river. Alfred and Velma were living in this house having been married a little over a year. Jack was born here in August 1921 and the house washed away in the spring flood of 1922. A.J. Walker and his mother Sarah bought the Pecan Grove property just before Christmas in 1899 from the Zumwalt couple.

Lou (Aunt Lou)(Lane) Patton and Linda Lane are sisters, and daughters of Alfred G. Lane's second marriage and therefore they are half-sisters to Sarah (Lane) Walker, Juda Priscilla (Lane) Brown and Simon B. Lane. Gladys Patton, age 11 in this picture, is the only daughter of Mark and Lou (Lane) Patton.

Sara Ann Mariah Lane - About 1921

This is a picture of A.J. Walker's mother, born 1835 in Alabama. It was taken about 1921. Simon B. Lane (see next picture) was a younger brother to Sarah. After A.J. Walker's wife died in 1901 Sarah, who was now 65 years old, played a big part in raising the five Walker children. Sarah was one of Alfred G. Lane's 19 children. Some of her siblings remained in Alabama after Alfred G. moved to Texas just before the Civil War. Judah Priscilla, a younger sister, and Simon came with Alfred G. while Sarah and baby Jackie came to Texas after the Civil War. Eight of Sarah's half-siblings were born in Lampasas County. Sarah was 88 when she died in 1923.

Simon and Morgan Lane - 1923 California

This picture is of Simon B. Lane, born 1849, and his wife Morgan Henriettta (Lewis) Lane, taken in their home in El Monte California, in which they appear to be celebrating an anniversary. Their 50th wedding anniversary was in 1923 and it seems likely that this is a celebration of that event. If so then Simon would be 73 in the photo and Morgan 67. We know from the El Paso County census that Simon was living in El Paso in 1920 and the following year he moved to California. He kept in touch with Mr. Walker and Billie and Pearle. In 1927 he wrote a letter to Billie and Pearle Walker from El Monte California in which he spoke of his family and his chicken farm business. He died in El Monte in 1933 at age 83 and Morgan died one year later. Simon sent the Walker's a bag of California walnuts every Christmas.

Third Generation First Cousins - 1927

Shown here are seven of A J Walker's grandchildren born in the 1920-1923 period. They are Janice (1923), Betty Jo (1923), Roxie (1923), Melba Lou (1921), and Reba (1922) with Jack (1921) and Joe (1920) in the back row. Eleven grandchildren were born after this picture for a total of 21 first cousins. Click here for a list in birth order of the 21 First Cousins (A J Walker Grandchildren).

A.J. Walker Sr. and his Grandchildren - 1945

This is a 1945 photograph of A.J. Walker Sr. and his grandchildren. Standing left to right are Lynn (1931), Rose (1928), Edward (1931), Johnnie (1936), Sammie (1929), Shelby (1926) in uniform, Vivian (1925), Betty Jo (1923), and Roxie (1923). Grandpa Walker (1862) is holding great-granddaughter Daphne Sue (1942), and the two girls kneeling on either side are Pencia (1938), and Nell (1935). Pearle is on the far right and if you look closely there are several adults in the far background. There are 9 grandchildren (first cousins) and one great-grandchild in this picture. Click here for a list in birth order of the 21 First Cousins (A J Walker Grandchildren).

A.J. Walker Sr. and one of his Herefords - 1940s

This picture is a 1940s photo of A.J. Walker Sr. with one of his Hereford cows and is very typical of his appearance as I knew him in the 1930's and 40s. He rarely wore a tie and usually kept the top button of his shirt fastened. His "ten gallon" Texas style hat was always fully rounded at the top.

Alfred, A.J. Walker Sr.and Jack - 1940s

This picture is a 1940s photo
of Alfred Walker on the left,
A.J. Walker Sr., and Jack
Walker in his Navy uniform
on the right.

John Thomas Terry and Julia Ann (Cornutt) 56th Anniversary 1926

This picture is a 1926 photograph of the John
Thomas Terry Family at the San Saba County Fair.
It was noted that this was their 56th Wedding Anniversary
Click here for the names of those in this photograph.

San Saba Cotton Gin - A.J. Walker Part Owner about 1925

This picture was furnished by Ola Mae Walker and was taken about 1925. The back of the photograph says "The old Cotton Gin south of San Saba Court House, San Saba, Tex (near the ice plant) Jack Walker, second from the left on bottom row, part owner at one time".

Please contact eldon@ajwalker.org if you can identify any of the others in the picture or know the date.

A.J. Walker and 14 Relatives

This picture is from Pearle Walker's collection and was furnished by Ola Mae Walker. There was no identification on the back and I need help from some of you to identify persons shown here.

Last Updated: February 23, 2009

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