Walker
The headstone and footstone for 3 year old Charles Walker was uncovered by our restoration team in December 2020. Charles was the son of T & M Walker and he died on April 15, 1871 at the age of 3 years and 3 months.
We have researched area census records for T & M Walker in the 1870 and 1880 census records without success. An 1870 census record was located for Portage Des Sioux with a family headed by Harden Walker and his wife Maria. However Charles is not on this census. We have traced this Walker family a generation and found a Thomas Walker so we are working on a hunch that Harden is actually a Jr to his father Thomas and going by his middle name. That would be the T and M Walker. But why isn’t Charles on this census record? More research is required to determine if we have the correct family for Charles or not.