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Mary Jane Walker (b. April 15, 1832, d. May 21, 1891)

Mary Jane Walker (daughter of Stephen Walker and Elizabeth Tiffin) was born April 15, 1832 in Tennessee, and died May 21, 1891 in Goshen, Lincoln County, Tennessee. She married William Phillips on April 26, 1848 in Lincoln County, Tennessee, son of James B. Phillips and Elizabeth S. Whitworth.

Notes for Mary Jane Walker:
Named in the will of Stephen Walker as a daughter.
1880 LINCOLN COUNTY,TENNESSEE CENSUS
Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
Mary PHILIPS Self W Female W 48 VA Keeping House VA VA
Wesley PHILIPS Son S Male W 21 TN Farm Laborer VA VA
Source Information:
Census Place District 19, Lincoln, Tennessee
Family History Library Film 1255267
NA Film Number T9-1267
Page Number 220A

Mary Jane Walker came to Tennessee from Virginia in a covered wagon at the age of two with her parents
Stephen (b.1782) and Elizabeth Tiffin (b.1798) about 1834. Her father owned large tracts of land south of
Belview. She fell in love and married at age 18 to William Phillips (brother of Elijah).
She suffered greatly under Yankee occupation. During the course of the war, the whole area was stripped
of everything that could be stolen or confiscated. Once the Phillips were sitting at a meal, yankee soldiers
came in, pushed them away and took their place at the table and forced them to leave their home.
Not long after the Battle of Shiloh, Mr. Dollar (Duncan Dollar b. 1817) returned from Mississippi with news
that her husband William Phillips had been killed in battle.Mary Jane refused to believe William was dead
and she waited for him to return until the day she died. She run up bills at the local stores and would not
pay her taxes. After the War, her brother Stephen (Stephen Thomas b.1832) ended up with the farm.

SOURCE:
1: Peggy Beal
2: Jean Warnes
3: Susanne Walker Hallstrom
4: Lois Scott
5: Lincoln Co marriage records by Marsh
6: Title: Ancestors and Descendants of James and Joy Tice.FTW
Text: Date of Import: 2 Aug, 1998
7: Title: Walker.FTW Text: Date of Import: Jun 29, 2002

More About Mary Jane Walker:
Burial: Macedonia Cemetery, Lincoln County, Tennessee.

More About Mary Jane Walker and William Phillips:
Marriage: April 26, 1848, Lincoln County, Tennessee.

Children of Mary Jane Walker and William Phillips are:

+Elvira Phillips, b. December 09, 1849, Lincoln County, Tennessee, d. January 02, 1930, Pleasant Grove, Lincoln County, Tennessee.
Martha Elizabeth Phillips, b. August 25, 1852, Tennessee, d. May 02, 1936, Lincoln County, Tennessee.
+William Thomas Phillips, b. March 30, 1855, Tennessee, d. November 07, 1924, Kelso, Tennessee.
Mary Ann Phillips, b. March 1858, Lincoln County, Tennessee, d. October 1934, Lincoln County, Tennessee.
Wesley Gill Phillips, b. 1859, Lincoln County, Tennessee, d. 1936, Pleasant Grove, Lincoln County, Tennessee.