James Leonard Walker b. 5 Sep 1898 Hanover, Jefferson, Indiana, USA d. 1985 Hanover, Jefferson, Indiana, USA: Hall Families of New England

1898 - 1985 (86 years)

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Name	James Leonard Walker
Born	5 Sep 1898	Hanover, Jefferson, Indiana, USA
Gender	Male
Residence	2 Apr 1930	Hanover, Jefferson, Indiana, USA
	House hold # 6 Main Cross Street
Died	1985	Hanover, Jefferson, Indiana, USA
Buried	Hanover, Jefferson, Indiana, USA
	Event Description: Hanover Cemetery
Person ID	I1040	John Hall of New Jersey
Last Modified	3 May 2016

Father	William Wade Walker, b. 7 Jan 1866, Jefferson, Indiana, USA , d. 27 Jul 1945, Jefferson County, Indiana, USA (Age 79 years)
Mother	Jennetta Morton McNeel, b. 19 Mar 1870, d. 1 Jun 1953, Madison, Jefferson, Indiana, USA (Age 83 years)
Married	19 Sep 1895	Hanover, Jefferson, Indiana, USA [1]
	Source of information: photo copied pages of marriage certificate from personal marriage book given to me by Jennette Shannon Clarkson. pg. 1 Service performed by. J.D. Lytle, VDH witnesses: George Shannon Jr. George W. Walker pg. 2 guests present at the marriage: James & Susan McNeel George W. Walker George Shannon George S. Taylor Ida Tait Jeanette Cochran Sarah Elizabeth Walker pg. 3 Atop this page listing the birth of their children a quote: "So rang the bells, So sang the birds, So said the guests in courteous words." William Neel April 28,1896 James Leonard Sep. 5,1898 George Shannon Jan. 31,1900 Anna Sep. 14,1902 John Taylor May 15,1906 Mary Elizabeth April 28,1909
Family ID	F99	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Clara Jones, b. 1892, d. 1968, Hanover, Jefferson, Indiana, USA (Age 76 years)

Married 1920

Children

	1. Kendall Walker, d. Unknown
	2. Wilma Walker, d. Unknown

Last Modified 3 May 2016

Family ID F387 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Notes

I believe this was written by David Boone. Wilma Walker's son.

Leonard was my grandfather. He was in construction. He had heavy equipment to build roads, bridges and put in basements and put up buildings I spent many summers with him and my grandmother Caya ( Clara Jones) in Hanover. Loved to go to Hanover Beach.
Leonard's father loved to have the latest machinery, but couldn't fix them when they broke. Leonard was good a fixing things. He loved steam engines. He had tractor steam engines and I remember driving a jeep that had a steam engine in the back with a big boiler and smoke stack around Hanover. He, also, had a small paddle wheel steam boat. Kind of a miniature of the big beautiful Ohio River Steam Boats.
Leonard helped put boats in the water in Madison when they had their annual Boat Races. Madison had one of the fastest big speed boats around in the country. Lining along the Ohio was something he really loved and he left me with many wonderful memories along the river in Indiana.

Source of information: Genealogy.com: Family Archive Image> Jefferson Co., Hanover Township, In. Main Cross St. Roll 595 Book 2, page 93.

House hold # 6

Walker, Leonard (31) now married to Clara (39) they have two children, their son Kendell L. (7) and their daughter Wilma G. (5).

Living in house hold # 14 of the same source is Leonard's brother John (23) along with his wife Jean F. Knoeble Walker (23)

[S32] Marriage Record Books 1873 - 1905, (Name: Jefferson County Historical Society; Location: Madison, Indiana; Date: March 1997;), Walker, William W. > McNeel, Jeanette M. Page 307 Marriage Book ESeptember 19, 1895 (Reliability: 0).