.... It was soon after this that she became seriously ill and the doctor told her she would soon die. Her last son, George was a toddler at the time. A neighbor, Charles and Jemima Walker offered to adopt George and Mary regretfully consented as she didn't want to leave such a young child. Not long after, Mary recovered and went back to the Walkers pleading with them to return her son, but they refused. They were still neighbors in the 1870 Census with the Walkers showing George as their son at age 5. George died 29 January 1889 at the age of 24 in a train accident returning to Sugar House, Utah from an outing with friends to Red Bluff Quarry.....
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adoptive parents:
father: Charles Gorrill Walker (1831-1904)
mother: Jemima Bowers Walker (1839-1919)
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adoptive parents:
father: Charles Gorrill Walker (1831-1904)
mother: Jemima Bowers Walker (1839-1919)
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.... It was soon after this that she became seriously ill and the doctor told her she would soon die. Her last son, George was a toddler at the time. A neighbor, Charles and Jemima Walker offered to adopt George and Mary regretfully consented as she didn't want to leave such a young child. Not long after, Mary recovered and went back to the Walkers pleading with them to return her son, but they refused. They were still neighbors in the 1870 Census with the Walkers showing George as their son at age 5. George died 29 January 1889 at the age of 24 in a train accident returning to Sugar House, Utah from an outing with friends to Red Bluff Quarry.....
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adoptive parents:
father: Charles Gorrill Walker (1831-1904)
mother: Jemima Bowers Walker (1839-1919)
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adoptive parents:
father: Charles Gorrill Walker (1831-1904)
mother: Jemima Bowers Walker (1839-1919)
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