When Mary arrived as a toddler with her parents in the Minnesota Territory from Indiana by way of wherever the Civil War and extended family connections influenced their travels, it must have been both a huge challenge and a wonderful adventure.
A childhood that left her with these lessons probably served her well as, on April 15, 1873, she married Hiram Walker and together they ventured out once again, moving from McLeod to Renville County, to farm with her husband and raise a family of their own.
Mary, or Alline as she was fondly referred to by friends, never forgot her family. She kept in touch with her relatives and roots until the day she died in Jordan, MN, while on a trip to visit her sister, Nancy A. ("Nan") Holmes.
A childhood that left her with these lessons probably served her well as, on April 15, 1873, she married Hiram Walker and together they ventured out once again, moving from McLeod to Renville County, to farm with her husband and raise a family of their own.
Mary, or Alline as she was fondly referred to by friends, never forgot her family. She kept in touch with her relatives and roots until the day she died in Jordan, MN, while on a trip to visit her sister, Nancy A. ("Nan") Holmes.
When Mary arrived as a toddler with her parents in the Minnesota Territory from Indiana by way of wherever the Civil War and extended family connections influenced their travels, it must have been both a huge challenge and a wonderful adventure.
A childhood that left her with these lessons probably served her well as, on April 15, 1873, she married Hiram Walker and together they ventured out once again, moving from McLeod to Renville County, to farm with her husband and raise a family of their own.
Mary, or Alline as she was fondly referred to by friends, never forgot her family. She kept in touch with her relatives and roots until the day she died in Jordan, MN, while on a trip to visit her sister, Nancy A. ("Nan") Holmes.
A childhood that left her with these lessons probably served her well as, on April 15, 1873, she married Hiram Walker and together they ventured out once again, moving from McLeod to Renville County, to farm with her husband and raise a family of their own.
Mary, or Alline as she was fondly referred to by friends, never forgot her family. She kept in touch with her relatives and roots until the day she died in Jordan, MN, while on a trip to visit her sister, Nancy A. ("Nan") Holmes.
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