Grieves's father was the Rev. Thomas Walker, b.c. 1764, a Methodist Episcopal minister and immigrant from Edinburgh, Scotland, son of John Walker, of Edinburgh, Scotland, and Ann Grieves, a sister of Lord John Grieves, (died 1803, a merchant and Lord Provost of Edinburgh and Commissioner of Excise Lord Provost 1782-1784).
His mother was Elizabeth Miller, b. 1744, Kent Co., MD, the daughter of Nathaniel Miller Sr. and his wife Elizabeth Beck, both from affluent planter families.
Rev. Thomas Walker and Elizabeth Miller were married about 1792 in Kent Co., MD. Grieves, whose full name was Thomas Alexander Grieves Walker, was their fourth and last child, their only son, which probably explains the long name - he was named after everybody in the family.
About 1834, Grieves came west to Carrollton, Greene Co., IL with his older sister Elizabeth and her second husband, Dr. John Hardtner, who was later described in a local history as "a physician and dentist until about 1875 when he retired from active practice having through careful investments accumulated a large fortune." He was also a land speculator whom the town of Hardtner, Kansas is named after. Grieves apparently apprenticed with his brother-in-law in the study of medicine, as the title of "Dr." is inscribed on his tombstone.
In Feb 1836, Grieves began buying land in Macoupin Co., IL, which adjoins Greene county, and on 18 Oct of the same year he married Sarah Frances Allen in Greene Co., IL. He was 26 years old, and she was 37. They bought more land in Macoupin in Dec, but it's not clear if they ever lived there.
The 1840 census found them living in Greene Co., IL with two small children, a boy and a girl. The girl was their daughter Mary; the boy must have been a son who died young.
In late 1848 or early 1849, Grieves' mother Elizabeth died back in Maryland. In her will, she bequeathed 50 acres of woodland each to Grieves and his daughter Mary A. E. Walker. This may have been the land that an Elizabeth Walker patented in Franklin Co., MO in 1844, although this land seems to have been just north of the town of Moselle. In any case, in 1848 or 1849, Grieves and Sarah moved to Franklin Co., MO, settling on a farm outside of Gray Summit. Sarah's county death record dated Oct 1884 reported she had lived in the state for 36 years.
WILL: Elizabeth Walker of Kent Co dated June 8, 1848 proved Feb. 21, 1849 WB 12 p 272
To my grandson Alexander B. Morian 170 acres left me by my brother
Alexander Miller he to pay his __ [sister?] and her husband Dr. Hardtner not to get a right.
To my dau. Mary S. Hynson after death of Mrs. Wroth the farm that was
William Wroth's that I bought the reversionary right of his nephew William Apsley and Ann Apsley.
To my grandson Christopher Columbus Hynson and he to pay his sister Virginia W. Hynson and his sister __.
I will to my son Grieves for his dau. Mary A. E. Walker and to my son Grieves Walker 50 acres of woodland.
My wearing apparel I wish to leave my dau. E.M. Hardter.
To my grandson Andrew J. Hynson.
The 1850 census shows they owned a slave family, a mother and two children:
1850 census, Franklin Co., MO, p. 160
Grieves Walker, 40, real estate $600, b. MD
Sarah, 51, b. NC
Mary A., 12, b. IL
William Brass, 24, b. Germany (looks like a hired hand)
[page 008 of the Franklin County slave schedule]
Grieves Walker
One female slave, 49, black
One male slave, 16, black
One male slave, 5, black
In 1860, they owned a great deal of real estate, but now only two slaves:
1860 census, Franklin Co., MO, p. 005B (or p. 259)
Greaves Walker, 49, farmer, $4,000 real estate, $500 pers prop, b. MD
Sarah F. Walker, 62, b. NC
One male slave, 17, black
One female slave, 7, mulatto (mixed race)
Their only surviving child, Mary, had married in 1856 to James F. Rutherford, son of Granville and Rachael P. (Eades) Rutherford, but at first they didn't live very near her parents. Sometime before 1870 they settled down to farm right next door to Grieves and Sarah, who probably sold or gave them part of their own land.
The 1870 census shows that Grieves and Sarah continued to prosper after the Civil War, now with property worth $6,000, a large amount for the county. They also now had three grandchildren:
1870 census, Franklin Co., MO, Boles township, p. 118
Gravis Walker, 60, Farmer, $4000 real estate, $2000 personal prop, b. MD
Sarah F., 71, keeping house, b. NC
Anderson Hall,18, laborer, race is black, b. MO
[next door]
James Rutherford, 40, farmer, $1000, $500, b. MO
Mary A., 29, keeps house, b. IL
Sarah S., 7, in school, b. MO
William, 5, b. MO
Ann L., 5 mos, b. MO
1876 Missouri state census, Boles Township, Franklin Co., MO
G. Walker
One male over 45 - Grieves
One female over 45 - Sarah
One female 10-18 - house maid?
1880 census, Franklin Co., MO, Boles Twp., p. 85A
Grieves Walker, 69, farmer, b. MD, father b. Scotland, mother b. MD
Sarah F., 81, b. NC NC NC
Adaline Terrel, 14, not related, servant, KS MO MO
Sarah died in 1883 and Grieves in 1891. They share a tombstone in the Brush Creek Cemetery in Gray Summit, Franklin Co., MO. Since their daughter Mary Rutherford was their only surviving child, it must have been she and her husband James who erected their tombstone.
Mary and James F. Rutherford are also buried in the Brush Creek cemetery, along with several of their children in a common plot with Grieves and Sarah. The markers on Mary and James' graves are now lost, probably when the cemetery was heavily vandalized in the 1970s. There used to be a good-sized space between the tombstone of Grieves and Sarah and that of their grandson, William W. Rutherford, and I believe that is where daughter Mary and James Rutherford lie. When the cemetery was cleaned up and the tombstones that had been knocked down reset, Grieves and Sarah's stone was put closer to William Rutherford's and now appears to lie partially over their graves and partially over Mary and James's.
His mother was Elizabeth Miller, b. 1744, Kent Co., MD, the daughter of Nathaniel Miller Sr. and his wife Elizabeth Beck, both from affluent planter families.
Rev. Thomas Walker and Elizabeth Miller were married about 1792 in Kent Co., MD. Grieves, whose full name was Thomas Alexander Grieves Walker, was their fourth and last child, their only son, which probably explains the long name - he was named after everybody in the family.
About 1834, Grieves came west to Carrollton, Greene Co., IL with his older sister Elizabeth and her second husband, Dr. John Hardtner, who was later described in a local history as "a physician and dentist until about 1875 when he retired from active practice having through careful investments accumulated a large fortune." He was also a land speculator whom the town of Hardtner, Kansas is named after. Grieves apparently apprenticed with his brother-in-law in the study of medicine, as the title of "Dr." is inscribed on his tombstone.
In Feb 1836, Grieves began buying land in Macoupin Co., IL, which adjoins Greene county, and on 18 Oct of the same year he married Sarah Frances Allen in Greene Co., IL. He was 26 years old, and she was 37. They bought more land in Macoupin in Dec, but it's not clear if they ever lived there.
The 1840 census found them living in Greene Co., IL with two small children, a boy and a girl. The girl was their daughter Mary; the boy must have been a son who died young.
In late 1848 or early 1849, Grieves' mother Elizabeth died back in Maryland. In her will, she bequeathed 50 acres of woodland each to Grieves and his daughter Mary A. E. Walker. This may have been the land that an Elizabeth Walker patented in Franklin Co., MO in 1844, although this land seems to have been just north of the town of Moselle. In any case, in 1848 or 1849, Grieves and Sarah moved to Franklin Co., MO, settling on a farm outside of Gray Summit. Sarah's county death record dated Oct 1884 reported she had lived in the state for 36 years.
WILL: Elizabeth Walker of Kent Co dated June 8, 1848 proved Feb. 21, 1849 WB 12 p 272
To my grandson Alexander B. Morian 170 acres left me by my brother
Alexander Miller he to pay his __ [sister?] and her husband Dr. Hardtner not to get a right.
To my dau. Mary S. Hynson after death of Mrs. Wroth the farm that was
William Wroth's that I bought the reversionary right of his nephew William Apsley and Ann Apsley.
To my grandson Christopher Columbus Hynson and he to pay his sister Virginia W. Hynson and his sister __.
I will to my son Grieves for his dau. Mary A. E. Walker and to my son Grieves Walker 50 acres of woodland.
My wearing apparel I wish to leave my dau. E.M. Hardter.
To my grandson Andrew J. Hynson.
The 1850 census shows they owned a slave family, a mother and two children:
1850 census, Franklin Co., MO, p. 160
Grieves Walker, 40, real estate $600, b. MD
Sarah, 51, b. NC
Mary A., 12, b. IL
William Brass, 24, b. Germany (looks like a hired hand)
[page 008 of the Franklin County slave schedule]
Grieves Walker
One female slave, 49, black
One male slave, 16, black
One male slave, 5, black
In 1860, they owned a great deal of real estate, but now only two slaves:
1860 census, Franklin Co., MO, p. 005B (or p. 259)
Greaves Walker, 49, farmer, $4,000 real estate, $500 pers prop, b. MD
Sarah F. Walker, 62, b. NC
One male slave, 17, black
One female slave, 7, mulatto (mixed race)
Their only surviving child, Mary, had married in 1856 to James F. Rutherford, son of Granville and Rachael P. (Eades) Rutherford, but at first they didn't live very near her parents. Sometime before 1870 they settled down to farm right next door to Grieves and Sarah, who probably sold or gave them part of their own land.
The 1870 census shows that Grieves and Sarah continued to prosper after the Civil War, now with property worth $6,000, a large amount for the county. They also now had three grandchildren:
1870 census, Franklin Co., MO, Boles township, p. 118
Gravis Walker, 60, Farmer, $4000 real estate, $2000 personal prop, b. MD
Sarah F., 71, keeping house, b. NC
Anderson Hall,18, laborer, race is black, b. MO
[next door]
James Rutherford, 40, farmer, $1000, $500, b. MO
Mary A., 29, keeps house, b. IL
Sarah S., 7, in school, b. MO
William, 5, b. MO
Ann L., 5 mos, b. MO
1876 Missouri state census, Boles Township, Franklin Co., MO
G. Walker
One male over 45 - Grieves
One female over 45 - Sarah
One female 10-18 - house maid?
1880 census, Franklin Co., MO, Boles Twp., p. 85A
Grieves Walker, 69, farmer, b. MD, father b. Scotland, mother b. MD
Sarah F., 81, b. NC NC NC
Adaline Terrel, 14, not related, servant, KS MO MO
Sarah died in 1883 and Grieves in 1891. They share a tombstone in the Brush Creek Cemetery in Gray Summit, Franklin Co., MO. Since their daughter Mary Rutherford was their only surviving child, it must have been she and her husband James who erected their tombstone.
Mary and James F. Rutherford are also buried in the Brush Creek cemetery, along with several of their children in a common plot with Grieves and Sarah. The markers on Mary and James' graves are now lost, probably when the cemetery was heavily vandalized in the 1970s. There used to be a good-sized space between the tombstone of Grieves and Sarah and that of their grandson, William W. Rutherford, and I believe that is where daughter Mary and James Rutherford lie. When the cemetery was cleaned up and the tombstones that had been knocked down reset, Grieves and Sarah's stone was put closer to William Rutherford's and now appears to lie partially over their graves and partially over Mary and James's.
Grieves's father was the Rev. Thomas Walker, b.c. 1764, a Methodist Episcopal minister and immigrant from Edinburgh, Scotland, son of John Walker, of Edinburgh, Scotland, and Ann Grieves, a sister of Lord John Grieves, (died 1803, a merchant and Lord Provost of Edinburgh and Commissioner of Excise Lord Provost 1782-1784).
His mother was Elizabeth Miller, b. 1744, Kent Co., MD, the daughter of Nathaniel Miller Sr. and his wife Elizabeth Beck, both from affluent planter families.
Rev. Thomas Walker and Elizabeth Miller were married about 1792 in Kent Co., MD. Grieves, whose full name was Thomas Alexander Grieves Walker, was their fourth and last child, their only son, which probably explains the long name - he was named after everybody in the family.
About 1834, Grieves came west to Carrollton, Greene Co., IL with his older sister Elizabeth and her second husband, Dr. John Hardtner, who was later described in a local history as "a physician and dentist until about 1875 when he retired from active practice having through careful investments accumulated a large fortune." He was also a land speculator whom the town of Hardtner, Kansas is named after. Grieves apparently apprenticed with his brother-in-law in the study of medicine, as the title of "Dr." is inscribed on his tombstone.
In Feb 1836, Grieves began buying land in Macoupin Co., IL, which adjoins Greene county, and on 18 Oct of the same year he married Sarah Frances Allen in Greene Co., IL. He was 26 years old, and she was 37. They bought more land in Macoupin in Dec, but it's not clear if they ever lived there.
The 1840 census found them living in Greene Co., IL with two small children, a boy and a girl. The girl was their daughter Mary; the boy must have been a son who died young.
In late 1848 or early 1849, Grieves' mother Elizabeth died back in Maryland. In her will, she bequeathed 50 acres of woodland each to Grieves and his daughter Mary A. E. Walker. This may have been the land that an Elizabeth Walker patented in Franklin Co., MO in 1844, although this land seems to have been just north of the town of Moselle. In any case, in 1848 or 1849, Grieves and Sarah moved to Franklin Co., MO, settling on a farm outside of Gray Summit. Sarah's county death record dated Oct 1884 reported she had lived in the state for 36 years.
WILL: Elizabeth Walker of Kent Co dated June 8, 1848 proved Feb. 21, 1849 WB 12 p 272
To my grandson Alexander B. Morian 170 acres left me by my brother
Alexander Miller he to pay his __ [sister?] and her husband Dr. Hardtner not to get a right.
To my dau. Mary S. Hynson after death of Mrs. Wroth the farm that was
William Wroth's that I bought the reversionary right of his nephew William Apsley and Ann Apsley.
To my grandson Christopher Columbus Hynson and he to pay his sister Virginia W. Hynson and his sister __.
I will to my son Grieves for his dau. Mary A. E. Walker and to my son Grieves Walker 50 acres of woodland.
My wearing apparel I wish to leave my dau. E.M. Hardter.
To my grandson Andrew J. Hynson.
The 1850 census shows they owned a slave family, a mother and two children:
1850 census, Franklin Co., MO, p. 160
Grieves Walker, 40, real estate $600, b. MD
Sarah, 51, b. NC
Mary A., 12, b. IL
William Brass, 24, b. Germany (looks like a hired hand)
[page 008 of the Franklin County slave schedule]
Grieves Walker
One female slave, 49, black
One male slave, 16, black
One male slave, 5, black
In 1860, they owned a great deal of real estate, but now only two slaves:
1860 census, Franklin Co., MO, p. 005B (or p. 259)
Greaves Walker, 49, farmer, $4,000 real estate, $500 pers prop, b. MD
Sarah F. Walker, 62, b. NC
One male slave, 17, black
One female slave, 7, mulatto (mixed race)
Their only surviving child, Mary, had married in 1856 to James F. Rutherford, son of Granville and Rachael P. (Eades) Rutherford, but at first they didn't live very near her parents. Sometime before 1870 they settled down to farm right next door to Grieves and Sarah, who probably sold or gave them part of their own land.
The 1870 census shows that Grieves and Sarah continued to prosper after the Civil War, now with property worth $6,000, a large amount for the county. They also now had three grandchildren:
1870 census, Franklin Co., MO, Boles township, p. 118
Gravis Walker, 60, Farmer, $4000 real estate, $2000 personal prop, b. MD
Sarah F., 71, keeping house, b. NC
Anderson Hall,18, laborer, race is black, b. MO
[next door]
James Rutherford, 40, farmer, $1000, $500, b. MO
Mary A., 29, keeps house, b. IL
Sarah S., 7, in school, b. MO
William, 5, b. MO
Ann L., 5 mos, b. MO
1876 Missouri state census, Boles Township, Franklin Co., MO
G. Walker
One male over 45 - Grieves
One female over 45 - Sarah
One female 10-18 - house maid?
1880 census, Franklin Co., MO, Boles Twp., p. 85A
Grieves Walker, 69, farmer, b. MD, father b. Scotland, mother b. MD
Sarah F., 81, b. NC NC NC
Adaline Terrel, 14, not related, servant, KS MO MO
Sarah died in 1883 and Grieves in 1891. They share a tombstone in the Brush Creek Cemetery in Gray Summit, Franklin Co., MO. Since their daughter Mary Rutherford was their only surviving child, it must have been she and her husband James who erected their tombstone.
Mary and James F. Rutherford are also buried in the Brush Creek cemetery, along with several of their children in a common plot with Grieves and Sarah. The markers on Mary and James' graves are now lost, probably when the cemetery was heavily vandalized in the 1970s. There used to be a good-sized space between the tombstone of Grieves and Sarah and that of their grandson, William W. Rutherford, and I believe that is where daughter Mary and James Rutherford lie. When the cemetery was cleaned up and the tombstones that had been knocked down reset, Grieves and Sarah's stone was put closer to William Rutherford's and now appears to lie partially over their graves and partially over Mary and James's.
His mother was Elizabeth Miller, b. 1744, Kent Co., MD, the daughter of Nathaniel Miller Sr. and his wife Elizabeth Beck, both from affluent planter families.
Rev. Thomas Walker and Elizabeth Miller were married about 1792 in Kent Co., MD. Grieves, whose full name was Thomas Alexander Grieves Walker, was their fourth and last child, their only son, which probably explains the long name - he was named after everybody in the family.
About 1834, Grieves came west to Carrollton, Greene Co., IL with his older sister Elizabeth and her second husband, Dr. John Hardtner, who was later described in a local history as "a physician and dentist until about 1875 when he retired from active practice having through careful investments accumulated a large fortune." He was also a land speculator whom the town of Hardtner, Kansas is named after. Grieves apparently apprenticed with his brother-in-law in the study of medicine, as the title of "Dr." is inscribed on his tombstone.
In Feb 1836, Grieves began buying land in Macoupin Co., IL, which adjoins Greene county, and on 18 Oct of the same year he married Sarah Frances Allen in Greene Co., IL. He was 26 years old, and she was 37. They bought more land in Macoupin in Dec, but it's not clear if they ever lived there.
The 1840 census found them living in Greene Co., IL with two small children, a boy and a girl. The girl was their daughter Mary; the boy must have been a son who died young.
In late 1848 or early 1849, Grieves' mother Elizabeth died back in Maryland. In her will, she bequeathed 50 acres of woodland each to Grieves and his daughter Mary A. E. Walker. This may have been the land that an Elizabeth Walker patented in Franklin Co., MO in 1844, although this land seems to have been just north of the town of Moselle. In any case, in 1848 or 1849, Grieves and Sarah moved to Franklin Co., MO, settling on a farm outside of Gray Summit. Sarah's county death record dated Oct 1884 reported she had lived in the state for 36 years.
WILL: Elizabeth Walker of Kent Co dated June 8, 1848 proved Feb. 21, 1849 WB 12 p 272
To my grandson Alexander B. Morian 170 acres left me by my brother
Alexander Miller he to pay his __ [sister?] and her husband Dr. Hardtner not to get a right.
To my dau. Mary S. Hynson after death of Mrs. Wroth the farm that was
William Wroth's that I bought the reversionary right of his nephew William Apsley and Ann Apsley.
To my grandson Christopher Columbus Hynson and he to pay his sister Virginia W. Hynson and his sister __.
I will to my son Grieves for his dau. Mary A. E. Walker and to my son Grieves Walker 50 acres of woodland.
My wearing apparel I wish to leave my dau. E.M. Hardter.
To my grandson Andrew J. Hynson.
The 1850 census shows they owned a slave family, a mother and two children:
1850 census, Franklin Co., MO, p. 160
Grieves Walker, 40, real estate $600, b. MD
Sarah, 51, b. NC
Mary A., 12, b. IL
William Brass, 24, b. Germany (looks like a hired hand)
[page 008 of the Franklin County slave schedule]
Grieves Walker
One female slave, 49, black
One male slave, 16, black
One male slave, 5, black
In 1860, they owned a great deal of real estate, but now only two slaves:
1860 census, Franklin Co., MO, p. 005B (or p. 259)
Greaves Walker, 49, farmer, $4,000 real estate, $500 pers prop, b. MD
Sarah F. Walker, 62, b. NC
One male slave, 17, black
One female slave, 7, mulatto (mixed race)
Their only surviving child, Mary, had married in 1856 to James F. Rutherford, son of Granville and Rachael P. (Eades) Rutherford, but at first they didn't live very near her parents. Sometime before 1870 they settled down to farm right next door to Grieves and Sarah, who probably sold or gave them part of their own land.
The 1870 census shows that Grieves and Sarah continued to prosper after the Civil War, now with property worth $6,000, a large amount for the county. They also now had three grandchildren:
1870 census, Franklin Co., MO, Boles township, p. 118
Gravis Walker, 60, Farmer, $4000 real estate, $2000 personal prop, b. MD
Sarah F., 71, keeping house, b. NC
Anderson Hall,18, laborer, race is black, b. MO
[next door]
James Rutherford, 40, farmer, $1000, $500, b. MO
Mary A., 29, keeps house, b. IL
Sarah S., 7, in school, b. MO
William, 5, b. MO
Ann L., 5 mos, b. MO
1876 Missouri state census, Boles Township, Franklin Co., MO
G. Walker
One male over 45 - Grieves
One female over 45 - Sarah
One female 10-18 - house maid?
1880 census, Franklin Co., MO, Boles Twp., p. 85A
Grieves Walker, 69, farmer, b. MD, father b. Scotland, mother b. MD
Sarah F., 81, b. NC NC NC
Adaline Terrel, 14, not related, servant, KS MO MO
Sarah died in 1883 and Grieves in 1891. They share a tombstone in the Brush Creek Cemetery in Gray Summit, Franklin Co., MO. Since their daughter Mary Rutherford was their only surviving child, it must have been she and her husband James who erected their tombstone.
Mary and James F. Rutherford are also buried in the Brush Creek cemetery, along with several of their children in a common plot with Grieves and Sarah. The markers on Mary and James' graves are now lost, probably when the cemetery was heavily vandalized in the 1970s. There used to be a good-sized space between the tombstone of Grieves and Sarah and that of their grandson, William W. Rutherford, and I believe that is where daughter Mary and James Rutherford lie. When the cemetery was cleaned up and the tombstones that had been knocked down reset, Grieves and Sarah's stone was put closer to William Rutherford's and now appears to lie partially over their graves and partially over Mary and James's.
Inscription
Tombstone inscription:
[on the left side]
In God I trust
Dr. Grieves Walker
Departed this life
Jan 4, 1891
aged
80 Ys. 5 Ms 6 Ds
[on the right side]
Holy Bible
Is my name written there?
Sarah F. Walker
Departed this life
Oct 25, 1883
aged
84 Ys 7 Ms 25 Ds
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