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Loraine Byers Walker

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1 Feb 1864 (aged 25)
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Range, Madison County, Ohio, USA Add to Map
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Loraine Byers married Alphonso Bliss (A. B.) Walker on 7 Feb 1860 in Madison County, Ohio. This information can be seen at Ohio County Marriages, 1780-1950 @ https://www.familysearch.org, Reference Number: p 75; Film Number: 545132; Image Number: 573.

Loraine Byers and Alphonso Bliss Walker had two daughters, Mary Frances Walker and Jessie B. Walker.

The following information on the relationship between William & Frances Howsmon and Loraine Byers can be found at http://www.daragon.net/genealogies/howsmon.html

"William Howsman, following the death of his first wife, Abigail Britton, was married a second time on December 29, 1833 by Rev. Thomas Price, to Frances Wren, of Mechanicsburg, Champaign County. To them was born one son, Jacob Wren Howsman, died July 4, 1835 at the age of six months and 26 days.

They reared Loraine, daughter of A. and M. Byers. She married A. B. Walker on February 2, 1860 in Madison County; died February 1, 1864, leaving a son, Jesse, [Jesse is a daughter] and a daughter, Fanny, who are mentioned in the Will of Frances Howsmon. No record of legal adoption has been found, but gravestone for Loraine Byers-Walker reads "Adopted daughter of William and F. Howsman.

Frances Wren Howsman, widow of William, died in London on February 21, 1873 at age 75 years. Her will, dated February 8, 1873 was filed in Probate Court on February 27, 1873. (Madison County Will Book, Vol. 3, page 20.) For many years, William and Frances Howsman kept a hotel in London, Ohio."

Note: There are two errors in the information from http://www.daragon.net/genealogies/howsmon.html

Loraine Byers and Alphonso Bliss (A. B.) Walker were married on 7 Feb 1860. Child Jessie is a daughter NOT a son.

Another source for information on the relationship between Loraine Byers and William & Frances Howsmon can be found at https://www.haygenealogy.com/hay/britton-howsmon.html

Below is the following information:

William Howsmon & his 2nd wife Frances Wren

"Loraine was not the biological daughter of William and Frances; she was the daughter of A & W Byers, and was "adopted" by William and Frances -- she probably was just taken in by them when her parents died, and not legally adopted."
Loraine Byers married Alphonso Bliss (A. B.) Walker on 7 Feb 1860 in Madison County, Ohio. This information can be seen at Ohio County Marriages, 1780-1950 @ https://www.familysearch.org, Reference Number: p 75; Film Number: 545132; Image Number: 573.

Loraine Byers and Alphonso Bliss Walker had two daughters, Mary Frances Walker and Jessie B. Walker.

The following information on the relationship between William & Frances Howsmon and Loraine Byers can be found at http://www.daragon.net/genealogies/howsmon.html

"William Howsman, following the death of his first wife, Abigail Britton, was married a second time on December 29, 1833 by Rev. Thomas Price, to Frances Wren, of Mechanicsburg, Champaign County. To them was born one son, Jacob Wren Howsman, died July 4, 1835 at the age of six months and 26 days.

They reared Loraine, daughter of A. and M. Byers. She married A. B. Walker on February 2, 1860 in Madison County; died February 1, 1864, leaving a son, Jesse, [Jesse is a daughter] and a daughter, Fanny, who are mentioned in the Will of Frances Howsmon. No record of legal adoption has been found, but gravestone for Loraine Byers-Walker reads "Adopted daughter of William and F. Howsman.

Frances Wren Howsman, widow of William, died in London on February 21, 1873 at age 75 years. Her will, dated February 8, 1873 was filed in Probate Court on February 27, 1873. (Madison County Will Book, Vol. 3, page 20.) For many years, William and Frances Howsman kept a hotel in London, Ohio."

Note: There are two errors in the information from http://www.daragon.net/genealogies/howsmon.html

Loraine Byers and Alphonso Bliss (A. B.) Walker were married on 7 Feb 1860. Child Jessie is a daughter NOT a son.

Another source for information on the relationship between Loraine Byers and William & Frances Howsmon can be found at https://www.haygenealogy.com/hay/britton-howsmon.html

Below is the following information:

William Howsmon & his 2nd wife Frances Wren

"Loraine was not the biological daughter of William and Frances; she was the daughter of A & W Byers, and was "adopted" by William and Frances -- she probably was just taken in by them when her parents died, and not legally adopted."

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LORAINE
wife of A. B. Walker
daughter of _____Byers
adopted daughter of _____Howsmon
DIED
Feb 1, 1864
age of 25y 7m, ____(days are covered by grass.]



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