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Selena Louisa “Lena” <I>Wilson</I> Walker

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Selena Louisa “Lena” Wilson Walker

Birth
Colleton County, South Carolina, USA
Death
8 May 1925 (aged 79)
Port Royal, Beaufort County, South Carolina, USA
Burial
Beaufort, Beaufort County, South Carolina, USA Add to Map
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Daughter of Rev. Seaborn Wilson (1806 - 1886) and Rebecca Connelly Wilson.

News was received in Augusta Friday of the death of Mrs. Selena Louisa Walker, widow of late A. N. Walker, at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. Pat Wall, at Port Royal, SC Friday evening at 7:20 PM.

Mrs. Walker is survived by two sons, Laurie M. and John A. Walker, of SC; by three daughters, Mrs. Mary Rebecca Walker of Shelton, SC; Mrs. Sarah Estelle Wall, Mrs. Pat Wall and Mrs. Ada Viola Rawl of Port Royal; by one brother, W. I. Wilson of Augusta, by one sister, Mrs. Aaron Rentz of Islandtown, SC; by seventeen grandchildren and eleven great grandchildren.

Mrs. Walker was the oldest daughter of Major Seaborn Wilson a veteran of the Mexican war and also of the War Between the States, and was born in Colleton County, SC in January 1846. She was a devout Christian woman, being a faithful member of the Port Royal Baptist Church, a kind loving mother, devoted alike to her children and her friends, endearing herself to all with whom she came in contact. She was a charter member of the Stephen Elliot chapter, Daughters of the Confederacy of Beaufort, SC. She had been ill about five weeks.

Published in the Augusta Chronicle, Saturday, May 9, 1925, page 2.
Daughter of Rev. Seaborn Wilson (1806 - 1886) and Rebecca Connelly Wilson.

News was received in Augusta Friday of the death of Mrs. Selena Louisa Walker, widow of late A. N. Walker, at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. Pat Wall, at Port Royal, SC Friday evening at 7:20 PM.

Mrs. Walker is survived by two sons, Laurie M. and John A. Walker, of SC; by three daughters, Mrs. Mary Rebecca Walker of Shelton, SC; Mrs. Sarah Estelle Wall, Mrs. Pat Wall and Mrs. Ada Viola Rawl of Port Royal; by one brother, W. I. Wilson of Augusta, by one sister, Mrs. Aaron Rentz of Islandtown, SC; by seventeen grandchildren and eleven great grandchildren.

Mrs. Walker was the oldest daughter of Major Seaborn Wilson a veteran of the Mexican war and also of the War Between the States, and was born in Colleton County, SC in January 1846. She was a devout Christian woman, being a faithful member of the Port Royal Baptist Church, a kind loving mother, devoted alike to her children and her friends, endearing herself to all with whom she came in contact. She was a charter member of the Stephen Elliot chapter, Daughters of the Confederacy of Beaufort, SC. She had been ill about five weeks.

Published in the Augusta Chronicle, Saturday, May 9, 1925, page 2.


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  • Maintained by: CHS1973
  • Originally Created by: CHS
  • Added: Dec 29, 2011
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/82548977/selena_louisa-walker: accessed ), memorial page for Selena Louisa “Lena” Wilson Walker (7 Jan 1846–8 May 1925), Find a Grave Memorial ID 82548977, citing Evergreen Cemetery, Beaufort, Beaufort County, South Carolina, USA; Maintained by CHS1973 (contributor 50025460).