{"id":3350,"date":"2023-07-12T14:39:11","date_gmt":"2023-07-12T19:39:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/obion\/?p=3350"},"modified":"2023-07-15T09:33:29","modified_gmt":"2023-07-15T14:33:29","slug":"walker-lace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/obion\/walker-lace\/","title":{"rendered":"Lace Walker Family"},"content":{"rendered":"

The following information submitted by\u00a0R Kowal,<\/a> July 2022<\/p>\n

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The Commercial Appeal, Memphis, Sunday Morning, June 9, 1918, page 18<\/em><\/p>\n

Three Boys Who Made Evening Gatherings<\/strong>
\nHappy Now In Army<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Walker<\/a><\/p>\n

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“In the long, deary evenings around the farms of Gibbs
\nJunction, Obion County Tenn., next winter, these three
\nbrave sons of Capt. and Mrs. Lace Walker, who have
\nheretofore made evening gatherings happy, will be
\nmissed. Privates Lexie, Jessie and Virgil Walker helped to
\nbring cheer to the jolly winter evenings at the crossroads
\nhotel. Jesse was a member of the famous in original
\nStanley Jug Band of fiddlers and jug, blowers, and the
\nthree popular boys were never too tired after their long
\nday\u2019s work on their father\u2019s farm to add courtesy and
\ncomfort to the evening parties. But the music that their
\ndancing feet know now is the music of the drum and fife,
\nfor they marched away as volunteers and left many a
\nsad heart behind. Capt. Walkers feels the absence of his
\nthree noble sons, but considers proudly for what they
\nhave gone and in what spirit. They are the grandsons of
\ntwo fine old Confederates and are of some of the best
\nblood in the south. Eighteen-year-old Virgil was the first
\nto volunteer, and he now rights from France. \u201cDon\u2019t
\nworry about me, dad, I\u2019m all right.\u201d Privates Lexie and
\nJesse Walker are at Camp Alfred Vail, N. J., and Fort
\nLeavenworth, Kan.”<\/p>\n

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Analyzing the newspaper article<\/strong><\/p>\n

(Commercial Appeal, Memphis, Sunday Morning, June 9, 1918, page 18<\/em>
\nThree Boys Who Made Evening Gatherings, Happy Now In Army)<\/em><\/p>\n

Captain Lace Walker<\/strong>– Lace Eugene Walker was born 4 July 1867 in Obion County, Tennessee.
\nHis parents were Wyatt Walker and Malvina Stanley. He died 22 November 1947 in Fulton,
\nKentucky.<\/p>\n

Mrs. Lace Walker<\/strong>– Lou Effie Stanley was born10 June 1870 to Benjamin Franklin Stanley and
\nElizabeth (Stanley) Stanley. Effie Stanley married Lace Walker on 2 June 1889 in Obion County,
\nTennessee.<\/p>\n

Lexie Walker<\/strong>– Lexie Parks Walker was born 25 September 1893 in Union City, Obion County,
\nTennessee. He served in the US Army Co. C 10th. Field Sig Corp. 7th Division. He married Lottie
\nMerryman. Lexie Walker died 1 March 1966 in Memphis, Tennessee.<\/p>\n

Jesse Walker<\/strong>– Jesse Dewitt Walker was born 31 March 1890 in Obion County, Tennessee to
\nLace Walker and Lou Effie Stanley. Besides serving in the army, he was employed by the Illinois
\nCentral Railroad Company as an air brake repair man in the mechanical division. He married
\nMossie Cox on 23 September 1919 in Fulton County, Kentucky. He died 4 February 1958 in
\nFulton, Kentucky.<\/p>\n

Virgil Walker<\/strong>– On 17 April 1921 Virgil Walker married Lora Harwood in Obion, Tennessee.
\nAccording to U.S., Army Transport Service Arriving and Departing Passenger Lists, 1910-1939,
\nVirgil E. Walker departed Brest, France on 5 January 1919 and arrived in Hoboken, New Jersey
\non 18 January 1919. He was aboard the ship named South Dakota. He was a private, BRTY &quot;A&quot;
\n56TH ARTILLERY (C. A. C.), and service number 596665. He died in January 1972 in Illinois.<\/p>\n

Crossroads Hotel<\/strong>–\u00a0See Gibbs Station<\/p>\n

Stanley Jug Band of Fiddlers and Jug Blowers- <\/strong>Music was taught at an early age for the Stanley family.<\/p>\n

On Friday, 7 April 1905 at Prof. J H Stover\u2019s School at Sunnyside, also known as Stanley Schoolhouse, in Number Seven, the Stanley children performed. \u201cMusic on the violin, mandolin, and guitar by Jessie, Myrtle, and Lexie Walker, three of Prof. Stover\u2019s little pupils, was fine indeed for children of their age.\u201d Source:\u00a0The commercial.<\/em>\u00a0(Union City, Tenn.), 14 April 1905.\u00a0Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers<\/em>. Lib. of Congress.<\/p>\n

In 1911, \u201cthe Number Seven Strong Band, Messrs. Odie and Roy Stanley, Jesse and Lexie Walker, Henry Thomas and B.F. Stanley, went to Reelfoot Wednesday to play for the barbecue and lot sale.\u201d Source: The commercial.<\/em>\u00a0(Union City, Tenn.), 24 Nov. 1911.\u00a0Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers<\/em>. Lib. of Congress<\/p>\n

“Miss Prather and Mr. Arthur Hamilton entertained Thanksgiving evening with \u201cMusic by the Stanley Jug Band.\u201d The commercial.<\/em>\u00a0(Union City, Tenn.), 06 Dec. 1912.\u00a0Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers<\/em>. Lib. of Congress.<\/p>\n

Father\u2019s Farm<\/strong>– The 1910 Obion County, TN Census listed Lace Walker as renting a farm on
\nHarris Fork Road.<\/p>\n

\u201cGrandsons of two fine Old Confederates\u201d<\/strong>– Wyatt Walker and B F Stanley were in the Civil
\nWar.<\/p>\n

Wyatt Walker<\/strong>– On 24 December 1854 Wyatt Walker married Malvina Stanley. Wyatt was born
\n1834 and died sometime between 1880 and 1892 when Malvina remarried to William Wagster.
\nHis parents were Reuben Walker and Mary \u201cPolly\u201d unknown maiden name. Malvina Stanley
\n(1836-1924) was born 23 Feb 1836 in Obion County, TN to William Mack Stanley and Sarah
\n\u201cSallie\u201d Young.<\/p>\n

Benjamin Franklin Stanley<\/strong>– On 23 January 1842 Benjamin Franklin Stanley was born to Richard
\nStanley and Salina Young. He first married Elizabeth Stanley on 24 August 1867 in Obion
\nCounty, TN. He second married Margaret Mathis on 14 February 1889. B F Stanley died 8 June
\n1933 in Fulton, Kentucky.<\/p>\n

Camp Alfred Vail, New Jersey<\/strong>–
\nThe US Army recognized at the beginning of World War I that the Signal Corps strength of less
\nthan 2,000 officers and enlisted men was not able to provide the necessary communications
\nsupport should the United States enter the war.
\nIn October 1916, the Office of the Chief Signal Officer asked executives of private sector
\ncommunications companies to recruit from among their trained employees for a Signal Enlisted
\nReserve Corps. The response was greater than expected with 1,400 male employees of the Bell
\nCompany of Pennsylvania applying for enlistment.
\nThe Signal Corps needed places to prepare these citizen soldiers for service in battle. Four
\ncamps were established: one in Little Silver, NJ.\u00a0 A training camp was established on a portion of
\nthe site of the former Monmouth Park Race Track. The first 32 Signal Soldiers arrived at the site
\nin June 1917, first known as Camp Little Silver.\u00a0 By the end of the month, 451 enlisted men and
\n25 officers were stationed there.
\nThe camp sent its first units to the Hoboken, NJ Port of Embarkation in August 1917.\u00a0 In
\nSeptember, the camp was renamed Camp Alfred Vail, for an individual prominent in the history
\nof telegraphy who worked with Samuel FB Morse in developing the commercial telegraph.
\nAfter the end of the war, Camp Vail became one of the original components of the Army’s chief
\ncommunications post, Fort Monmouth. Source:
\nhttps:\/\/www.worldwar1centennial.org\/index.php\/component\/gmapfp\/646:camp-alfred-vail-<\/a>
\nlittle-silver.html?view=gmapfp
\nThe Army originally called the installation “Camp Little Silver,” based merely on its location.
\nGeneral Orders dated June 17, 1917 named Lt. Col. Carl F. Hartmann as the first commander.
\nThe Army renamed Camp Little Silver “Camp Alfred Vail” in September 1917 to honor the New
\nJersey inventor who helped Samuel Morse develop commercial telegraphy. By the end of 1918,
\nsome reportedly called it the “best equipped Signal Corps camp ever established anywhere.”
\nSource<\/em>: https:\/\/www.army.mil\/article\/36338\/fort-monmouth-from-signal-to-cecom-lcmc\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Fort Leavenworth, Kansas<\/strong>– Fort Leavenworth is a United States Army installation located in
\nLeavenworth County, Kansas, in the city of Leavenworth. Built in 1827, it is the second oldest
\nactive United States Army post west of Washington, D.C., and the oldest permanent settlement
\nin Kansas.<\/p>\n

Gibbs Junction<\/strong>– See article written by Lynn Laster
\nhttps:\/\/tngenweb.org\/obion\/gibbs\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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