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Spring Valley Cemetery ~ Claiborne Campbell Walker ~ part of the Polk County Pioneer Cemeteries of Oregon
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Walker, Claiborne Campbell
LAST NAME: Walker FIRST NAME: Claiborne MIDDLE NAME: Campbell NICKNAME: 
MAIDEN NAME:  AKA 1:  AKA 2:  AKA 3: 
GENDER: M TITLE: 
BORN: 1 Mar 1819 DIED: 30 Dec 1902 BURIED:  (Spring Valley Cemetery)
OCCUPATION:  
BIRTH PLACE:  Wythe Co, Virginia
DEATH PLACE: Zena, Polk Co., Oregon
NOTES: 

Donation Land Claim #821, Polk Co; Claiborne C. Walker, born 1819, Wythe Co, Va; Settled Claim 11 June 1850; married Louisa 4 July 1850, Marion Co, Oregon. Aff: Walter M. Walker, Andrew J. Doake, John Phillips

1850 OR CENSUS – Clayborn C. Walker (30y, b Virginia, occupation farmer) enumerated with Louisa (18y, b Illinois)

1860 OR CENSUS – C.C. Walker (40y, b Virginia, occupation farmer) enumerated with Louisa (29y, b Illinois); also with family was J.J. Purvine (17y, b Illinois)

1870 OR CENSUS – Claiborne Walker (51y, b West Virginia, occupation farmer) enumerated with Louisa (38y, b Illinois), Josie (17y b Oregon), Fannie (11y, b Oregon), Virginia (9y, b Oregon) and Fiske (5y, b Oregon) [Note-the minors were children of Wellington & Catherine Walker, Wellington being Claiborne’s brother and Catherine being Louisa’s sister. The children also appear with their parents in the 1870 census of Portland, Multnomah co, Oregon, FA#547]

1880 OR CENSUS – Claiborn C. Walker (61y, b Virginia, occupation farmer) enumerated with wife Louisa (49y, b Illinois); also with family was James White (22y, b Missouri)

1900 OR CENSUS – Claiborne C. Walker (b Mar 1819, Virginia, married 50y) enumerated with wife Louisa (b Feb 1831, Illinois, no children); they were listed as uncle and aunt in house of Charles M. Purvine (b July 1862, Oregon, married 4y) his wife Fannie S. (b July 1873, Oregon, mother of 2 children) and their 2 children Walker R. (b Nov 1896, Oregon) and Margarette (b Dec 1898, Oregon)

BIOGRAPHICAL:
Walker, C. C.
Born in Virginia in 1819; removed with his parents to Missouri in 1829, and crossed the plains to Oregon sixteen years later. In 1849 he went to California, accompanied by his brother, W. P. Walker, also an immigrant of 1845, and labored in the mines for a short time. Took a donation land claim in Spring Valley, Polk County, on which he still resides. Occupation farming and fruit-raising; address, Zena, Polk County. Was married July 4, 1850, to Miss Louisa Purvine, an immigrant of 1848.
Source - Lang, Herbert O. HISTORY of the WILLAMETTE VALLEY, Himes & Lang, 1885, pg 650

DEATH CERTIFICATE: 

N/A

OBITUARY: 

Came to Oregon in the 40’s
Salem, Or., Dec. 30.—(Special.)—C. C. Walker died at 6 o’clock this morning at this farm home near Zena, Polk county, aged nearly 84 years. The deceased was an early Oregon pioneer, having come to this state from the Atlantic Coast early in the 40’s. He is survived by a widow, but leaves no children. Funeral services will be conducted at Zena Thursday morning.
Morning Oregonian, 31 Dec 1902.

Oregon Pioneer of 1845
Salem, Or., Jan. 1 –(Special) – Claiborne C. Walker, who was today buried at Zena, Polk County, was a pioneer of 1845. He was born in Virginia, March 1, 1819. When 7 years of age his family removed to Missouri, and there he grew to manhood on the farm of his father. In 1845, in company with his brother W. B. Walker, he crossed the plains to Oregon, leaving the old home April 20, and reaching Vancouver on November 1 of that year. Shortly after reaching the West he settled on a donation land claim in Spring Valley, Polk County, where with the exception of a few years, he resided until his death, December 26, 1903. July 4, 1850 he was united in marriage with Miss Louisa Purvine, who still survives him. Mr. and Mrs. Walker were the parents of two children, both of whom are now deceased. C. M. Purvine, a nephew has resided with them since early infancy.
Oregonian, The (Portland, Oregon) 2 Jan 1903

INSCRIPTION: 

C. C. Walker
Mar 1, 1816
Dec. 30, 1902
[shares marker with Louisa]

SOURCES: 

Janssen Compilation
Saucy Survey & Photographs
Lang, pg 650

Genealogical Material in Oregon Donation Land Claims, Vol 1, page 33

1850 OR CENSUS (Polk co, FA#163)

1860 OR CENSUS (Polk co, FA#222)

1870 OR CENSUS (Polk co, FA#318)

1880 OR CENSUS (Polk co, Bethel, ED 102, FA#38)

1900 OR CENSUS (Polk co, Spring Valley, ED 172, FA#24)

OREG 31 Dec 1902
OREG 02 Jan 1903

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