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     Laverna Zepp Walner was born on 30 July 1920 at Wynnewood, Garvin County, OK, USA. Age 9 at the 1930 census. She was the daughter of Hugh Ryan Walner and Maggie Pauline Jackson. Laverna Zepp Walner married Wendell Max Chantry on 23 June 1943 at Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA, USA. Laverna Zepp Walner died on 27 November 2012 at Arlington, Tarrant County, TX, USA, at age 92. Star-Telegram
November 30, 2012

LaVerna Walner Chantry passed away Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012. Celebration of life: 2:30 p.m. Sunday at the Oak Lake Clubhouse in Arlington. A family graveside service and burial will take place at a later date in Dallas-Fort Worth National Cemetery in Dallas. Memorials: Contributions may be made to www.shrinershospitalfor children.org or www.alz.org. LaVerna was born in Wynnewood, Okla., on July 30, 1920, to Hug R. Walner and Pauline Jackson Walner. She grew up in Wynnewood, where her grandparents were the original settlers in 1886. After completing public school, she moved to Oklahoma City to pursue a business career. She was employed by Retail Credit Co. and Hartford Insurance Co. in Oklahoma City until she married Wendell Max Chantry in Pittsburgh, Pa., on June 23, 1943. Wendell was on military duty with the Army during World War II. After he completed military service in Chicago, Alabama and Pittsburgh, his jobs in the oil industry took the couple to Oklahoma City, Davenport and Stroud, Okla., and then to Midland, Fort Worth and Arlington. She returned to the business world in Fort Worth and retired from USPA & IRA (now First Command Financial Planning) after 20 years of service. She was a longtime member of First United Methodist Church in Fort Worth and the Twosome Sunday School Class. LaVerna's parents; brothers, Richard and Paul Walner; and sister, Pat Rutherford, all preceded her in death. Survivors: Her husband of 69 years; daughter, Carol Chantry Powers and her husband, Joe B. Powers, of Arlington; grandchildren, Adam Powers of Houston and Paige Wallace and husband, Ryan, of Arlington; twin great-granddaughters; and many nieces and nephews.. She was buried at Dallas-Fort Worth National Cemetery, at Dallas, Dallas County, TX, USA.

     Lena Euphemia Walner was born on 19 February 1913 at Tamaha, Haskell County, OK, USA. Age 17 at the 1930 census of Tulsa, OK. Age 6 at the 1920 census. Date comes from findagrave.com. She was the daughter of John Alexander Walner and Gertrude Electa Hobbs. She married Herman Benjamin Yagol at Washington County, AR, USA, on 3 November 1945. Arkansas Marriages 1837- 1957. Lena Euphemia Walner died in June 1988 at Tulsa County, OK, USA, at age 75. She was buried at Memorial Park Cemetery, at Tulsa, Tulsa County, OK, USA.

     Lena Marie Walner was born on 8 September 1942 at Tulsa, Tulsa County, OK, USA. Public Records show a Lena M. Walner living in Grove, Delaware, OK and born 8 Sep 1942. She was the daughter of John Alexander Walner Jr. Lena Marie Walner died on 24 December 2012 at Tulsa, Tulsa County, OK, at age 70. Kellyville - Lena M. Walner, 70, retired from Hathaway Motors and Instruments, died Monday in Tulsa. Services pending. Moore's Eastlawn, Tulsa. (Tulsa World). She was buried at Memorial Park Cemetery, at Tulsa, Tulsa County, OK, USA.

     It is unlikely that Lena's mother is Clara with this birth date. One or the other is in error.

     Mary Kathryn Walner is the daughter of James Louis Walner Jr. and Vera Banita Leunes. Mary Kathryn Walner married Neil George Heiman circa 1954.

     Mary Lou Walner is the daughter of William Robert Walner Jr. and Zora Louise Jenkins. Mary Lou Walner married an unknown person circa 1970. She married Joseph Gilbert Fischer circa 1970.

     Patricia Nell Walner was born on 28 May 1930 at Wynnewood, Garvin County, OK, USA.^1,2 She was the daughter of Hugh Ryan Walner and Maggie Pauline Jackson. Patricia Nell Walner married Bobby Lawrence Rutherford in February 1956. Patricia Nell Walner died on 18 February 2001 at Odessa, Ector County, TX, USA, at age 70.^1,2 She was buried at Sunset Memorial Gardens, at Odessa, Ector County, TX, USA.

     Paul Leon Walner was born on 3 October 1915 at OK, USA.^1,2 He was the son of Hugh Ryan Walner and Maggie Pauline Jackson. Paul Leon Walner married Sarah Madlyn Walker on 3 July 1936 at Kingston, Marshall County, OK, USA. Paul Leon Walner died on 3 February 1998 at Plano, Collin County, OK, USA, at age 82. Source; Daily Ardmoreite

WYNNEWOOD -- Graveside rites for Paul Leon Walner, 82, will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Oaklawn Cemetery in Wynnewood with the Rev. Dan Patman officiating.

Walner died Feb. 3, 1998, in the Plano, Texas, hospital after an extended illness. He was born Oct. 3, 1915, at Wynnewood, to Hugh and Pauline Jackson Walner.

Reared at Wynnewood, he married Sarah Madlyn Walker July 3, 1938, at Kingston and was a Wynnewood Fire Department volunteer. They moved to Ardmore in 1949 and operated Mid Continent Stage and Equipment Co., retiring after 50 years. They moved to Plano in 1995. He was a member of Ardmore's First United Methodist Church.

Survivors include his wife; a daughter; two sons; two sisters; five grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.

Harvey-Douglas Funeral Home will direct services..^1,2 He was buried at Oaklawn Cemetery, at Wynnewood, Garvin County, OK, USA. Source; Daily Ardmoreite

WYNNEWOOD -- Graveside rites for Paul Leon Walner, 82, will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Oaklawn Cemetery in Wynnewood with the Rev. Dan Patman officiating.

Walner died Feb. 3, 1998, in the Plano, Texas, hospital after an extended illness. He was born Oct. 3, 1915, at Wynnewood, to Hugh and Pauline Jackson Walner.

Reared at Wynnewood, he married Sarah Madlyn Walker July 3, 1938, at Kingston and was a Wynnewood Fire Department volunteer. They moved to Ardmore in 1949 and operated Mid Continent Stage and Equipment Co., retiring after 50 years. They moved to Plano in 1995. He was a member of Ardmore's First United Methodist Church.

Survivors include his wife; a daughter; two sons; two sisters; five grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.

Harvey-Douglas Funeral Home will direct services..

     Pocahontas Walner was born in 1851 at Paoli, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory, USA. She was the daughter of William M. Walner Dr. and Susan Carter. Pocahontas Walner married James Jim Dulin in 1871 at Caddo, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory, USA. Pocahontas Walner died on 17 April 1879 at Paoli, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory. She was buried at Dulin Family Cemetery, at Garvin County, OK, USA.

     Richard Herndon (Pink) Walner was born on 31 July 1917 at OK, USA.¹ He was the son of Hugh Ryan Walner and Maggie Pauline Jackson. Richard Herndon (Pink) Walner died in January 1983 at Odessa, Ector County, TX, USA, at age 65.¹ He was buried at Sunset Memorial Gardens, at Odessa, Ector County, TX, USA.

     Robert Daniel Walner is the son of William Robert Walner Jr. and Zora Louise Jenkins. Robert Daniel Walner married Jamie A. Petter on 1 September 1974 at Dallas County, TX, USA.¹ Robert Daniel Walner and Jamie A. Petter were divorced on 10 February 1987 at Dallas County, TX.² Robert Daniel Walner married Weil C. Franklin on 2 November 1992.

     Susan E. Walner was born in October 1861 at Indian Territory, USA. She was the daughter of William M. Walner Dr. and Susan Carter. Susan E. Walner married John Thomas Hill in 1885 at Stonewall, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory, USA. Susan E. Walner died on 10 September 1901 at Pauls Valley, Garvin County, OK, USA, at age 39.

     Susan Verna Walner was born on 1 December 1883 at Indian Territory, USA.¹ She was the daughter of John H. Walner and Frances Lulubelle Stewart. Susan Verna Walner married Edmond Joseph Mitchell in 1904 at Wynnewood, Garvin County, OK, USA. Married 6 years at the 1910 census.. Susan Verna Walner died on 25 February 1977 at Wynnewood, Garvin County, OK, at age 93.² She was buried at Oaklawn Cemetery, at Wynnewood, Garvin County, OK, USA.

     William (Will) M. Walner Jr. was born in 1854 at Indian Territory, USA. This date is not confirmed. He is described as the 3rd child of Dr William Walner and Susan Carter. He was the son of William M. Walner Dr. and Susan Carter. He married Lena Hotchkin at Indian Territory circa 1878.² He resided at Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory, USA, in 1885. William (Will) M. Walner Jr. died on 4 January 1894 at Pauls Valley, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory, USA. Mary Semple Hotchkin in her autobiography says that William died the year after Lena and was buried on the Walner ranch beside his wife.. He was buried at Phantom Hill Cemetery, at Pauls Valley, Garvin County, OK, USA. No stone has been found for William..

     The original information on the Walner family came from Peggy Stephenson, wife of Charles, who was a son of Mary Lloyd Hotchkin. These notes are believed to be written by Ebenezer Hotchkin Jr.
     Much has been added later from other researchers.
     Mary Semple Hotchkin in her autobiography says that she took in Robert, John, James and Ebenezer and the fifth boy Frank went to live with a neighbor, Mr and Mrs Allen and called them Mama and Papa.³

     William Dennis Walner is the son of James Frederick Walner and Joyce Hope Johnson. William Dennis Walner married Carol Ann Rathbun on 22 November 1980 at Los Angeles County, CA, USA.¹

     William M. Walner Dr. was born on 28 November 1816 at Richmond, Richmond City, VA, USA. He married Susan Carter, daughter of Kilpatrick Carter and Phalishta (Malacha) Colbert, circa 1845 at Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory, USA. William M. Walner Dr. died on 23 March 1884 at Paoli, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory, USA, at age 67. He was buried at Dulin Family Cemetery, at Garvin County, OK, USA.

     Little is know about William's childhood but one descendant was told that he attended Yale University.
     The 1860 census of Chickasaw District, Indian Territory lists him as 41 years old, a physician, born in Virginia, with a personal estate valued at $10,000. The 1860 Indian Territory Slave Schedules list him as having 10 slaves, 9 black and 1 mulatto and two slave houses. The 1878 Annuity Rolls list William Walner Sr. with 1 male, 1 female and 2 children. also listed in these rolls is William Walner Jr. At this time he was living in Blue County, Choctaw Nation. At the time of his death, he ws living in Cherokee Town, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory. Cherokee Town was located between Pauls Valley and Wynnwood on the east side of the Washita River.
     Much of the material on this family comes from William Walner Dulin, a great-great grandson of Dr. William Walner.


When Dr. Walner left VA for Indian Territory, his father gave him two mules and a slave.

He married Susan Carter, b 1829, in Colbert Co, Al. the daughter of Kilpatrick Carter and Phalishta ‘Pat' Colbert Carter. (Kilpatrick, b Ireland, settled among the Chickasaws abt 1817, and was hired by his future father-in-law, Levi Colbert, to build a new home at Buzzard Roost, (Colbert Co, Al). Phalishta's mother was Mintahoyo, House of Imatapo, and Levi, being 1/2 Chickasaw was an important chief of the tribe. Eventually, the Buzzard Roost home was given to the Carters.

Published for the Doaksville area, Nov 9th, 1848, was his Professional Services advertisement as a physician open for practice. Dr. Walner, who had served in the Civil War as a Confederate Army surgeon, was one of the pioneer settlers at a stage station on the Washita River in the Chickasaw Nation known as Cherokee Town.

" It’s odd for a town located in one Indian nation, to be named for another Indian nation. No one really knows how Cherokee Town, a community, at the site of a rock bottomed river crossing over the Washita River three miles east of Pauls Valley, came to be so named. Oral history explains the name as coming from a band of Cherokee who settled along Cherokee Sandy Creek before the Civil War but doesn’t specify if they were a part of the Texas Cherokee driven out of Texas in 1838-39 or a part of the bunch ‘invited’ to leave Texas in 1855, but the former is the most likely. The earliest description of Cherokee Town comes from Col. Charles DeMorse who, in April, 1862, attended a peace conference between the Confederate government and the Plains Indians at the site. Between 1862 and 1869, various elements of the Osage, Caddo, Shawnee, Delaware, Cherokee, Comanche, and Wichita took refuge at Cherokee Town to avoid the ravages of war in their home territories. After the war, a good part of the Caddo continued to refuge in the Middle Washita between Cherokee Crossing and White Bead Hill. Dr. John Shirley ventured to the community in 1864 to open a trading store and afterwards old timers report seeing as many as 500 Comanche at a time riding into Cherokee Town to trade. As time went on, Dr. Shirley built a ferry at the crossing, and then, in 1870, when Shirley got the contract to blast a government road from Caddo on the MK&T Railroad to Fort Sill the wily Irishman led the road right by his store and over to the crossing where his brother had constructed a bridge. Since government roads from Fort Arbuckle and Fort Sill to Fort Smith forked at Cherokee Town, and a branch of the Shawnee Cattle Trail came by, the village was the most important community in the area for many years. In its zenith, Cherokee Town with a population of about 200, boasted a hotel, store, post office, government warehouse, stage depot, blacksmith, several dwellings and the only all weather river crossing of the Washita River north of Colbert Station. Business in the cross roads community was brisk. From 1871 to 1887, stage, freight, and migrant traffic moved through night and day. The crack of the driver’s whip mingled with the constant lowing of oxen in the twenty yoke teams hauling freight and stage passenger’s groans mixed with the excited yelps of mover’s children and bull whacker’s curses. A post office was established in August, 1874 At times, Cherokee Town was the location where the government beef allotment was parceled out to the Comanche and Kiowa, a task accomplished by simply turning the Indians loose on the herd and standing back while they slaughtered the beef and butchered them on the spot. One old timer complained the constant din at Cherokee Town was sufficient to cause hens to lay flat eggs and pronounced his intention to move to a quieter place--say, Chicago or Kansas City. When Dr. Shirley died in 1875, his widow sold out to Dr. William Walner, an intermarried Choctaw citizen, who turned management of the property over to his son, John. Cherokee Town’s history as a community ended when the railroad by-passed it in 1887. Though some of the buildings continued in use as private homes on location for a few years, most business were hauled south to the new depot of Walner while one or two building were removed to the new depot of Paul’s Valley."

Mike Tower
Oklahoma and Indian Territory, Indian and Pioneer Historical Collection, 1937.

     William Robert Walner was born on 10 October 1879 at Indian Territory, USA. Living with Uncle John Walner at the 1900 Census of Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory. His brother James is also there. The family is shown as Indian. This census gives his birth as Nov 1879 and calls him Robert.¹ He was the son of William (Will) M. Walner Jr. and Lena Hotchkin. He married Cornelia (Coral) Mae Owens Cheek at Carter County, OK, USA, on 31 December 1902. Married 7 years at the 1910 census. Called Cornelia M Chick in OK Marriage Records.. William Robert Walner registered for the World War I Draft on 12 September 1918 while living at Wynnewood, Garvin County, OK, USA. The registration card gave additional information on him: "He gives his complete birth date and says that he an Indian. He gives his sife as dependant, Mrs Mae Walner.". He appeared on the census of 1920 at Walker, Garvin County, OK, USA. The census lists the family as: William R. Walner, 41 born OK, parents born OK, gambler or speculator; wife May O., 34, born AR, father born VA, mother born TN; dau Florence M., 16, single, born OK; son William R., 14, single, born OK.. He died on 28 February 1945 at Blackwell, Kay County, OK, USA, at age 65.
Jan Walner said that she had 2 telegrams regarding William Robert (Bob) Walner murders. One was from her grandmother and the other from a man in Blackwell,OK that she did not know. Both were dated March 2nd and one had 1945 stamped on the back. Her grandmother wrote that Jan's dad should contact the Hennenger Funeral Home in Enid, OK. Jan says that Bob was murdered on a Wednesday. That would make the date as Wed February 28th, 1945..
The 1920 census lists his occupation as gambler.. He was buried at Blackwell Cemetery, at Blackwell, Kay County, OK, USA. Plot: BL 160, L/R 7 S 6.

     The 1900 census has him as Robert where the 1920 census has him as William R.
Tentative Rites Set For Enid Resident
Funeral services for W.R. Walner, who died at his home in Enid, Wednesday night, have tentatively been set for 1 p.m. Monday, at the Heninger funeral home, according to word received here by relatives Saturday.
The service will be held if his son W. R. Walner, Jr, who is flying from Maine from his army air force base, arrives in time.
Mr. Walner had visited in Blackwell on numerous occasions and had a number of friends.
He is to be buried in the I.O.O.F. cemetery here, beside his wife.
Blackwell Journal Tribune
Blackwell, Oklahoma
March 04, 1945.

     William Robert Walner Jr. was born on 20 June 1905 at Indian Territory, USA. Date from 1920 census. Census says that he is Indian.¹ He was the son of William Robert Walner and Cornelia (Coral) Mae Owens Cheek. William Robert Walner Jr. married Zora Louise Jenkins, daughter of Robert Leon Jenkins and Margaret (Peggy) Waller, on 14 December 1938 at Marietta, Love County, OK, USA. Texas Divorce Records.. William Robert Walner Jr. and Zora Louise Jenkins were divorced on 20 December 1968 at Dallas, Dallas County, TX, USA.² William Robert Walner Jr. married Hazel Ailene Townsend on 29 May 1971 at Dallas County, TX, USA.³ William Robert Walner Jr. and Hazel Ailene Townsend were divorced on 8 October 1971 at Dallas County, TX. Called Ailene in Divorse records..² William Robert Walner Jr. died on 16 July 1993 at Dallas, Dallas County, TX, at age 88.¹

     His daughter Jan Walner says that her dad was very proud of his Indian heritage and the small town, Wynnewood, OK that he came from. She said that the second marriage only lasted a few weeks and he never again spoke of the women. He was an early aviation pioneer and a commercial airline pilot for over 30 years.

     Mary A. Walsh was born in April 1843 at Ireland. She married John Duggan in 1860 at IL, USA. Married 40 years at the 1900 census.. Mary A. Walsh died on 16 July 1916 at Dubuque, Dubuque County, IA, USA, at age 73.

     It is unclear whether Mary's maiden name is Welsh, Walsh or Powers. Both names were used in childrens birth records and SS Applications. Welsh or Walsh was used the most often.

     Maynard Willis Walsh was born on 13 May 1922 at Frankfort, Herkimer County, NY, USA.^1,2 He married Juanita Mae Fish, daughter of Harry Lynn Fish and Beatrice Towne, on 1 July 1951 at Frankfort, Herkimer County, NY.³ Maynard Willis Walsh died on 26 May 1998 at Brandon, Hillsborough County, FL, USA, at age 76.^1,2 He was buried at Litchfield Cemetery, at Herkimer, Herkimer County, NY, USA.

     Barbara Denise Walter married Charles Ricker James Jr., son of Charles Ricker James and Clarisse Anneta Johnston, on 9 June 1973 at Seattle, King County, WA, USA. Barbara Denise Walter and Charles Ricker James Jr. were divorced in 1982.

     Frances Walter was born in 1608 at Eynsford, Kent County, England. She married Dominick Munger circa 1624 at Surrey County, England. Frances Walter married Henry Goldham after 1630 at Guilford, New Haven County, CT, USA. Frances Walter died on 17 January 1681 at Guilford, New Haven County, CT. She was buried at Village Green, at Guilford, New Haven County, CT, USA.

     It is likely that Frances had a marriage to a Mr Munger in England before coming to USA, and that Anna and Nicholas are children of this marriage. The Compiler has done a lot of estimating in putting this family together.

     Russell K. Walter married Shelley Jean Hotchkin, daughter of Timothy Earl Hotchkin and Betty Jewell (Jean) Reagor, on 17 January 1997 at Tarrant County, TX, USA. Russell K. Walter and Shelley Jean Hotchkin were divorced on 22 August 2000 at Tarrant County, TX.¹

     Margaret Walters was born in 1774 at PA, USA. Age 66 at the 1850 census. She married Philip Myrtle at PA circa 1808. Margaret Walters died on 3 November 1860 at Urbana, Steuben County, NY, USA. Deaths - On the 3rd inst. in Urbana at the residence of Henry Ackerman, Mrs. Margaret Myrtle in the 84th year of her age.

Mrs. Myrtle, with her husband Philip Myrtle, emigrated to Wheeler 60 years ago, then a wilderness where the deer & the bear roamed undisturbed. She endured with fortitude the toils & privations of a pioneer life. She fulfilled in an eminent degree the duties of wife, mother, neighbor & friend. She lived to see the forest give place to fruitful fields & beautiful homes of civilization & refinement. She lived to see every one of her 12 children heads of families, useful respectable members of society.. She was buried at Wheeler Cemetery, at Wheeler, Steuben County, NY, USA.

     Delina Elenore Walthall was born on 10 December 1916 at Viewfield, Meade County, SD, USA. Age 3 at the 1920 census of Cross, Meade County, SD.¹ She married Cecil Edward Ness, son of Roy Slyvester Ness and Blanche Evelyn Brink, on 1 June 1936 at Sturgis, Meade County, SD, USA.² Delina Elenore Walthall died on 27 December 2001 at Union Center, Meade County, SD, USA, at age 85.¹ She was buried at Bear Butte Cemetery, at Sturgis, Meade County, SD, USA.

     Frank M. Walton married Kathy Dolores Enge, daughter of Delmer Lyle Enge and Evelyn Dolores Domasin, on 28 April 1984 at Los Angeles County, CA, USA.¹

     Charles Rogers Ward was born on 10 January 1789 at Halifax, Halifax County, Nova Scotia, Canada. He was the son of Edmund Ward and Hannah Rogers. Charles Rogers Ward died on 6 March 1864 at Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada, at age 75.

     Clarinda Ward was born on 28 February 1739 at Guilford, New Haven County, CT, USA. She was the daughter of Edmund Ward and Mehitabel Robinson. Clarinda Ward married Nathaniel Caldwell on 10 December 1760 at Guilford, New Haven County, CT.¹ Clarinda Ward died on 11 December 1791 at Guilford, New Haven County, CT, at age 52.

     Dawn Elaine Ward is the daughter of Howard Ward and Patricia Ann Wythe.

     Donald John Ward was born on 7 August 1901 at Bradford, McKean County, PA, USA. Age 9 at the 1910 census and 15 at the 1920. Age 28 at the 1930 census of Bradford, McKean County, PA.¹ He was the son of John F. Ward and Euphemia (Effie) Moore. Donald John Ward married Joan Christina Keilgren in 1928 at PA, USA. He was age 27 and she 26 at marriage according to 1930 census.. Donald John Ward appeared on the census of 1940 at Newberry, Miami County, OH, USA. The census lists the family as: Donald Ward, age 39 born about 1901 in PA; wife Joan L. Ward, age 38 born about 1902 in PA; son John H. Ward, age 10 born about 1930 in PA.. He died in April 1984 at Longview, Greed County, TX, USA, at age 82.² He was buried in 1985 at Grace Hill Cemetery, at Longview, Gregg County, TX, USA.

     John had a 2nd marriage to Laureta Hack.

     Edmund Ward was born on 22 February 1731/32 at Guilford, New Haven County, CT, USA.¹ He was the son of Edmund Ward and Mehitabel Robinson. He married Abigail Hodgkin at Guilford, New Haven County, CT, in 1758.² Edmund Ward died in 1765 at At Sea.¹