Louisa A. Walker
Louisa A. Walker was born around 1842 in the Iowa Territory to Samuel and Sarah Walker. Her father was a farmer who owned $3,000 of real estate and $1,494 of personal property by 1860. The family lived in Round Prairie, Iowa, until the 1850s, when they moved to Pleasant, Iowa. She married Enos Reed on April 2, 1862, and they had at least seven children: Olive, born around 1863; Alice, born around 1868; Almeda, born around 1870; Scott, born around 1873; Ida, born around 1876; Alma, born around 1880; and David, born around 1884.
 
Her husband served in the Union army from 1862 until 1862. She supported the Republican Party, and she urged her husband to "labor day and night" for gubernatorial candidate William M. Stone in the election of 1863. She added that she "wish[ed] that I could vote for him." They moved to Liberty, Kansas, around 1866, and her husband worked as a farmer there. By 1870, they owned $4,000 of real estate and $600 of personal property. They moved to Palmyra, Kansas, in the 1870s. They remained there until at least 1910. She died in 1911.
1790
DATABASE CONTENT
(1790)Walker, Louisa A. ~ Reed, Louisa A.18421911
  • Conflict Side: Union
  • Role: Civilian
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  • Gender: Female
  • Race: White

Documents - Records: 62

  • (5902) [writer] ~ Louisa A. Walker to Enos Reed, 19 April 1863
  • (5903) [writer] ~ Louisa A. Walker to Enos Reed, 27 September 1863
  • (5928) [writer] ~ Louisa A. Walker to Enos Reed, 4 October 1863
  • (5929) [recipient] ~ Enos Reed to Louisa A. Walker, 3 February 1864
  • (5931) [recipient] ~ Enos Reed to Louisa A. Walker, 11 February 1864
  • (5932) [recipient] ~ Enos Reed to Louisa A. Walker, 27 February 1864
  • (5933) [recipient] ~ Enos Reed to Louisa A. Walker, 23 May 1864
  • (5934) [writer] ~ Louisa A. Walker to Enos Reed, 18 September 1864
  • (5935) [writer] ~ Louisa A. Walker to Enos Reed, 3 July 1865
  • (5936) [recipient] ~ Enos Reed to Louisa A. Walker, 17 January 186X
  • (5937) [writer] ~ Louisa A. Walker to Enos Reed, 5 April 1863
  • (5938) [writer] ~ Louisa A. Walker to Enos Reed, 14 April 1863
  • (5939) [writer] ~ Louisa A. Walker to Enos Reed, 24 May 1864
  • (5940) [writer] ~ Louisa A. Walker to Enos Reed, 28 June 1863
  • (5941) [recipient] ~ Enos Reed to Louisa A. Walker, 10 September 1863
  • (5942) [recipient] ~ Enos Reed to Louisa A. Walker, 17 September 186X
  • (5943) [recipient] ~ Enos Reed to Louisa A. Walker, 22 September 186X
  • (5944) [recipient] ~ Enos Reed to Louisa A. Walker, 24 September 1863
  • (5945) [recipient] ~ Enos Reed to Louisa A. Walker, 2 October 1863
  • (5946) [recipient] ~ Enos Reed to Louisa A. Walker, 9 October 1863
  • (5947) [recipient] ~ Enos Reed to Louisa A. Walker, 18 October 1863
  • (5948) [writer] ~ Louisa A. Walker to Enos Reed, 25 October 1862
  • (5949) [recipient] ~ Enos Reed to Louisa A. Walker, 1 December 1863
  • (7076) [writer] ~ Louisa A. Walker to Enos Reed, 16 August 1862
  • (7077) [recipient] ~ Enos Reed to Louisa A. Walker, 18 September 1862
  • (7078) [writer] ~ Louisa A. Walker to Enos Reed, 9 October 1862
  • (7079) [writer] ~ Louisa A. Walker to Enos Reed, 13 October 1862
  • (7080) [writer] ~ Louisa A. Walker to Enos Reed, undated
  • (7081) [recipient] ~ Enos Reed to Louisa A. Walker, 16 October 1862
  • (7082) [writer] ~ Louisa A. Walker to Enos Reed, undated
  • (7083) [writer] ~ Louisa A. Walker to Enos Reed, 19 October 1862
  • (7084) [recipient] ~ Enos Reed to Louisa A. Walker, 28 October 1862
  • (7085) [writer] ~ Louisa A. Walker to Enos Reed, 30 October 1862
  • (7086) [recipient] ~ Enos Reed to Louisa A. Walker, 4 November 1862
  • (7087) [recipient] ~ Enos Reed to Louisa A. Walker, 26 November 1862
  • (7088) [recipient] ~ Enos Reed to Louisa A. Walker, 28 November 1862
  • (7089) [writer] ~ Louisa A. Walker to Enos Reed, 14 December 1862
  • (7090) [writer] ~ Louisa A. Walker to Enos Reed, 21 December 1862
  • (7091) [writer] ~ Louisa A. Walker to Enos Reed, 28 December 1862
  • (7092) [writer] ~ Louisa A. Walker to Enos Reed, 20 January 1863
  • (7093) [writer] ~ Louisa A. Walker and Mary Harden to Enos Reed, 16 February 1863
  • (7094) [writer] ~ Louisa A. Walker to Enos Reed, 23 February 1863
  • (7096) [writer] ~ Enos Reed to Louisa A. Walker, 13 March 1863
  • (7098) [recipient] ~ Enos Reed to Louisa A. Walker, 8 April 1863
  • (7102) [recipient] ~ Enos Reed to Louisa A. Walker, 27 April 1863
  • (7103) [recipient] ~ Enos Reed to Louisa A. Walker, 10 May 1863
  • (7104) [recipient] ~ Enos Reed to Louisa A. Walker, 30 June 1863
  • (7107) [recipient] ~ Enos Reed to Louisa A. Walker, 1 July 1863
  • (7108) [recipient] ~ Enos Reed to Louisa A. Walker, 3 July 1863
  • (7109) [recipient] ~ Enos Reed to Louisa A. Walker, 10 July 1863
  • (7110) [recipient] ~ Enos Reed to Louisa A. Walker, 11 July 1863
  • (7111) [recipient] ~ Enos Reed to Louisa A. Walker, 24 July 1863
  • (7112) [recipient] ~ Enos Reed to Louisa A. Walker, 1 July 1864
  • (7132) [recipient] ~ Enos Reed to Louisa A. Walker, 6 December 1864
  • (7133) [recipient] ~ Enos Reed to Louisa A. Walker, 28 December 1864
  • (7134) [recipient] ~ Enos Reed to Louisa A. Walker, 2 February 1865
  • (7135) [recipient] ~ Enos Reed to Louisa A. Walker, 16 April 1865
  • (7136) [recipient] ~ Enos Reed to Louisa A. Walker, 27 July 1865
  • (7138) [recipient] ~ Enos Reed to Louisa A. Walker, 12 September 186X
  • (7139) [recipient] ~ Asenath Long to Enos Reed and Louisa A. Walker, 25 October 18XX
  • (7140) [recipient] ~ Enos Reed to Louisa A. Walker, undated
  • (15295) [recipient] ~ Enos Reed to Louisa A. Walker, 12 June 1865

People - Records: 6

  • (1789) Reed, Enos is the [husband of] (1790) Walker, Louisa A.
  • (1800) Reed, Olive is the [child of] (1790) Walker, Louisa A.
  • (1801) Walker, Samuel Scott is the [parent of] (1790) Walker, Louisa A.
  • (1802) Walker, Sarah Ann is the [parent of] (1790) Walker, Louisa A.
  • (2408) Harden, Mary A. is the [sibling of] (1790) Walker, Louisa A.
  • (2409) Harden, James H. is the [sibling-in-law of] (1790) Walker, Louisa A.

Places - Records: 1

  • (787) [birth] ~ Iowa

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Groups - Records: 1

  • (3) [member/supporter] ~ Republican Party
SOURCES

1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, and 1910 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; Iowa Compiled Marriages, 1851-1900, available from Ancestry.com; Louisa A. Walker to Enos Reed, 27 September 1863, DL1262.002, Nau Collection