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     John was born at Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory, USA, on 21 January 1882. Living with Uncle Willis R. Hill and his wife Eudah L.with a birth date of Dec 1882. SSDI gives 21 Jan 1882, SS# 442-01-2651. Age 48 at the 1930 census of Tulsa, OK..¹ He was the son of William (Will) Walner Jr. and Lena Hotchkin. John Alexander Walner appeared on the census of 1900 at Twp 3, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory, USA. The census lists the family as: John Warner, White, born dec 1882, 17, single, born IT, father born IT, mother born OH, stock drover, is called a nephew and living with John T. Hill.. He married Gertrude Hobbs, daughter of Benjamin F. Hobbs and Mary A. McConkey, in 1911 at OK, USA. Date from 1930 census. John Alexander Walner appeared on the census of 1920 at Tulsa, Tulsa County, OK, USA. The census lists the family as: John Walmer, 38, born OK, parents born OK, clerk for oil Co; wife Gertrude, 32, born MO, parents born MO; dau Lena, 6, born OK; son John, 2 4/12, born MO.. He appeared on the census of 1930 at Tulsa, Tulsa County, OK. The census lists the family as: John A. Walner, 48, married at 30, born OK, life insurance agent; wife Gertrude, 42, married at 24,born NE; dau Lena, 17, born OK; son John, 12, born OK.. He died in September 1965 at Tulsa, Tulsa County, OK, at age 83. ..¹

     John H. Walner was born on 7 April 1862 at Colbert, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory, USA. He was the son of William M. Walner Dr. and Susan Carter. John H. Walner married Frances (Lulu) Stewart on 25 January 1883 at Indian Territory, USA. John H. Walner appeared on the census of 1900 at Twp 2, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory, USA. The census lists the family as: John Walner, apr 1862, 38, married 17 years, born IT, father born VA, mother born IT, Capitalist; wife Lulu, aug 1866, 38, married 17 years, 5 children, 4 living, born IT, father born TN, mother born IT; dau Susie V., aug 1883, 16, born IT; dau Acca, feb 1886, 14, born IT; dau Julia, apr 1888, 12, born IT; son Hugh R., dec 1892, 7, born IT; nephew Robert, nov 1879, 20, born IT, father born IT, mother born TX, attend school; nephew James, Jul 1885, 14, born IT, father born IT, mother born TX, attend school.. He died on 5 July 1905 at Wynnewood, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory, USA, at age 43. He was buried at Oaklawn Cemetery, at Wynnewood, Garvin County, OK, USA, .

     This story about John H. Walner and his father William M. is reported on the RootsGenWeb site.

     At Cherokee Town there was Dr. Shirley’s store, a log house made into a hotel operated by Charley Stewart, a stage barn Noel Lael’s blacksmith shop, and two or three houses. Two miles east, Dr. Shirley built a big, rambling log house which served as head quarters for his farm and ranch, and agriculture enterprise which employed 20 to 30 men year round. After Shirley’s death in 1875, his home and store were sold to Doctor William Walner, an early day physician active in the Choctaw Nation. Dr. Walner turned the whole operation over to his son, John Walner.
     When the Santa Fe completed its construction in 1887, the new railroad bypassed Cherokee Town as the tracks lay on the west side of the Washita River. This meant all the goods and mail scheduled for Fort Sill and points west, would no longer be shipped to Caddo, and would instead go to the new Paul’s Valley depot. With the driving of a single spike, the whole eastern half of the government road lost its usefulness. Cherokee Town literally moved south to the new depot of Wynnewood.
     The old Walner/Shirley home had burned, and a new home of planed lumber had replaced it. John
Walner had oxen hitched to each corner of the house and ‘walked’ the entire structure four miles south, to the new town site. The rest of the homes and houses followed suit, dotting Wynnewood with the old Cherokee Town structures. One government barn was hauled across the river to Paul’s Valley, and the stage stand, a small cabin, remained and was occupied by the Harmon family when they arrived in the valley. John Walner, thinking he was facing the home south, actually lined it up facing what would become the alley. Rather than go to the trouble of turning the house, Walner built a porch and facade on the rear of the home so it would appear to be the front door. Ever after, folks enter the Walner home through the kitchen. I think it’s kind of homey myself, but then I’m just a man. The women of the Walner household were embarrassed to death to receive guests at the kitchen door. (Source: Mike Tower, Traders along the Washita, Chronicles of Oklahoma, Spring, 1987)
     But, Charley Strickland had another friend--John Walner. Walner was a United States Indian Policeman and former Deputy United States Marshal who had killed several men in the line of duty.
     Now for you to understand, I have to say a word about the Indian Police. The Indian Police were as a group, some of the toughest, bravest men who ever wore a badge. All were appointed by the United States Indian Commissioner and were hand picked because of their personal character and bravery. And, all were publicly charged with..."tracking down evil doers and make themselves a terror to them"...with standing orders to shoot to kill if the criminal resisted. Tradition has it that the Indian Police commission was for life, and the members of this elite force behaved like knights of the round table in that whenever, and wherever, they met law breakers they deal with them. In addition, Walner was one of those men who just didn’t take any guff off of anyone and who never gave up in a fight. The bad men of the Valley were afraid of Walner and called him “the bull of the woods,” a recognition that Walner was king pin when it came to tough and aggressive. And, now Walner, the bull, was angry with Little Bill. Walner allegedly told Marshal E. H. Scrivner that the next time Lewis was in Wynnewood, that he,
Walner was going to kill him for what he’d done to Charley Strickland. Scrivner, of course, told Little Bill of Walner’s threats.
     Bill Lewis may have been a nasty little killer of men, but he was in no sense of the word afraid of anything that walked, crawled, swam, or flew. Lewis’ shirttail didn’t hit his back before he was on the morning train heading south to Wynnewood and a confrontation with John Walner. Lewis arrived before noon and began cruising the town, looking for Walner, stopping first at each drug store and fortifying himself with patent whiskey in the back rooms. By the time Lewis started looking for Walner in earnest and stopped at John W. W. Mitchell’s Dry Goods Store, Little Bill was packing not only his Winchester but a snootful of bad booze as well. John Mitchell listened patiently to Little Bill’s tirade against Walner and what a tough man he, Lewis, was. Then, with more than a little gratitude, Mitchell watched as Lewis strolled across the street to Dr. Bowen’s drug store. It was then that Mitchell happened to look up and see John Walner, who had just returned to town, striding down from his hillside home with a Winchester in the crook of his arm. As Mitchell watched, Walner spotted Little Bill and cut diagonally across the street, coming to a stop below the boardwalk, directly in front of Little Bill. Lewis was standing in front of the door of the Bowen drug store when Walner casually drawled, “Heard you been looking for me, Bill?” Lewis did not speak. Instead, he started to bring his Winchester, it’s barrel pointed toward Walner, up to his shoulder. He never made it. Walner, in one fluid movement, swung his Winchester in line, and with rifle butt clamped to his side,
while his other hand steadied the barrel, fired. The heavy slug, with a full charge, fired at a short range, caught Little Bill squarely in the middle of the chest, lifting his small body clear of the board walk and through the door of the drug store. Bill was dead before his head hit the hard wood floor.
     As Scrivner said, “Walner did what he said he was going to do, and that ended the affair.”
     According to a published 4 May 1937 interview of Van Cockron, an early African American resident of Wynnewood, Van saw John kill Bill Lewis and later saw John's nephew Robert Walner kill John.

(Source: Indian and Pioneer Files. Paul’s Valley Democrat and Daily Ardmorite newspapers.).

     John Walner Jr. was born on 7 September 1917 at MO, USA. Age 12 at the 1930 census of Tulsa, OK. The 1920 census gives him as age 2 4/12 and born in MO.¹ He was the son of John Alexander Walner and Gertrude Hobbs. He married Clara Mendenhall at OK, USA, circa 1935. John Walner Jr. and Clara Mendenhall were divorced between 1936 and 1941 at OK. John Walner Jr. enlsted on 4 February 1941 while living at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, OK, USA. His enlistment notes said: " The enlistment form says that he was born 1917 in MO. He is divorced, a Painter and had 3 years of high school. He is 71 inches tall and weights 142 lbs.". He died in June 1972 at OK at age 54.¹

     Judith Ann Walner is the daughter of James Louis Walner Jr. and Vera Banita Le Unes. Judith Ann Walner married Ward F. Archer on 11 May 1973 at Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA, USA.¹ Judith Ann Walner and Ward F. Archer were divorced in October 1973 at Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA.² Judith Ann Walner married Barney R. Haney on 8 November 1974 at Los Angeles County, CA, USA.¹

     Julia H. Walner was born in April 1888 at Indian Territory, USA. She was the daughter of John H. Walner and Frances (Lulu) Stewart. Julia H. Walner married Unknown Lathrop circa 1905. Julia H. Walner died on 7 May 1978 at Garvin County, OK, USA, at age 90.

     Karen Lynn Walner is the daughter of James Frederick Walner and Joyce Hope Johnson.

     Laverna Zepp Walner is the daughter of Hugh Ryan Walner and Maggie Pauline Jackson. Laverna Zepp Walner married Wendell Max Chantry circa 1940.

     Lena Marie Walner is the daughter of John Alexander Walner and Gertrude Hobbs. She married Benjamin Yagol at OK, USA, circa 1930.

     Lena Marie Walner is the daughter of John Walner Jr. and Clara Mendenhall.

     Mary Kathryn Walner is the daughter of James Louis Walner Jr. and Vera Banita Le Unes. Mary Kathryn Walner married Neil George Heiman circa 1950.

     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 1930.¹ 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 in February 2001 at Odessa, Ector County, TX, USA, at age 70.¹

     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.^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 circa 1846 at Indian Territory, USA. She was the daughter of William M. Walner Dr. and Susan Carter. Pocahontas Walner married James Jim Dulin in 1872 at Caddo, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory, USA. Pocahontas Walner died on 17 April 1880 at Paoli, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory, USA. She was buried at Dulin- Walner-Dulin Cemetery, at Paoli, Garvin County, OK, USA, .

     Richard Herndan Walner was born on 31 July 1917 at OK, USA.¹ He was the son of Hugh Ryan Walner and Maggie Pauline Jackson. Richard Herndan Walner died in January 1983 at Odessa, Ector County, TX, USA, at age 65.¹

     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 in 1915 at Pauls Valley, Garvin County, OK, USA.

     Susan Verna Walner was born on 1 December 1883 at Indian Territory, USA.¹ She was the daughter of John H. Walner and Frances (Lulu) Stewart. Susan Verna Walner married Edward Joe 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

     William (Will) 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) 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 County, 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- Walner-Dulin Cemetery, at Paoli, 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 oersonal 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.

     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. He was the son of William (Will) Walner Jr. and Lena Hotchkin. William Robert Walner appeared on the census of 1900 at Twp 2, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory, USA. The census lists the family as: John Walner, race Indian, apr 1862, 38, married 17 years, born Indian Territory, father born VA, mother born Indian Territory, Capitalist; wife Lula F., race Indian, aug 1866, 33, married 17 years, 5 children, 4 living, born Indian territory, father born TN, mother born Indian Territory; dau Sussie, aug 1883, 16, born IT; dau Acca, feb 1886, 14, born IT; dau Julia, apr 1888, 12, born IT; son Hugh R, dec 1892, 7, born IT; nephew Robert, race Indian, nov 1879, 20, born IT, father born IT, mother born TX; nephew James, race Indian, jul 1885, 14, born IT, father born IT, mother born TX; mother-in-law Nancy Stewart, sep 1835, 64, widow, born IT, parents born MS; sister-in-law Estel, nov 1869, 39, married 14 years, no children, born IT, parents born IT.. He married Cornelia (Coral) Mae Owens Cheek at OK, USA, in 1902. Married 7 years at the 1910 census.. William Robert Walner appeared on the census of 1910 at Wynnewood, Garvin County, OK, USA. The census lists the family as: William R. Walner, race Indian, 23, married once, 7 years, born OK, parents born OK, living on income; wife Cornelia May, race white, 24, married once, 7 years, 2 childrn, 2 living, born AR, father born VA, mother born AR; dau Florence M., race Indian, age 6, born OH; son William R., Jr., race Indian, age 5, born OK.. He 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 1900 census has him as Robert where the 1920 census has him as William R.

     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 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 Townson on 29 May 1971 at Dallas County, TX, USA.³ William Robert Walner Jr. and Hazel Ailene Townson 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.

     Maynard W. Walsh married Juanita Fish, daughter of Harry Lynn Fish and Beatrice T. Johnson, on 1 July 1951 at Frankfort, Herkimer County, NY, USA.¹

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

     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.

     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

     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 age 52.