Individual Details
John Walling Jr.
(May 19, 1804 - January 18, 1887)
1850 Rusk County, Texas census.
1860 Limestone County, Texas census.
1880 Cooke County Texas census.
"John Walling, Jr. died at his home near Era, Cooke County at 11 AM Tuesday, 18 Jan. 1887. John Walling one of Texas grandest old Veterans and noblest citizens. John Walling was born in Barren Co., KY, 19 May 1804. The father and family moved from thence to Tennessee in 1806. There John Walling (the subject of this notice) married Rhoda Chisom, in 1824, who still survives him and is a resident of our county. A veteran of the hardships, trials, and triumphs of 50 years of life in all the changes seen in frontier life in Texas. In 1833, Mr. and Mrs. Walling came to Texas locating in Nacogdoches County. They moved in 1836 to Rusk County where Mr. Walling established a Ferry on Sabine River on the Road from Henderson to Marshall and is yet known as "Walling Ferry". The family then in 1853, moved to Limestone County, thence to Cooke County in 1870, where they have ever since resided, loved and respected by all who knew them. Mr. Walling served in the War of Independence and engaged in many a conflict with the Red Man during his frontier life. Peace to his ashes." (Obituary.)
1860 Limestone County, Texas census.
1880 Cooke County Texas census.
"John Walling, Jr. died at his home near Era, Cooke County at 11 AM Tuesday, 18 Jan. 1887. John Walling one of Texas grandest old Veterans and noblest citizens. John Walling was born in Barren Co., KY, 19 May 1804. The father and family moved from thence to Tennessee in 1806. There John Walling (the subject of this notice) married Rhoda Chisom, in 1824, who still survives him and is a resident of our county. A veteran of the hardships, trials, and triumphs of 50 years of life in all the changes seen in frontier life in Texas. In 1833, Mr. and Mrs. Walling came to Texas locating in Nacogdoches County. They moved in 1836 to Rusk County where Mr. Walling established a Ferry on Sabine River on the Road from Henderson to Marshall and is yet known as "Walling Ferry". The family then in 1853, moved to Limestone County, thence to Cooke County in 1870, where they have ever since resided, loved and respected by all who knew them. Mr. Walling served in the War of Independence and engaged in many a conflict with the Red Man during his frontier life. Peace to his ashes." (Obituary.)
Events
| Birth | May 19, 1804 | Barren County, Kentucky | |||
| Marriage | 1824 | Tennessee - Rhoda Chisum | |||
| Death | January 18, 1887 | Era, Cooke County, Texas |
Families
| Spouse | Rhoda Chisum (1808 - 1891) |
| Child | Amanda Walling (1825 - 1912) |
| Child | Amelia Ann Walling (1831 - ) |
| Child | William Alfred Walling (1837 - ) |
| Child | Rhoda Walling (1840 - ) |
| Child | Alfred S. Walling (1842 - ) |
| Child | John Walling (1843 - ) |
| Child | Sam J. Walling ( - ) |
| Father | John Walling (1772 - 1841) |
| Mother | Anna Chism (1777 - 1832) |
| Sibling | Col. Jesse Walling (1794 - 1867) |
| Sibling | James Walling (1795 - 1867) |
| Sibling | Elizabeth Walling (1799 - ) |
| Sibling | Mary Walling (1808 - ) |
| Sibling | Nancy Walling (1809 - ) |
| Sibling | Thomas Jefferson Walling (1811 - 1902) |
| Sibling | Cynthia Ann "Sentha" Walling (1816 - 1884) |
| Sibling | Alfred Gaines Walling (1818 - 1853) |