From the 1880 Shelby County Illinois Census:

   Ash Grove Township, page 2B
   Head of household: James Hartsel
   In household:
      James Hartsel         age 43
      Sophrona Hartsel      age 29
      Minnie Hartsel        age  8
      Webster Hartsel       age  4
      Oma Hartsel           age  2
      Kate Dennis           age 21    servant

   See 1880 Joseph Walker for Margaret Hartsell.

On October 22, 1881, James Oran Hartsell was born to James A. (Age 44) and Sophronia (age 32) Hartsell. He never knew his paternal grandparents. Two more sons later followed, Sherman Donnell Hartsell, born May 24, 1886, and Harrison Marine Hartsell, born September 28, 1888. James A. Hartsell was now 51, and Sophronia was 39.

James A. Hartsell continued to add to his land holdings, paying from $16.25 to $40.00 per acre. In addition to his own children, he reared and educated several whom he adopted, among them Almira Lawton, whom he reared from 6 to 21 years of age. For 4 or 5 years his sister Margaret, who never married, lived with them.

Barbara Hartsell, daughter of David Hartsell, is buried at Union Cemetery (also called Lyonsville Cemetery) with her husband Samuel. Lyonsville, IN is just south of Springersville (Fayette County, Jennings Twp.). Notes by Wm. Webster Hartsell show Samuel P. Walker born July 28, 1822, died Aug. 21, 1888; Barbara A. Walker born Oct. 30, 1842, died Sept. 18, 1897. He mentions the "western & central part" of the cemetery. A gravestone list at the Connersville library shows Samuel R. Walker born July 29, 1822, died Aug. 2, 1883; Barbara A. Walker, born Oct. 30, 1842, died Sept. 13, 1897. I tend to believe Wm. Webster's notes.

NIPP - 1880's

Nothing on Nipp for this time period...

WALKER - 1880's

The 1881 bio. says that in 1884 Joseph Walker gave up farming and moved into the village of Windsor. He was 70 years old. DVH says that "great grandfather Joseph Walker had lived across the street and east 1/2 block from where he lived in Windor in the 1970s - 420 N. Chestnut?

From the 1880 Shelby County Illinois Census:

   Windsor Township, page 324B
   Head of household: Joseph Walker
   In household:
      Joseph Walker         age 65    widowed
      Frank Cronds          age 25
      Sarah Cronds          age 19
      Margret Hartsel       age 41    Servant  

   The census says both of Joseph's parents were born in England. ??
   Joseph was born in Ohio.
   Note that Barbara (Nipp) Hartsell died in Jan. 1880.
   Note that Margaret Hartsell was in the household in 1870.

Samuel Walker, husband of Barbara Ann (Hartsell) Walker, died Aug. 21, 1888. He is buried at Union Cemetery, south of Springersville, Fayette County, Indiana.