BIRTHDATE: 2 Oct 1844 La Harpe, Illinois

DEATH: 12 Sep 1921 Lewisville, Idaho

PARENTS: Erastus Bingham Jr. Olive Hovey F. B. Walker

PIONEER: Sept. 1847 Company unknown

SPOUSE: William H. Walker

MARRIED: 30 Aug 1858 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah

DEATH SP: 9 Jan 1908 Lewisville, Idaho

CHILDREN:

Celestia Ann, 11 May 1860

Julius, 20 Sep 1862 (twin)

Sarah, 20 Sep 1862 (twin)

Lydia, 8 Jul 1865

Erastus, 22 May 1867

Edwina, 24 Jan 1870

Mariah Louise, 20 Jun 1872

John, 14 Sep 1875

William Perrin, 13 Feb 1882

Bingham F., 14 Sep 1885

Olive Louisa was the first child born to her parents. She was about one and one half years old when the 'Exodus' from Nauvoo took place in 1846. Her father was called to join the Mormon Battalion, and left his family in the care of his father.

The Bingham family reached Utah in September, 1847. At that time, Olive was nearly three years old. Most of her childhood was spent with her parents living in Ogden, Slaterville and Huntsville areas.

She married William Holmes Walker on August 30, 1858 at Salt Lake City, the third wife in a plural marriage. She assisted very materially in supporting her family.

While living in Deseret, she milked cows morning and evening, and besides raising her young family, made butter and cheese which she took to Salt Lake City to sell. She learned to pick and card wool into twelve inch lengths and then spin it into yarn. Then turning the spinning wheel, she wove the yarn into cloth for clothing for her family. She was skillful in making boy's suits and for a time sewed for ZCMI. She wove blankets, material for petticoats and carpets. She soaked straws and wove them into summer hats. She had a knitting machine and made a hundred pairs of stockings for her family to sell.

Being a good practical nurse, she assisted in many homes where there was serious illness, and often helped prepare bodies for burial.

In 1883, when the Walker family decided to move to Snake River Valley in Idaho, Olive drove her own team and with her children and other members of the William Holmes Walker family, made the long tiresome journey, which took over three weeks to reach their destination. Besides the wagons loaded with household goods and food, they were driving loose cattle.

The Walker family settled in what is now known as Lewisville. Olive Louisa certainly did her part in helping to pioneer that area. William built a rock home on the Lewisville Townsite for Olive and her children, where she lived until her death in 1921.

She worked hard to raise a large family, tragedy came with the death of the twins, and another child at age three. She taught her children well, they were a credit to those teachings and her great example. Olive Louisa was loved by all who knew her. She was a stalwart Pioneer, a Woman of Faith and Fortitude.