Fielding Walden Research Paper

Fielding Walden (1855-1890) was born the first child of Delaney and Easter Jackson. As a young child, he learned the skill of field work, by the age of 13, his father had become a property owner, though young his responsibilities were that of an adult. Eventually, he worked as a sharecropper and with his father as a farm laborer. Fielding wed the beautiful Elvira Ellis (1857-1925) a young lady from the Auburn Plantation in Adams County. She was an educated woman, she could read and write. The marriage took place in Jefferson County on March 28, 1877. They built their home near Delaney and Easter, becoming parents within the first year of their marriage. Elvira was a young widow with seven children, the exact date of Fielding’s death is unknown, however, it is thought he passed away sometime in the 1890’s. Robert “Bob” (1858-1905) as the second child of Easter and Delaney he was born into slavery and farming was his destiny, so his father told him. However, Robert “Bob” loved the bible and did not want to …show more content…
Surprisingly, this is not much different than what students would do today… work in between classes. Unknown are the dates of his ordination and graduation as a Methodist Minister. Eventually, the Methodist Church gave Robert his assignments to preach the gospel, as an itinerant preacher, he along with his young family traveled across the south from Alabama to Texas. Pauline Jefferson “Pjay” wed Robert on Apr 14, 1886 in Yalobusha County, MS. Three children were born to Pauline and Robert: Pocahontas Adelaide, Harriet Beecher Stowe “Sweet”, and DeForest Carroll. The family was living in Dallas, Texas in 1900 but, just a short time later the family returned to Mississippi, where Robert died in early