At last I have stumbled upon my ggrandmother's family. I knew they were out there somewhere. I am the great granddaughter of Martha Elkinton and James F. Walters.
I have recently found Martha in the 1880 census living in Miami, Miami Cty,Kansas. She was listed with her mother Margret, age 53 and siblings Albert, Harvey, Elfie (Nora Elfielda), George, and Mary E. I knew there was another child and now I know it was James H.
Martha lived with her son Otto Neal in Kansas City, MO after her husband died. She died around 1930. Also found this in the 1920 census for Kansas City, Jackson Cty, MO. She was not there for the 1930 census and Uncle Neal had remarried.
Martha's children, as many as I know, were Viola Ellen, William Emerson, Otto Neal, Ruth Marie, Clara Belle, and 'sonny' James.
I was having a problem finding them because most of them used their middle names. Martha's brother George spoke with an English accent and so did Uncle Neal.
My connection is through Viola Ellen (Walters) Rucker.
Please contact me at memcdonald@peoplepc.com and lets see if we can fill in more blanks.