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| death_date=May 25, 1919 (aged 51)​

| death_date=May 25, 1919 (aged 51)​

| death_place=Irvington-on-Hudson<br> Westchester County<br> [[New York]]​​

| death_place=Irvington-on-Hudson<br> Westchester County<br> [[New York]]​​

| spouse=(1) First name missing, McWilliams (married 1881-1887, his death)​

| spouse=(1) Moses McWilliams (married 1881-1887, his death)​

(2) John Davis (married 1894-1903, divorced)<br>

(2) John Davis (married 1894-1903, divorced)<br>

(3) Charles Joseph Walker (married 1906-1913, divorced)​​<br>

(3) Charles Joseph Walker (married 1906-1913, divorced)​​<br>

==Background==

==Background==

Walker was born in Delta in Madison Parish in northeastern Louisiana, the daughter of an impoverished couple, Owen and Minerva Breedlove. Orphaned at the age of six, she was reared by an older sister. She was married at the age of fourteen to a man from Vicksburg, [[Mississippi]], named McWilliams, had a daughter named A'Leila, and was widowed at the age of twenty and moved from Vicksburg to [[St. Louis]], [[Missouri]], where she worked as a washerwoman and attended night school.<ref name=lahist>{{cite web|url=https://www.lahistory.org/resources/dictionary-louisiana-biography/dictionary-louisiana-biography-w/|title=Walker, Sarah Breedlove|publisher=''A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography'': Louisiana Historical Association|accessdate=April 23, 2020}}</ref> <ref>''A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography uses these sources for the article on Mrs. Walker: Rayford Logan and Michael Winston, eds., ''Dictionary of American Negro Biography'' (1982) and ''Dictionary of American Biography,'' vol. 19.</ref>

Walker was born in Delta in Madison Parish in northeastern Louisiana, the daughter of an impoverished couple, Owen and Minerva Breedlove. Orphaned at the age of six, she was reared by an older sister. She was married at the age of fourteen to a man from Vicksburg, [[Mississippi]], named Moses McWilliams, had a daughter named A'Leila, and was widowed at the age of twenty. She moved from Vicksburg to [[St. Louis]], [[Missouri]], where she worked as a washerwoman and attended night school.<ref name=lahist>{{cite web|url=https://www.lahistory.org/resources/dictionary-louisiana-biography/dictionary-louisiana-biography-w/|title=Walker, Sarah Breedlove|publisher=''A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography'': Louisiana Historical Association|accessdate=April 23, 2020}}</ref> <ref>''A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography uses these sources for the article on Mrs. Walker: Rayford Logan and Michael Winston, eds., ''Dictionary of American Negro Biography'' (1982) and ''Dictionary of American Biography,'' vol. 19.</ref>

==Career==

==Career==