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WALKER. The Walkers may justly be numbered with the old and substantial
families of Pennsylvania, in many sections of which State its representatives
may be found, and they follow the peaceful pursuits of agriculture as well as
professional lives.Benjamin Walker, grandfather of the members of this family of whom mention
is to be made below, lived at Shelocta, Indiana Co., Pa., followed farming,
and died there. He married Margaret Cunningham and seven children were born to
them, namely: James and Benjamin, both of whom died at Shelocta, Indiana
county; Alexander; Robert; Jane, Mrs. Walker; Margaret, who married David
Johnson; and Mary, who married a Mr. McCullom.Alexander Walker, son of Benjamin, was born in Indiana county, Pa., and
followed farming. Later moving to Armstrong county he settled in Wayne
township, near Dayton, where he acquired a farm of 166 acres. This land he
improved and cultivated and on it spent the rest of his life, his death
occurring in March, 1876. In politics he was a Republican, and served as
supervisor of his township. He was a member and official of the United
Presbyterian Church and was buried in the graveyard of that church near
Dayton, Pa. His wife, Margaret (McFarland), was a daughter of William
McFarland, who lived near Bryan, Armstrong county. Mr. and Mrs. Walker had the
following children: Nancy Jane is the widow of John Morrow, who died during
the Civil war; Margaret C. married R. C. Kinter, of Dayton, Pa.; Mary Ann
married Dr. Joseph Sharp, who was a physician at Dayton for many years;
Elizabeth A. married W. R. Speer and resides in Wayne township; Sarah A.
married Samuel Lydic and resides in Indiana county; Alexander G. is mentioned
below; Maria L. is the widow of Peter Lord and lives in Wayne township;
William B. is mentioned below; Frances E. is the wife of James Wilson and
lives at Dayton, Pa.; Amanda C. married William McMillian of Indiana county;
Duffey G. died young.ALEXANDER G. WALKER, son of Alexander and grandson of Benjamin Walker, was
born March 3, 1847, on the old homestead in Wayne township, Armstrong co.,
Pa., where he still resides. He attended the township schools and later Dayton
Academy, and for five years taught school very acceptably. He then spent about
four years in Jefferson county, where he was engaged in lumbering, after which
he returned to Armstrong county and purchased the part of the homestead where
he has since lived. He has made substantial improvements here, having erected
all the buildings now on the place. He follows farming and stock raising.Mr. Walker was married to Rebecca C. Findley, a daughter of Archibald
Findley, and they had three children: Findley A., who died when three years
old; William A., and Bert. Mr. Walker’s second marriage was to Mrs. Martha (Heasley)
Klingensmith, a daughter of Reuben Heasley and the widow of Laban Klingensmith,
who was a son of Henry Klingensmith. Mr. Walker has six children by his second
marriage, namely: Harry, Arlie, Margaret, Lewis, Elder and Fannie. The family
belongs to the United Presbyterian church, in which Mr. Walker has been an
elder for many years. He has long been influential in politics and on the
Republican ticket was elected auditor of Armstrong county, which office he
held for two terms, six years; he has served also as a member of the township
school board, of which body he was president for some time and is now
treasurer, and he has been township supervisor. He is one of Wayne township’s
representative men.WILLIAM. B. WALKER, M. D., physician and surgeon at Dayton, Pa., was born
April 16, 1851, on the old Walker homestead in Wayne township, son of
Alexander and grandson of Benjamin Walker. In boyhood he attended the township
schools and later the Dayton Union Academy, where he graduated in 1872. He
then spent one year as a school teacher, during this time reading medicine in
the office of Dr. J. W. Sharp, at Dayton, with whom he resided, after which he
entered the Cincinnati College of Medicine and Surgery, where he was graduated
in 1876. The young physician then enjoyed a period of travel through the West,
after which he located at Clarksburg, Indiana Co., Pa., and practiced there
for twenty-six years. In 1909 he returned to his old home surroundings and
established himself in his profession at Dayton, finding a ready welcome both
personally and professionally. He is recognized as one of the most successful
and skillful practitioners in this section of the State.Dr. Walker married Ida Rosborough, and the following children were born to
them: Clode, who lives at Pittsburgh, Pa.; Clair, who is a resident of
Clarksburg, Pa.; Alfred, of Dallas, Texas; Carrie, who married a Mr. Brown, of
Clarksburg; Edith, Mrs. W. Lidick; and Flora B., Melvin, Bessie and Grace, at
home. By his second marriage to Mrs. Jennie Hosack, Dr. Walker has one
daughter, Grace. In politics Dr. Walker, like other members of his family, is
a stanch Republican . He has served as councilman of the borough and in the
fall of 1911 was elected a member of the school board. All public-spirited
movements relating to the general welfare have his hearty support, and he is a
stockholder in the Dayton Normal Institute and the Dayton fair Association. He
is a valued member of the medical bodies in both Armstrong and Indiana
counties. Dr. and Mrs. Walker are members of the United Presbyterian Church.Source: Pages 818-820, Armstrong County, Pa., Her People, Past and
Present, J.H. Beers & Co., 1914
Transcribed October 1998 by James R Hindman for the Armstrong County Beers
Project
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