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Robert H Walker
ROBERT H. WALKER, now living retired, was engaged in farming throughout his
active years on the place in Rayburn township, Armstrong county, which he
still occupies. He is a native of Allegheny county, Pa., born Feb. 16, 1835,
son of James and Jane (Bigham) Walker.James Walker, the father, was born in Pennsylvania, in either Washington or
Allegheny county. Some time after his marriage he moved to Kittanning,
Armstrong county, with his family, which then consisted of seven children:
Henry (now deceased), Minerva Jane, James (deceased), Robert H., Amanda and
Adeline, twins (the latter deceased), and John (deceased). After a residence
of five years in Kittanning, Mr. Walker located on the place now owned by his
son Robert, in 1856, and followed the carpenter’s trade in addition to
farming. He left that place to live in Bethel township, where he spent the
remainder of his days, dying June 3, 1880, at the age of seventy-six years.
His wife died, Jan. 24, 1874, at the age of seventy-three. Mr. Walker always
belonged to the U. P. Church.Robert H. Walker came to his present home with his family, and four years
later married. In those days the place was overgrown with underbrush, which
added to the hardships of preparing land for cultivation in those days of
primitive appliances. Under his father’s tuition he learned the carpenter’s
trade, and the house and barns now on the property are the work of his hands.
The tract originally comprised 160 acres, 110 of which are still owned by Mr.
Walker. He has made his home there continuously, and throughout his active
years carried on general farming successfully, becoming one of the well-to-do
farmers of his section. As a citizen he has been useful to the community in
various capacities, holding several important local offices. In his political
views he has always been a Republican. In church connection he is a Baptist.On Feb. 16, 1859, Mr. Walker married Elizabeth Lockheart, who was born in
Indiana county, Pa., Aug. 19, 1835, daughter of Thomas Lockheart, of that
county, who later settled in Boggs (then Valley) township, Armstrong county.
Mr. and Mrs. Walker have had the following children: James T., Elmer E.,
Minerva Jane, Margaret (deceased), John, Robert (deceased), Elizabeth
(deceased), Mattie (deceased), Harry White (deceased), William Grant
(deceased), Amanda and Carrie.Source: Page 670, Armstrong County, Pa., Her People, Past and
Present, J.H. Beers & Co., 1914
Transcribed September 1998 by James R Hindman for the Armstrong County Beers
Project
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