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Alexander Walker, Jr.
b.12 Jul 1765 Augusta County, Virginia
d.25 Jul 1824 Adair, Kentucky, United States
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m. 8 Jan 1746/47
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m. 22 Mar 1790
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m. Abt 1813
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[edit] OverviewFrom Source:White, 1902:363 ALEXANDER Walker...the eighth child of Alexander Walker and Jane Hummer (Hammer). He was b. July 12, 1765. He was twice married. His first wife was Mary Magdalene Harmon, whom he married on March 23, 1790. After her death he married Margaret (Peggy) Combs. "I wish to relate one incident in relation to my grandfather, Alexander Walker, as I remember hearing my father, Allen H. Walker, relate it, when I was a boy. Sometime in 1790, grandfather wanted to go back to Virginia on business, and as there were no cars in those days, he was in no ways deterred from his purpose by the thought that the journey must be made, if at all, on foot. His preparations were simple. He parched some corn — this he placed in one end of a sack, in the other end he put a saddle of dried venison. After committing his wife and little ones to the care of the Allwise Father, he called his faithful dog and started on his long journey through the trackless forest, which at that time was infested with Indians. At night he would light a fire with the aid of his flint and punk; after eating his supper he would clear away a warm place to sleep where his fire had been, being careful to put out all the fire, that it might not be the means of disclosing his whereabouts to the Indians. But one night he failed to extinguish all the fire, and was awakened by the growl of his dog. He saw a large Indian standing near, with a drawn tomahawk. He whispered to the dog, "catch him," and with one bound dog and Indian went out into the brush together. The faithful dog soon returned, but grandfather never looked to see what became of the Indian. I write this to show our children some of the perils their forefathers had to endure, before the comfortable homes of to-day were prepared for them. T. G. Walker, Macomb, 111."
[edit] Noteshttp://www.penjaccphoto.com/walkerged/fam01042.htm Husband: Alexander Walker Born: 12 JUL 1765 at: Married: 22 MAR 1790 at: Augusta County, Va. Died: ABT 1823 at: Father:Alexander Walker Mother:Jane Hammer Other Spouses: Peggie Coombs Wife: Mary Magdalene Harmon Born: 13 JUN 1769 at: Died: at: Fletcher's Cemetery, Adair Co., Ky. Father:Abraham Harmon Mother:Nancy Bateman Other Spouses: CHILDREN Name: Cyrus Walker Born: 6 MAY 1791 at: Married: at: Died: 1 DEC 1875 at: Camp's Creek, Mcdonough Co., Illinois Spouses: Flora Montgomery Name: Joseph Gilmore Walker Born: 17 JUN 1793 at: Rockbridge County, Va. Married: at: Died: at: Fletcher's Cemetery, Adair Co., Ky. Spouses: Martha Scott Susan Pope Bell Name: David Walker Born: 15 APR 1795 at: Married: at: Died: 10 AUG 1795 at: Kentucky Spouses: Name: Abner Walker Born: 10 AUG 1796 at: Married: 20 OCT 1829 at: Kentucky Died: 22 JUN 1857 at: Greenbush, Warren Co., Illinois Spouses: Jane Damron Name: Cynthia Walker Born: 25 MAR 1798 at: Married: at: Died: 14 JUN 1892 at: Mapleton, Kansas Spouses: Sanders Campbell Name: Margaret Walker Born: 7 JAN 1800 at: Married: 1824 at: Died: 4 JAN 1828 at: Columbia, Kentucky Spouses: John Calhoun Name: Allen H. Walker Born: 2 JAN 1802 at: Married: 18 JAN 1825 at: Green County, Ky. Died: 30 AUG 1858 at: Camp's Creek, Mcdonough Co., Illinois Spouses: Maxamelia Rice Name: Alexander Walker Born: 19 DEC 1803 at: Married: at: Died: at: Christian County, Ky. Spouses: Name: Jane Walker Born: 4 JUL 1805 at: Married: at: Died: at: Camp's Creek, Mcdonough Co., Illinois Spouses: John Walker Name: Andrew Hammond Walker Born: 16 AUG 1808 at: Adair County, Kentucky Married: 20 MAR 1834 at: Died: 6 JAN 1885 at: Spouses: Jane Campbell Mary Hogsett Noel Name: Pinkney Walker Born: 11 MAR 1811 at: Married: at: Died: 15 MAR 1815 at: Spouses:
Husband: Alexander Walker Born: 12 JUL 1765 at: Married: ABT 1813 at: Died: ABT 1823 at: Father:Alexander Walker Mother:Jane Hammer Other Spouses: Mary Magdalene Harmon Wife: Peggie Coombs Born: at: Jessamin County, Ky. Died: at: Father: Mother: Other Spouses: CHILDREN Name: Quintus Walker Born: 20 MAY 1814 at: Adair County, Kentucky Married: 1 AUG 1833 at: Died: 13 JAN 1902 at: Spouses: Mahala Campbell Name: Martha Mary Magdalene Walker Born: 28 NOV 1816 at: Adair County, Kentucky Married: 15 FEB 1838 at: Died: 22 NOV 1844 at: McDonough County, Illinois Spouses: Aradatha H. Berry Name: Thomas Montgomery Walker Born: 26 FEB 1819 at: Adair County, Kentucky Married: 24 DEC 1846 at: Died: 18 NOV 1888 at: Spouses: Mary W. Montgomery References
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