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Facts and Events
| Name[1][2] |
James Walker |
| Gender |
Male |
| Birth[1] |
Jul 1807 |
Ohio, United States |
| Marriage |
4 Sep 1828 |
Circleville, Pickaway, Ohio, United StatesJustice of the Peace Geo. Rozart
to Margaret Rawlings |
| Residence[3] |
1841 |
Logan, Illinois, United StatesMoved from Ohio to Illinois. Lived for many years in a log house in the Salt Creek timber. |
| Death[2][3] |
24 Mar 1846 |
Illinois, United States“aged 38 yrs. 8 mo.” Probably Logan County |
| Burial[2] |
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Downing Cemetery, Lincoln, Logan, Illinois |
Question of parentage for Granville Walker
As noted on son Granville's page, his parentage is in question. Granville's death certificate states he was born Oct 1852, and lists James Walker and "Margil" Rollins as parents. However, James died 24 Mar 1846, more than 7 years before Granville's birth. Also, the 1852 birth date may be an error, as Granville was recorded with the family on the 1850 census, when his age was stated as 7 months.
Biography of son John T. Walker [excerpt]
"John T. Walker, farmer, on section 4, was born in 1829, in Pickaway County, Ohio and is a son of James and Margaret (Rollins) Walker. The father died in 1846, aged thirty-eight years and eight months, and the mother September 20, 1885, aged seventy-eight years, four months and four days. They had eleven children, it proving a most remarkable family in several respects, as seven of the sons entered the Union Army during the Rebellion of 1861 to 1865.
Moses Walker enlisted in the One Hundred and Sixteenth Illinois and was shot through the face and head in such a way as to paralyze one side of his face; Asahel enlisted in the One Hundred and Sixth Illinois; James enlisted in the Seventh Illinois and was shot through the leg at Shiloh; Samuel enlisted in the Seventh Illinois, served three years and was killed at Altoona, Georgia; Ezekiel enlisted in the Thirty-second Illinois, and died at Natchez, Mississippi; William enlisted in the One Hundred and Sixth Illinois and drowned in the Arkansas River. Our subject, John T. Walker, enlisted August 1862, in Company D, One Hundred and Sixth Illinois Infantry. He served in the Trans-Mississippi army, participating in the seige of Vicksburg and Little Rock campaign, and was mustered out July 12, 1865, having had many narrow escapes from rebel bullets. Mr. Walker came to Illinois in 1841, living for many years in a log house in the Salt Creek timber, this county.”S3
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Granville T. Walker death record, in Illinois, United States. Illinois, Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Memorial # 5213977, in Find A Grave.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 J.T. Walker biography, in History of Logan County, Illinois: together with sketches of its cities, villages and towns, educational, religious, civil, military, and political history, portraits of prominent persons, and biographies of representative citizens : also a condensed history of Illinois, embodying accounts of prehistoric races, Indian wars, and a brief review of its civil and political history. (Chicago: Inter-state Pub. Co., 1886)
pp. 816-817.
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