Family:George Walker and Margaret Thomas (2)

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  1. Baldwin, Elmer. History of La Salle County, Illinois: its topography, geology, botany, natural history, history of the mound builders, Indian tribes, French explorations : and a sketch of the pioneer settlers of each town to 1840, with an appendix giving the present status of the county, its population, resources, manufactures and institutions. (Chicago: Rand McNally & Co., printers, 1877)
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    ... Geo. E. Walker, son of Dr. David Walker, from same place, came to Ottawa in 1827, and married Margaret Thomas from Si. Clair County ; she died in 1848.

    He traded with the Indians, and was a captain of scouts in the Black Hawk war ; was the first Sheriff of La Salle County, and for many years an active and successful merchant in Ottawa.

    He died in 1874, leaving two living children :
    - Mary Ann, married Edw. Coleman, they are now in Maryland ;
    - a son, Augustus Evans, lives in Chicago ;
    - Margaret, wife of Charles Gossage, died in Chicago ;
    - Samuel, a lawyer, died in Ottawa in 1869. ...