Person:Henry Walker (25)

He arrived in Detroit in 1835 with a diploma from an academy at Fredonia, and entered the law office of Farnsworth & Bates as a student. In due time he was admitted to practice, and finally to a junior interest in the firm. Mr. Farnsworth was eventually elected circuit judge and withdrew from the firm, and a few years afterwards Mr. Bates retired from active practice. The firm was then reorganized under the name of Walker, Douglas and Campbell. Mr. Walker in early life identified himself with the temperance movement and was closely allied to it up to the day of his death.

In 1845 he became Attorney General of Michigan, in 1844 a State Legislator, in 1849 he organized the Detroit Savings Bank, and later served as President of the Detroit and Milwaukee Railroad in 1856. In 1859, he became Postmaster and later was Editor of the Detroit Free Press. Later he owned the newspaper, but in1875 resigned his position. In 1870, he organized the Spurr iron mine in Baraga County, Michigan. The mine lost about $250,000 and from this financial disaster he never recovered.

1. ↑ History of the Norvell and Related Families, John Edward Norvell, 4thd ed, 2006
   p. 239.
2. ↑ History of the Norvell and Related Families, John Edward Norvell, 4thd ed, 2006
   p. 239.
3. ↑ History of the Norvell and Related Families, John Edward Norvell, 4thd ed, 2006
   p. 239.