Person:William Walker (317)

This may be the same William Walker who married Priscilla Hannah in 1793 in Sumner County, Tennessee and later died in 1823 in Alexander County Illinois. However, more evidence is needed to verify the connection.

Obituary obtained from http://genealogytrails.com/ill/alexander/uvw_bios.htm Accessed December 23, 2020.

Alexander County Illinois Genealogy Trails

J. P. WALKER

Source: History of Alexander, Union and Pulaski Counties, Illinois. Edited by William Henry Perrin, ©1883 Chicago: O. L. Baskin and Company, Historical Publisher, Part V, Clear Creek Precinct, p. 245.

J. P. Walker, farmer, P. O. Clear Creek Landing. Probably the oldest native resident of this precinct is the gentleman whose name heads this stetch. The grandparents of our subject were natives of Tennessee, and there William Walker, his son, was born, grew to manhood, and married Priscilla Hannah, also a native of Tennessee. The twain immediately after marriage came to Missouri, where they remained for some years. They came to this county some time before the year 1811, and located in the bottom land near Clear Creek. In the earthquake of that year, the land Mr. Walker was living on sunk, and he took his family to the hills near Rifle Creek, in the northern part of the county. From there the family came to part of the farm now owned by subject. Thee subject was born February 22, 1818, and was the youngest of a large family of children. His father died in 1823, when he was but five years old. But he was permitted to attend the subscription schools of his county some. Being the only boy at home, he early commenced the life of a farmer and helped support his mother and sisters. As soon as he reached his majority, he took entire charge of the place, his mother having died in 1844. On this place he has since lived. The piece inherited from his father, was a farm of sixty acres in Section 9. He has since purchased sixty acres more in same Section, and eighty acres in Section 16. He has about 140 acres under cultivation. Mr. Walker was married in 1840 to Miss Sabra Hall, daughter of Thomas Hall. She was the mother of eight children, three of whom are living--Samuel E., born January 29, 1849, now assisting his father on the home place; Sallie Ann Priscilla, born March 7, 1853, the wife of Riley Price of Duncan County, Mo.; and Sabra, born April 28, 1856, married to Edward Perry of Cape Girardeau County. Mrs. Walker died August 16, 1857. He was married the second time to Mrs. Louisa Giles, who was the mother of three children, two of whom are living: Mary A., born January 1, 1859, and George W., born November 18, 1861. This wife died November 1, 1864. The third time he was married May 15, 1865 to Eliza Pucket, daughter of Asa Pucket; one child of this union now lives, Asa, born February 23, 1870. This wife died in April 1874. He was married the fourth time June 3, 1878 to Mrs. Caroline E. Bracken, nee Kennel, who died May 17, 1883 without issue. He is a member, as was also his wife, of the Clear Creek Baptist Church, and in politics Mr. Walker is a Republican.