Thomas McC. Walker

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Husband Thomas McC. Walker ^{1 2}

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           Born: 27 Sep 1787 2
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           Died: 18 Sep 1839 or 1841 1 2
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         Father: John Walker (1754-1825) 1 3 4 5
         Mother: Isabella McCormick (1759-1823/1853) 1 3 4 5

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General Notes: Husband - Thomas McC. Walker

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He came to Butler County, Pennsylvania, having purchased, with his brothers, William and Jonathan, a tract of over one thousand acres of land near the village of Saxonburg. He and Jonathan settled on this tract, and made sheep-raising their business. William, on account of an accident in which he had his breast-bone broken, was incapacitated for physical labor, and turned his attention to other duties. [HBC 1883, 248x]

Thomas Walker, from Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, moved to Butler County in 1823, from Washington County, where they [Thomas and Jonathan] had resided a short time. They purchased 1,000 acres in one tract of land at $2.50 per acre. A few years before the same tract had been offered to Patrick Harvey for $2, by Mr. Lowry, its owner; but Harvey said he would not take it as a gift and pay taxes on it. The land lay in Buffalo and Clinton Townships, and it was developed into some excellent farms, smooth, fertile and beautiful. The Walker brothers lived in a wagon until they could erect a cabin. Both came there single and for a year they kept bachelor's hall, lived on mush principally. Their bread they procured from the Burtner family. After a year of this life their sister Jane came and kept house for them. Their brother William, who held an interest in the land with them, came later. [HBC 1883, 251]

1 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1883), Pg 248x.

2 Leander James McCormick, McCormick Family Record and Biography (Chicago, IL: Publisher Unknown, 1896), Pg 134.

3 —, Nelson's Biographical Dictionary and Historical Reference Book of Erie County, Pennsylvania (Erie, PA: S. B. Nelson, Publisher, 1896), Pg 622.

4 John Miller, 20th Century History of Erie County, Pennsylvania, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Co., 1909), Pg 471.

5 Leander James McCormick, McCormick Family Record and Biography (Chicago, IL: Publisher Unknown, 1896), Pg 123.