Husband Capt. William Walker 1 2
Born: 12 Jul 1784 - Cumberland Co, PA 2
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Died: 23 Jan 1855 - ? Butler Co, PA 1 2
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Father: John Walker (1754-1825) 3 4 5 6
Mother: Isabella McCormick (1759-1823/1853) 3 4 5 6
Marriage: 18 Sep 1810 7
Wife Isabella Blaine 2 3
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Father: Alexander Blaine ( - ) 3
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Children
1 F Mary Isabella Walker 3 8
Born: 1811 8
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Died: Aft 1883
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Spouse: [Unk] Kay ( - ) 3
2 F Grezella Walker 8
AKA: Grizella Walker 3
Born: 1814 8
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Died: 1815 8
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Spouse: Did Not Marry
General Notes: Husband - Capt. William Walker
He was educated at Carlisle College. He studied law, then entered the United States Navy, in which he served five years with Decatur, in the fleet with Bainbridge and others. During the war with Tropoli and Algiers, the fleet was stationed in the Mediterranean for a considerable time. Capt. Walker was a Past Midshipman when the noted authors, J. Fenimore Cooper and J. K. Paulding, were in the service. In an article written long ago by Paulding for "Godey's Ladies' Book," the author speaks of his old shipmates, and wonders what has become of William Walker. Capt. Walker had command of one of Jefferson's gunboats, and was so exact in all his methods that his fellow-officers called him "Commodore." It was stated by those who knew him well that his exemplary conduct would have won for him the position of Commodore had he remained in the service. But he and several of his fellow-seamen-Cooper and Paulding among the rest-became dissatisfied with the management of the gunboats and left. He was in the war of 1812, and at Lake Erie. After the war, he acted as a Captain of steamboats on the river for a number of years. His father's brother, Jonathan H. Walker, was made Judge in Pittsburgh, PA, and he appointed William Clerk of Courts of Allegheny County, a position which the latter held several years, but finally resigned, from natural magnanimity, to give place to one whom he considered a needy and deserving applicant. He then retired to Butler County, where he had invested in a large tract of land, in partnership with two of his brothers, and spent the remaining years of his life in quiet and seclusion. He served as Justice of the Peace in Butler County, PA, for many successive years, and the name "Squire Walker" was a synonym for honesty, fairness and integrity of principle. [HBC 1883, 248x]
He came to Butler County, PA, having purchased, with his brothers, Jonathan and Thomas, a tract of over one thousand acres of land near the village of Saxonburg. The brothers, Jonathan and Thomas, 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]