 1765 - 1824 (58 years)
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| Name |
Alexander Walker |
| Born |
12 Jul 1765 |
| Gender |
Male |
| Died |
1824 |
| Person ID |
I6681 |
adkinshorton |
| Last Modified |
10 Aug 2016 |
| Father |
Alexander Walker, b. 19 May 1716, Ireland  , d. 1785, Rockbridge Co, VA (Age 68 years) |
| Mother |
Jane Hammer, b. 1730, d. 1798, Woodford Co, KY (Age 68 years) |
| Married |
8 Jan 1747 |
| Documents |
 | DAR Lineage Book, Vol 072, pg.23 - Mary Edna Walker
Walker pedigree lineage of Mary Edna Walker (At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.) |
| Family ID |
F128 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family 1 |
Mary Magdalene Harmon |
| Children |
| | 1. Cyrus Walker |
| | 2. Joseph Gilmore Walker |
| | 3. David Walker, b. 15 Apr 1795, d. 10 Aug 1795, KY (Age 0 years) |
| | 4. Abner Walker |
| | 5. Cynthia Walker |
| | 6. Margaret Walker |
| | 7. Allen H. Walker |
| | 8. Alexander Walker |
| | 9. Jane Walker |
| + | 10. Andrew Hammond Walker, b. 16 Aug 1808, Adair Co, KY , d. 6 Jan 1885, Walnut Grove, McDonough Co, IL (Age 76 years) |
| | 11. Pinkney Walker, b. 11 Mar 1811, d. 15 Mar 1815 (Age 4 years) |
| | 12. Quintus Walker |
| | 13. Martha Mary Magdalene Walker |
| | 14. Thomas Montgomery Walker |
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| Last Modified |
10 Aug 2016 |
| Family ID |
F127 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Notes |
Biographical Sketch of Alexander Walker (1765-1824)
~ and Indian encounter story ~
(Genealogy of the Descendants of John Walker of Wigton, Scotland, by Emma Siggins White. Published 1902 by Tiernan-Dart Publishing, Kansas City, KS. Index 2966, pg. 363.)
Note: This book is available free at archive.org
ALEXANDER Walker 3 (1948) (Alexander 2 John 1); the eighth child of Alexander Walker and Jane Hummer (Hammer). He was b. July 12, 1765. He was twice married. His first wife was Mary Magdalene Harmon, whom he married on March 23, 1790. After her death he married Margaret (Peggy) Combs.
"I wish to relate one incident in relation to my grandfather, Alexander Walker, as I remember hearing my father, Allen H. Walker, relate it, when I was a boy. Sometime in 1790, grandfather wanted to go back to Virginia on business, and as there were no cars in those days, he was in no ways deterred from his purpose by the thought that the journey must be made, if at all, on foot. His preparations were simple. He parched some corn—this he placed in one end of a sack, in the other end he put a saddle of dried venison. After committing his wife and little ones to the care of the Allwise Father, he called his faithful dog and started on his long journey through the trackless forest, which at that time was infested with Indians. At night he would light a fire with the aid of his flint and punk ; after eating his supper he would clear away a warm place to sleep where his fire had been, being careful to put out all the fire, that it might not be the means of disclosing his whereabouts to the Indians. But one night he failed to extinguish all the fire, and was awakened by the growl of his dog. He saw a large Indian standing near, with a drawn tomahawk. He whispered to the dog, "catch him," and with one bound dog and Indian went out into the brush together. The faithful dog soon returned, but grandfather never looked to see what became of the Indian. I write this to show our children some of the perils their forefathers had to endure, before the comfortable homes of to-day were prepared for them.
T. G. W ALKER, Macomb, Ill."
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