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| birth_place      = Hudson, Summit County, Ohio<ref>http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/w/a/l/William-Walker-OK/GENE9-0011.html</ref>
 
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| resting_place    = [[Walker Family Cemetery]], Johnson County, Iowa ?? (TO DO)
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| resting_place    = [[Walker Family Cemetery]], Johnson County, Iowa<ref>http://iowagravestones.org/gs_view.php?id=131411</ref>
 
| spouse            = {{marriage|[[Jane Powelson]]|June 25, 1850|}}<ref>http://www.archive.org/stream/historyofjohnson00iowa#page/946/mode/2up/search/walker</ref>
 
| spouse            = {{marriage|[[Jane Powelson]]|June 25, 1850|}}<ref>http://www.archive.org/stream/historyofjohnson00iowa#page/946/mode/2up/search/walker</ref>
 
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Revision as of 19:53, 8 November 2010

Joseph Walker
Born September 18, 1819(1819-09-18)[1]
Hudson, Summit County, Ohio[2]
Died August 10, 1893 (aged 73)[3]
Resting place Walker Family Cemetery, Johnson County, Iowa[4]
Spouse Jane Powelson (m. 1850) «Did not recognize date. Try slightly modifying the date in the first parameter.»"Marriage: Jane Powelson to Joseph Walker" Location: (linkback:http://jimlindstrom.com/mediawiki/index.php/Joseph_Walker)[5]
Parents James Walker
Mary Sarah ("Betsey") Burnett[6]
Relatives Samuel Walker (brother)
James Walker, Jr. (brother)

Biography[7]

Joseph Walker, a farmer and stock-raiser of Pleasant Valley township, post-office, Iowa City; was born September 19, 1819, in Portage County, Ohio; came to Iowa and settled on Buck Creek, in Pleasant Valley Township, September 1, 1837, and took up first claim on Bear Creek, the farm upon which he now resides, of 320 acres. His brothers Samuel and James, took up claims near him, and lived upon them for eight or ten years. He was married June 25, 1850, to Miss Jane Powelson, of Washington County, Iowa. They have five children: Mary, Henry A., Joseph L., Callie, Emma. He is a member of the Universalist Church at Iowa City, and a republican in politics, and voted against the prohibitory amendment; has held several township offices, trustee and school director. He is a stockholder in the Johnson County Savings Bank, and one of its directors. He is one of the Johnson County farmers who have made a success in life, and accumulated a sufficient amount of worldly goods to live comfortably.

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