Difference between revisions of "Joseph Walker"
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The first weaving of cloth done in [Pleasant Valley] township is credited to Miss Mary Stover. [...] But the fact is, the women of the pioneer time all wove cloth and made clothing of it for themselves and children, and men-folks. Joseph Walker says "clothing was hard to get, and we men made buckskin breeches for ourselves, sewing them up with whang leather." | The first weaving of cloth done in [Pleasant Valley] township is credited to Miss Mary Stover. [...] But the fact is, the women of the pioneer time all wove cloth and made clothing of it for themselves and children, and men-folks. Joseph Walker says "clothing was hard to get, and we men made buckskin breeches for ourselves, sewing them up with whang leather." | ||
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| + | == Another Biography<ref>http://www.lapella.net/wordstorywalkeriowacitizen.doc</ref> == | ||
| + | Joseph Walker (1819-1893) was also one of the first farmers to feed livestock in Johnson County and “took an honorable part in local affairs,” according to a history book published in 1912. “At the time the fort was constructed for the Indians in Tama County, he and Governor Kirkwood helped to make it,” the author wrote. “He was an extensive stocks man, and loved to be among his herds.” His gravestone, in a family plot under an ancient pine tree near 560th street, says: “Amiable and beloved father, farewell. Truly thy work shall live after thee.”. | ||
==Historical Records== | ==Historical Records== | ||
Revision as of 04:02, 16 November 2010
| Joseph Walker | |
|---|---|
| Born |
September 18, 1819[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)[5] |
| Children | Henry Allen Walker |
| 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.
Joseph, On Clothes[8]
The first weaving of cloth done in [Pleasant Valley] township is credited to Miss Mary Stover. [...] But the fact is, the women of the pioneer time all wove cloth and made clothing of it for themselves and children, and men-folks. Joseph Walker says "clothing was hard to get, and we men made buckskin breeches for ourselves, sewing them up with whang leather."
Another Biography[9]
Joseph Walker (1819-1893) was also one of the first farmers to feed livestock in Johnson County and “took an honorable part in local affairs,” according to a history book published in 1912. “At the time the fort was constructed for the Indians in Tama County, he and Governor Kirkwood helped to make it,” the author wrote. “He was an extensive stocks man, and loved to be among his herds.” His gravestone, in a family plot under an ancient pine tree near 560th street, says: “Amiable and beloved father, farewell. Truly thy work shall live after thee.”.
Historical Records
- Joseph appears in the 1850 Iowa Census Index, in Johnson Co.
Notes
- ↑ http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/w/a/l/William-Walker-OK/GENE9-0011.html
- ↑ http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/w/a/l/William-Walker-OK/GENE9-0011.html
- ↑ http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/w/a/l/William-Walker-OK/GENE9-0011.html
- ↑ http://iowagravestones.org/gs_view.php?id=131411
- ↑ http://www.archive.org/stream/historyofjohnson00iowa#page/946/mode/2up/search/walker
- ↑ http://iagenweb.org/johnson/families/WalkerFamily.htm
- ↑ http://www.archive.org/stream/historyofjohnson00iowa#page/946/mode/2up/search/walker
- ↑ http://www.archive.org/stream/historyofjohnson00iowa#page/754/mode/2up/search/walker
- ↑ http://www.lapella.net/wordstorywalkeriowacitizen.doc