Alexander Campbell Walker 1829-1915

WALKER, SANNER, RICHARDS, MILLER

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Date: 8/7/2016 at 21:24:19

Alexander Campbell Walker and his brother Pliny F. Walker ran a mercantile in Farley for thirty years before it was sold to Mr. Sanner in 1900’s. The Walker brothers also had a creamery and later sold steamship tickets. Walkers were member of St. George Church.

A. C. Walker was born Sept. 27, 1829 in Dummerston, Windham Co., Vermont. He was the son of Dr. Sewall Walker and the grandson of Jonas Walker an ensign in the Revolution. A. C.’s mother was Lucretia Miller, daughter of Marshall Miller also in the Revolution. Having grown up in Vermont, A. C. left for Boston, Mass., in 1852. He remained ten years and then removed in 1865 to Dubuque Co., coming to Farley. He and Miss Rebecca Richards of Silver Lake, PA., were married on Dec. 31, 1868. Rebecca lived from May 6, 1828 to Oct. 3, 1899. They had one son Sewall A. Walker, (1870-1872). Both Mrs. Walker and her son are buried at Fairview Cemetery. Alexander Walker was the first Mayor in Farley from 1879-1882; president of the school board and postmaster for many years. He married a second time to the daughter of H. Henry Miller and had one child, a daughter Margaret who died at birth. A. C. and his wife retired to West Brattlebore, Vermont about eight years before he passed away on Sept. 26, 1915. He had fallen the previous January breaking his hip. Although able to walk with crutches, he never fully recovered. He was 86 at the time of his death. Burial was at Fairview.

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