Alexnader Campbell Walker 1829-1915

WALKER, MILLER, RICHARDS, SNYDER, HOOVER, SANNER

Posted By: cheryl Locher moonen (email)
Date: 3/20/2020 at 09:36:44

Alexander is buried in Dummerston, VT. He has a memorial there and another stone. Find A Grave Memorial# 132248457

Alexander was a merchant in 1880. He was the son of Sewell Walker & Lucretia Miller. He married Mrs Rebecca Richards on Dec. 31, 1868 in Dubuque, IA. They were the parents of Sewall A. He married 2nd Mary Miller. They were the parents of Margaret.
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Dubuque Telegraph Herald - October 4, 1915 - Brattleborro (Vt.) Daily Reformer) - Alexander Campbell Walker of West Brattleborro, who would have been 86 years old today, died about 7:35 o’clock yesterday morning in the home of Mrs. Walker’s father, H. Harry Miller, in Dummerston, where Mr. and Mrs. Walker had been since April 23d. The direct cause of death was an acute attack of Angina Pectoris.

Mr. Walker fell near his home on Greenleaf street last January and fractured his hip. He recovered so that he was able to walk with use of crutches but never fully regained his strength. Mr and Mrs Walker came to West Brattleborro 6 years ago and bought a home on Greenleaf street.

Mr Walker was born in Dummerston on Sept 27th, 1829. His father was Dr Sewell Walker, a practicing physician and his grandfather was Jones Walker, an ensign in the war of the Revolution. His mother was Lucretia Miller, daughter of Marshall Miller Sr. who also was a Revolutionary soldier and was in the expedition to Bennington.

In 1851 Mr Walker went to Boston, where he was employed 8 years by the Daniel Weld East India Good Co on South Market street. Beginning at the bottom he became head clerk and buyer and doubtless would have entered into partnership but on the breaking out of the war Mr Weld went out of business.

In April 1865 Mr Walker came west and located in Farley, Iowa where he made his home for more than 40 years. Here with his brother P.F. Walker he carried on a successful mercantile business under the firm name of A.C. Walker and Co.

Mr Walker was twice married. In 1868 he married Mrs Rebecca Richards, who died in 1897 and in 1904 he married Miss Mary Dill Miller of Dummerston, who survives.

He also leaves one step daughter, Harriet, wife of Dr. C. Allen Snyder of Dubuque, Iowa and three grandchildren: Miss Maylou Richards of Charter Oak, Iowa, Mrs. J. Raymond Hoover of Washington, D.C. and Cary J. Snyder of Omaha, Neb., and one great grandchild.

He was a man of sterling old New England characteristics intensely loyal to any cause which he espoused and thoroughly honorable in all his dealings.

The funeral will be held in the old church in Dummerston Wednesday. The burial will take place in Dummerston.
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Contributed by Cheryl - 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 Brattleboro, 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.

P.F. Walker was born in Dummerston, Windham Co., Vermont, June 4, 1826. Pliny’s wife, Lucretia Walker was born the same year in Dummerston. The couple married in Sept. of 1855 leaving the East for the city of Dubuque that year. Residing in Dubuque for six years the Walkers came to Farley in 1861 to begin a mercantile business. The partnership of P. F. Walker and his brother A.C. began in 1865. Pliny held offices of County Supervisor, accessor, and school offices, including Board President. He and Mrs. Lucretia M. Walker had four children. Robert A. was the only one of their children who did not pass away while young.

"The History of Farley" - Welu Printing Co. - Copyright 1966
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- Friday, January 01, 1869, Dubuque, Iowa, Page: 4

- HYMENIAL - Yesterday Mr. A.C. Walker, a leading merchant of Farley, was married to a lady of that town. Elder Houghton tied the knot, and a merry party was present to participate in the festivities.