Walker

Samuel J. Walker (1792-1881)
and wife
Mary Catherine Hudson ( -1849)

They were both born in New York.  They lived in Root TWP. Montgomery CO. New York and are buried at the Rural Grove Cemetery in Montgomery CO.  Samuel grew up near Mayfield Fulton CO. NY ( up the road from Sprakers Corner, five miles to yellow house between two Churches) Mary Catherine's Parent's are Hugh Hudson and Esther Rutherford Hudson.

Son of Samuel J. Walker.

Phillip Martin Walker ( 1819-1897)
and wife (m.-)
Amanda C. Hoag (1826-1859)

Letters from these family members are in possession of Swede Swenson, telling happenings of the family throughout the late 1800's.  He was born in Montgomery CO. He and Amanda are both buried in Aurora NY. Phillip was an Elder in the Presbyterian Church in Aurora NY.

Son of Phillip Martin Walker.

Francis M. Walker ( 1844-1923)
and wife (m. 1868)
Mary Elizabeth Larowe (1850-1922)

He was born in Fonda NY.   When he was 4 years old the family moved to Otsego CO. NY.  After 2 more years they went back to Fonda, then Cayuga CO. NY remaining there until he enlisted in the Volunteer Infantry of NY. Francis was a Pvt. in Company D. 148th Regiment New York Volunteers.  He was discharged in 1865 at Richmond VA. He participated in the battles of Hatch's Run, last battle of Petersburg, Rice's Station and Appromattox Court House.   When he was discharged he returned home to Cayuga CO.  He married Mary Elizabeth in 1868 by Reverend Hoffman of the Lutheran Church of St. Paris, OH.  They moved to a farm one and one half miles east of Aurora NY on the Cayuga Lake shore.   In 1873 they moved to Shenadoah IA and on to Belleville, Kansas in 1886.  He worked at the Hunter Elevator and later at the Mill owned  by W. B. Faulkner.   They were mambers of the First Christian Church. She was born in Seneca Falls NY. and died of a stroke in Belleville, and he died of a stroke in the Veterans Hospital in Hampton VA. but both are buried in Belleville KS.

Daughter of Francis M. Walker.

Flossie Mabel Walker Swenson (1895-1983)
and husband (m. 1917)
Ross G. Swenson  

Other Children of Francis and Mary Elizabeth Walker
Clarence Theodore Walker b.1869
Francis Martin Walker b.1871
Maud Walker Ferguson b.1873
Edward Nelson Walker b.1876
Mary Celeste (Lettie) Walker Whigham b.1877
Essie Oral Walker Wheeler b.1879
Ella Marion Walker Hensleigh b.1882
Estella Amanda Walker Everett b.1885
Charles Larowe Walker b.1888
Bessie Ethel Walker Kilmer b.1891

If anyone related to the above listed would like to have information on their descendants on this family page in the World Wide Web please contact Swede Swenson: swen1@cox.net


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