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tne Death of .Judae W. )I. Wadk.,r • • Ill,. '\d

\, "" ~. 1888, .,oat au·· t. the od 8

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'rb~ d"atla ur J od.r• W. M. Waalk• er oecurr~d at hh• home ln K .. o,.acs• qua. tbitt Wttdn•!lday morDin.. at 1:80 o'elo«!k. roliuwln~r a llttbt 11&rok~. While be hatt h .. .-u in til bPaltb and nu: ahl..,. to au~nd •·•utrt dutlet~, ult tdddeu death waH uoex• pttoted !'t thls ttme.

--·~ . Death of Addle .M. HaDeJ'.

AdcUe M: Haney dlt-d at. b•r bome In Ottumwa, on Wednetday. Marob· 11th, at the ._. nf 71 year~. Bbe l• •11rvhed by •hree brot.bt'ftl, 8. R. Troe&-. inti a, L. !trent&: 'Of Doatltt--..'\t:·'

•• . : ~l~~IMr:~'111'1 ,·;!'!.""""'~·-.·-"" d • Crbm .· -·····-U Nb. .. . . .

11 "'· · 'eh'dtdh'• ~JotefifteWI ¥.16· 'tiM · •.... , . . .

er lo ~. 1\lt. Moriah oemeterJ'. · '· •

~~~bt;: l. :o:~u:.:: =~:/~n;;:s~~.~.. . .. llli\Dlt "!'t~~~-~-ALR..arkt'~~t lutr home In

vance• Derby, Iowa, la"t Mof\day mornlnl'. tbe fiRUlt of pueumonfa. WOU

carl ilK' _ba .. ·.. .. . . . . . . arc 20th. t I. With her ho~haud lb., ban attendecJ

ys ' s · . nd the funeral sttrvlce of his eleter,

• MrR. Oirt, at Falrl\~ld, <'D atar"b t.y b1~

7th. She &l•l•~ared t.o be tn the h~11t 'I ways of health. and .had a pleaMant vltlt eeded, 11 1 h.- wltb relative"'. Juat a111 thf>)' got

home a~e took a «!bill a~d developed iliUUU-

JIUt>Umonal from whleh abe never united rPcovered. Sb(• itt a al»ler or Reuben 1 feMt~ed Joho"tou and 1\th~~~~ 1\fary Jobnttt.oO llwayM or Birmingham, aud 1\lr"'. Jack ri.,ll"n Kirkhart at Mlltotl. ThP funP.ral

.. ervlce wa11 hwld on Wt-dnettday

•tTHlf i • aft•rnoon.

\Vll· \ . \tr". Keep Your Cbtckens at llo11ae.

~· \hI It It+ ~retting th., time of year s. g 1 to .,)rove you 11r~ a ~o"d neigbb••r by seveu-.\ kees•io~ your chiekentt inside your ght.-.-n ow·n fttn~tt. Nothing tM more t•ro• many' ·vokiug, uor a harcJPr strain on t.be

\ JeHsheM controllhuc your rt.liJtion.

iM hh• than to uic~lr urt>par~ th~ ~round.·


r ---- .. ----f\V.II J'tiaebPd. from bttr bu~baod. --·---- ----

-- !Bl.a.lo would -· --- •. -·· _ Hn"•l•arte Towu and Town1blp ·raaClbe t.Wo JUDGE w. M. WALKt~lt. •\Ira. Maraart't E. J;nt""rt ... _ '

I .,.(p0 , wbere Cedar 'l'itwnsblp 1u1d 1.ar~ n( . ::

f->r ae'feral Stock P_ntt\ Howard C. Irvin~. " · * F) ' Jod~ee Walker wao bo•n n•"r Sel· Chi!qo""' Tnwo•bho-Harold ~1. ·'

, ::m..::.!~~ ::~·:. ~~.0 r~~=~!:!l~·~";;~ A ~:r: N ;;:.~.~loh•~• T .. wnahlp a ad C ••i· '' &~i ~~a ~~.: • :.:'! :i:•:;en:r'::n~·~~~er~~;b::••h:;,:; tr~;:.;::~".a~;tt~~~!~:: N eafte, . . •· . , i ;,;~~j ,..ked him to wbeo· he was •Is ye•u old and·· hiM lJ-'"t,'abura1.'uwn .. bl~Mr1• If~~ . '-<.:.,. ~:(~f~ "-.. ~~b !,a\1~1er !o~r yean later~ . . _ _ _. '!te8 Fletebe~d~ . . .. _,l''. ·• _·." -~·.,.f,· " •. :, ·.;4.,_. ~;:;,!: , · · · B · ·· "· .. d~callUe!l:J.- !tb•lullig: M "~: . _ . W,~f'· . all : ·, ·. · u~ttt\ai-~:. , •. ~.:;,.y1';1~i,\

.. -~nt Into tbe h•~t law ~nd ~o 1881 waa admtttcd to KeoiJIIUCJUa-)1,.., R. C William.,. . . . . ::ert"""tlfe"'''boat.~ Jbf.\,,bar~ .. """'-!n,J-SB!,-ha·oo•a-&",~'fA;-.-t,,rfle··!-"'"':Yt'P:o.:~1l~t,ttf.U""-''"'!l~u.wtr.s·b1,~Wattcr"""'"'"'"';~"-'=~~~"~"

.:.':-aLe;:! :~.'::"~::_~:~~~~~:~~-B_y;~mL'I'<>wn•hl~,~·l7'l'fiafjJ;···· ··· ·· bas noL been . For many year" be wah a meu.•. Village 'l'ownsbiJ•-A. L.Doud Sr. ot wrltlna. ber of the law tlrm of Lea, Wherry 1 t1nloo 'l'owosa.Ja• and l•art' ur

& Walker. Alter the dealt\ ,)f M r~ StockJ•ort-.\lrs. P•t.U WlottiQw. ~ria Parker. Lea and the removal from the tttate I

of Mr. Wherry. the tJrm of Walker Town l~lectlon. l'll~•bt~r of Jb~.._.J,o, was .near 11tlca,. ~a, arhl died 'Iowa, March 11 n•onths·

Albert C. ~1. ~'o tbiM blldreo •. one lo Infancy,

tJ~ manhood. 1 \•ltb. theIr dslde in h--r ll~ J n Vall·

"'•ere: · ~ rs. I

Fred ParkP.r, VI II Parker, Bertha Tas·

nil HugheP!, •arker, Ubi· 0 oC Calif·

& McBeth was formed and coutiu· The- 'i•own e.lectlou will interettt· Uto_d u~ttal the eJevaUon of··· Mr. I insr tbl" ye.r, wbich oncurs on MonWallr .. r to the beo.ch in HJ'.r2. He I day, tbe HlMt, tbe J•OIIM tu be oa•en wa" re·el.-cted ror another tour sttar i from 8 In the moroiorc tJil 8 i h term, in 19~, and wa.a ~erving his 1 P.yeoi~g. F:mr tick~t"' are .: :b: last year or that term. _ I tleld, though only one ruu·· tl k

Judae Walker Atarted his JlOHti· as a number of thP. nomloeeH 0 : t~it~ cal career io 1886, wh.,o t:Jtwted otbur ticketl!f have withdrawn their to repreBen' the county lo the nKmPM. So her"" tltey t k b f . "' · are, a e

ou8e o representatiVe! of tbe your choloe: t weoty·tlr..--t general a&Rtm.ul). Peo&•leA 'fiek~t

W. M. Walkea· and MisH E14tellt! Mayor St 1 ,., Boatnt'V of Keosauqua wer., uuitt•cll 'r · - 80

1t'Y ,,.atts In ma;rlaJte AUJlll st 29 l&m. H .. iH Areasurer-;.}" ayoatd C.orry Aurvivcd by Mrs. Walk~r aucLtlwi~ atttettsor- • ~. Calhoun dauv.bter, Dr. Hel~n M. Walk~r. Counciltnen-J. H. Orabam, c. who holth a s•rofeHMorshh• In Vol· "': K~rr, \Veodt•IJ Hodoshel, -Gba8. u·mblan Univerlty, New York. Maranda, Carl Moore.

'l'ht! ruuer~t.l Hervlce was bt•ld at t.he MethodiRt church ir. Keof:~hl•

qua, on l~'riday art~rooou, t.he ~ll"t,· Judge Walker baviusr bPett a uH•m· ber for manv vearf'. A form.-r t~aH· tdT, lte\', O. A. Fiuld, of Ot-tumwa,

Citizeus 'l'l.,ket ~layflr .......... : .... . . . ............ •·

· 'rreasun-r.... . . • · . . . . . . .......... . Ast.~Mttor-U. w. wl)rkman

. Oouncilrnfla•-Mr8 • · nraot---McKee

1er · !OHM be·· assi!4ted iu the setvice hv the JHll-1• Mr~. Harlt-'y "*'~~" - '

seven r.blld- tor. lt~v. M. D. Cox. ldl'en and two 'rhe active ''all hearers were ·J. P. t\'P'O siMterA,- Sl.arr nr Falrfleld, .... c. ca_Ihouo,H.' ·• ,.., ,...._,,.,.n u q,,un• n. H.. lltJPkiAM. n. R. Mt~·

'l'owo 'l'icket 1\.lay.,r ......... .. ~ ................• 'l're&Hl1 ret...... · .... ' .. •.. . . ...... . AMfU:'fllfiOI" ,, ". '.

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-II.Va -.··~····-· ..... - ... ta .tb· e o_noatv Iaa:··· ·.~~·.····· . ·m-•an um~ I .&.Jn;;n :.v•~og- &'II~WUft····~ ............. :::·····•:;:;.:".~'.· t fell the rope · ·"""' • ... • · rr' ... · ·· .~ .· · ··.· ···~,;·,-r:·~~ d be devoted 'bla •~are t.tme to' atud)·· .aari~aw. . ., . ·· · . · J· ··. •,1,

er Bl • of tbe . . Y. . Keo•'"'uqua---·-·· n c Wllfl• . ,' ;; • '/ ' ' h'Jt Jaw and in 1881 ••• adm.lttcd to. n• ~···~· .• ' ' . -~·· ' ' .<~l

. !.ent ~lob. t~e the b•r ~- rli.;}:8gc,.h.a,.)).e,aa.th~·"''•"e.:L:.,.,,Y..t,P.:a:~,1h~~;~,.!:Vo_ "'*ttt•ltt~Wiltter-'!'!•!!!~t'!l!!4l ravrt~~"1Ju8"'-" oat:: ....... ~--"'' .. ""--······'.-.. - · -- · "" · · ' · B · · · · . , 1 · ... Jt l:ae'bad' tfc-e or bil proreaMl.nn In K~osauqua, i Pe~. .· ' . . : .... ·o.; - ··,., ......... : •• '-•· .. :.~ J:J· . ...... . . . . ~~luAlaruLhiL;.b.am.e:..-· ---r·. Vt!rnon ~~AWDK·biJ-~~. Tfiarp. . • ..

\ -~ . For many year~ be wah a meu; .. , Vllla~te lownsbJ&,_A.L.Doud, Sr. bas not been · · 1 Union 1' w ••• · d her of the Jaw ftrm of Lea Wherry . 0 DB ,, an I'Arl. or

'en& wrltloar. & Walker. Atter the death ,,f M r~ Stockport.- .\Irs. P•UI Wlualt»w.

rarla Parker. Lea and the removal from tbe alate 1 of 1.\tr. Wherry. the firm of Walker To~n Election.

oo,dauabter of Johnston, . was :, near 11tlca, ,wa, anti died '• Iowa, March_ , 11 months

& McBeth was formed and cootiu· 'l'be 'l'own election will interest· UPd. untal the elevaUon of · Mr. ln.r this ye.r. which c)f'curs on Moo· w·allri-r to tile ben.ch In J9'.l'..!. He I day I the Slttt. tbe JtOIIM tu he 0Jl8D

WAH re·e~t'Cl.ed ror another four yttar I from 8 In the m~rnlua till 8 in tho term, In 19:&8, aod wata t~ervlng bis l"veol~g. F:mr Uck~l,. are to tbe •• n year or t.bat term. . I fteld, though only one ruu ·· ticket, Jud~e Walker Atart.ed his Jlol!tl· as a number·or thP. nomioet>H on. ttie

,o Albert C. cal career in 1886, wh.,n ~hwted other tloket~t have withdrawn tbelr 1881. 'l'o thlH to re1•reeen' the county In tbe IUlDlf"M. So here they are, take cblldreo •. ooe houHe of represeutatlveiiJ . of tbe your choloe: · g In Infancy, t weoty•tlrAt general aBHtm.bl.). PeopleA 'J'lcket un,:t manhood. W. M'. Waalker and M isH. EMtellt! .. Mayor-Stanlt>y \Vatta en '"ltb · their Boiln~y of Keot4auqua WtH'" uuitt•cq Treasurer-l\layoard Corry ,..,dslde in lJ,ar in marrla~te AUJ:tl st 29, l&m. H~ iM Aau1essor-0~ 8. Calhoun one lrl '()a,lf· MUrvlvcd by Mrs. Watk..,r_andtht•ir .

d l • 0· 1~ ·1 M W lk Counclltnen-J. H. Graham, <::. aUit h.er. r. :18 ~n . aa ~r. \Y K

who holds a s•rofettMorshh• In Col· • err, \VeodeJl Hocnshel, €bas. Miranda, Uar1 Moore. u:mbian Un.lverlty. NewYork.

at ()e: · Mrs. ~ -. I

, Fred Par-kP.r~

Uitiztw8 'l'ioket

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Will Par.ke.r, ~. Bertha 1,•$~ 1rmll Hugbe~, Parker. Ubi·

'arker of Calif ..

'!1tu.~ fUllt>r~&) MerVICe . WaS bPJd at t.he MethodiRt church ir. Keof.:nLJ•

...... 1 . 1 ~~ ayc1r ....•..•.. : ...• , ..•.. • ............ -... \ · qua. on ,, rJt,ay aUernoou, 1. •e 2l!'lt, · Judge WalJcer bavln.r bPen a mem· . 'rreatmrPr · · .. · · • · · · · · · • · ·" · · ••••

Ast-:JMI'or-0. W. ·Workman ber for manv veart~. A formPr ttaH· . UouucilrnPr•-:-Mrs. ·(~rant-McKee, tm·. lte\·. C. A. Fiuld, or Ottumwtt, M H I ....

1 ber ·)OHM be·· assil4ted iu the e~tvice hv the ltttM• r~. ar e·y nflg~"

l seven "blld- tor. n,~,·. M. D. Cox. . 'l'owo Ticket llldreo and two 'rhe active ••allhear~rs were J. P. J\( &ytJr. . . . • • • • . • • ~ ••••••••••. · ..••••

two shcter.-; Sliarr or .Fairfield, J_. C. Calhoun, H. 'l'reaatlrer .......... , , .......•....• a art nf .Cantril, n. Sloau. 0 . .K. Buckles •. R. R. Me· Asse11sor .....•.•..•.. · .. · ............ . mstoo of Blr• 8.-tb and· w. B. Newbftld of Keo• Co•Jncllmeo-Harley llPRir"· Stun ~ brother, I'eu;. aauqu a. 'l.'be b(\Dorary JJall bearers Deahl nln,.bam; "'lth wer., the fullowlng dit~trlct conrt uod fa·leodR. jndtces aoct·rormer jttcige'Jl E. S •

. ludeJ•eodeot Ticket

. bodlat church Wells of Char1t~n. Ueor~e W.Dash· Mayor ............................. . 1. of which sbe lel of Alblft, R. w~ Smith or Ceo• 'l'rea~otllrer ..••................. ~ .••• er to tbe P.nd. tervllle, F. ~1. HufJter of Ottnmwa, ARs.,~utor-1'. J. Lee mother In her D M. Anderson of Albia~ Seneca Cpuncflmen--~·~we DUMtln, Frank ~ 'cheerful 'Cornell of Ottumwa, M. A. Robf!rt,. AnderMc,u, Let' L1;veless. Bud um'.; ,0~; wtll Jontt of Ottumwa. W. D. Tll'dale of -Ot· . phrey, Eln1P.r Hollander tnany frlflnds, tumwa,, Jobu E •. (1raiK and Jobn l\1. ~letied to the l\~. Bankln of Keokuk. S....,.,.t ol Hamllltil~ ·

IIIIa · razm1 187• >a• -.... · b7 u.. pepen where.a trembtor bll bMD. 10-~ oft tbe cout of llateo. IUid • laol*l tbe7 will --~ I ~t


THE

ANNALS OF IowA A HISTORICAL QUARTERLY

VOLUlVIE SEVENTEEN-THIRD SERIES.

EDITED BY

EDGAR R. HARI.AN CURATOR

~ J ll ~ PUBLISHED BY THE

HISTORICAL DEPARTMENT OF IOWA DES MOINES

1929-1931


480 ANNALS OF IOWA

.~~~:,~~~~(j~~~:was born in Van Bur~n County, Iowa, August 22, 1852, a•iul died in Keosauqua March 19, 1930. His parents, Dr. Peter Walker and Christiann (Schuyler) Walker, died when William was a small boy. He thereafter lived with relatives,, attended country school, early began teaching during winters, working on farms during summers. He took up the study of law, was admitted to the bar in 1881 and in f884 located in Keosauqua as a member of the firm of Lea, Wherry & Walker. in 1885 he was elected representative and :served in the Twenty-first General Assembly. After the death of Mr. Lea in 1885 , the firm , remained Wherry & Walker qntil the 'Yemoval flf Mr. Wherry to Los Angeles, California, when the firm became Walker & McBeth and so remained until Mr. Walker was elected a judge of _the Second Judicial District in 1922. He was re-elected four :years later and was serving in that position at the time of his death. He was an. ardent Republican and frequently shared actively in politcal campaigns, His. principal interest, however, was in his profession in which ~e gained distinction for his thorough knowledge of the law, his professional rectitude, his fairness of judgment and his courage.

GonFBEv S. BLOCKLIN'GER was born in Dubuque, Iowa, October 23, 1847, and died in Dubuque May 19, 1930. Burial was in Linwood Cenie.tery, Dubuque. His parents were Godfrey J. and Ursula Hilti Blocklinger, both nativ.es of Switzerland. In 1864 William B. Allison, then a re.presentative in Congress, secured the boy's appointment as a cadet in the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, from which he was graduated in 1868, having in the meantime rendered active service in the Navy during the later portion of the Civil War. He advanced regularly through the lower grades of service until he became a lieutenant commander in 1895, a commander in 1899, a captain in 1904, and a rear admiral before he retired in 1908. His duties took him to all parts of the • world. In 1881 h~ was in command of an expedition sent by the government to survey the Madeiro River, one of the principal tributaries of the Amazon. He was ~ the Pacific at the time Dewey captured Manilla, co-operating with that commander. In his varied career in the Navy he, brought credit to }lis native city and state. --

CHJusTOPHER C. CnoNBAuoH was born at Coldwater, Michigan, October 14, 1845, and died in Marengo, Iowa, February 10, 1930. He was ·with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Cronbaugh, as they removed to Honey Creek Township, Iowa County, Iowa, in 1854. When a youth he availed himself of what school advantages pioneer times afforded in that loc~lity. Farming was his vocation. In l910 he retired and removed to Marengo. He held several local offices and In 1912 Was elected ·representative and served in the Thirty-fifth General· Assembly. He •was .a Democrat in politics.


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\ V2 01 IOWA CEMETERIES

VAN BUREN COUNTY

VOLUME V


OAK LAWN CEvfETERY

SECTION 4 (Continued);

(Rev. Charles W. Shepherd, b. 1840, d. 1898. ( Co. G 3 Iowa Oav. (Sarah M. Shepherd, b. 1842, d. 1920 (Olive Shepherd, b. J,.876, ·d. 1922.

The following four stones on the same lot:

(Father.: Asa F. Davis, b. 25 ~ept. 1816, d. 17 Mar.l896 (Sarah, wife of A. F. Davis, d. 23 Sept. 1856, ae 34 yrs. (Sarah 0., dau. A. F. & S. Davis, d. 13 Sept. 1855, · ( ae 1 mo. 22 d~ys •.

Harriet D., wife of c. W. Sb.epherd,· died 12 Mar. 1873, ae 22yrs., 3 mos., 5 days.

"L. M. II

lwlary, dau. s.· & N. }'lillington, d. 6 Apr. 1857, ae 2 yrs., 5 mos., 21 . days

The following seven stones on the same lot: ~

(Chandlee E. Yeager, b. 5 1'-!ar. 1814, d •. 1· Aug.l900 (William R. Yeager , a. 2 Aug. 1846, aa. 21 mos. (Eliza A. Yeager, d. 27 Aug. 1844, ae 15 mos. (Minerva E. Yeager, d. 3 Sept. 1875, ae 56 yrs.,6 days

Ivlother, Sarah, wife of c. E. Yeager, b. 20 May 1839, · d. 12 July 1895

(Owen Dale Mathias, b. 1862, d. 1936 (Jilargaret L. Mathias, b. 1865, d. 1957

The followingthree stones on the same lot:

William Steele, d. 21 Aug. 1853, ae 43 yrs., 3 mos.,l6 days

"s.M.C." (Foot stone)

"s.s." (Foot stone) (Eliza Games, wife of Geo. W. Games, d. ( ae 69 yrs.~ 7 mos., 12 days (Geo. W. Games, d. 28 Feb. 1878, ae 65

(William M. l'lalker, b. 1852, d. 1930 (Estella B. Walker, b. 1864, d. 1953

22 May 1892,

yrs., 8 mo~., 9 days

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Recollections and Sketches of Notable Lawyers and

Public Men of Early Iowa

Belonging to the First and Second Generations, with Anecdotes and · Incidents Illustrative of the Times

By

EDWARD H. STILES

For many years a member of the Iowa Bar; member of its House of Representatives, 1863-1864; member of its Senate, 1865-1866; Reporter of its Supreme Court, 1867-1875; author of Complete Digest _-,fits Decisions from the earliest Territorial period to the 56th Iowa Reports.

"In old age alone we are masters of a treasure of which we cannot he :eprived, the only treasure we can call our own. The pleasures of memory

·and the retrospect of the varied images which in an active life have floated before the mind, compensate, and more than compensate, for the alternate pleasures and cares of active life."-SIR ARCHIBALD ALLISON .

. "Personal anecdotes, when characteristic; greatly enliven the pages of a biography."-SAMUEL SMILES.

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1916

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worthy in a high degree, and his perfect integrity was beyond question. He retired from the practice in 191 0 and has since then devoted himself more than ever. to the. sports of the field~

.. Billy" Wall{er was a comparatively young man when I first became acquainted with him, and if now living, has scarcely passed the three score and ten mark. He belonged to an old and highly respectable Van Buren family. He studied law and became a member of that bar. He was naturally vivacious, bright and active. He early made his mark in the profession and came to be known as a sound and skilful lawyer. He was a member of the firm of Lea, Wherry & Walker, and afterwards of Wherry & Walker; after the death of Lea, and the removal of Wherry to California, he continued in successful practice at Keosauqua. His integrity was unquestioned, he had the confidence of the people and everybody liked him, for he was one of the best fellows in the world-kind, obliging, companionable and always ready to· help a· friend. He was one of the few individuals that it is always pleasant to

(~"let. He made a call on me once when I was in Kansas City, and I felt that '~~rcely any occasion could have been more agreeable. His brother, Moses, who

married a sister of Thomas j. Potter, the great railroad manager, was Clerk of our District Court at Ottumwa nearly fifty years ago. I hope Billy is still living and that these lines will remind him of his old frien&

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\ A Biographical Directory of Citizens, War Record of it~ Vol·

unteers in the late Rebellion, General and Local Statistics, Portraits of Early Settlers and Prominent Men, His-

tory of the Northwest, History or Iowa, Map of Van Buren Co_unty, Constitution or the

United States, Miscellaneous Matters, &c.

T.T...T, '' ST~RA'I'ED.

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VILLAGE TOW:SSHIP. 541

er; the mill was fir~t a mile below Duud's Station; af\crward, moved to Independ-

. ent. :\larried Elizabeth W. Camblin Dec. 17, l~GB; she was born Feb. 10, ·184~, iu ~Iontgoniery Co., Ohio; have had sevt·n children; five living-Anna L., .John .\., )Jary V., Charles R. and Georg-e. .Memhers of the . )I. E. Church. H.~ owns :wn acre~ of land, · lued at $5,HOO.

..... , PETI11B., Bt1V ., • • (deceased); born April 21,

1814, in Ross Co., Ohio; moved to Champaign Cu .. Ohio, in 182;.J; about the year 1S:\34, began the study ?f medicine in West ~Iiddlehury; in lfl43, moved to Yillage Tp., Van Buren Co., and engaged in farming and practicing medicine ; also acted as local preacher ; in the fall of 1854, mOYed to Liberty"ille, Jefferi'On Co., where he continued practicing. In October, 181H, he was elected Repn:sentative tor Jctlerson Co. t'or two years ; at an extra session in September, 18U2, he was commissioned hy (;.ovcrnor Kirkwood a>:o First Assistant Surge•ID in the 30th Iowa V.I.; rel'igned his seat in the Legislature, rejoined hi:- regiment at Keokuk, and was 1 mustered in Sept. 12; on accoun· of j .-ickness, he was obliged to resign his · commi~sion, which he did Dec. 26, 1862. and retumcd to his home in Libertyville, where he died Jan. 13, 1863. He married Sarah G. Stokes March 29, 1838; she was bom Nov. 15, 1818, in Lo!!an Co., Ohio, and died ,Jan. ::1, 1850 ; they had six children, two livmg-l\'loses B. and John R. On May 23, 1850, he married Christiano Schuyler; she was bom Nov. 25, 1830, in Licking Co., Ohio, and died April 6, 1859; ~hey had four children, three liYing -JtiWiUialri: Jf;, Peter E. and Francis E. On Jan. 6, 1860, he married l\lrs. Mary Drake (nee Brewer); she wail hom Jan. 18, 1818, in New York. l\Ir. Walker was a pron1inent member of the Masonic and Odd Fellows fraternities;· he was Master 1\latron, Royal Arch ~laster, and Knight Templar.

WALKEB, ZACHARIAH, deceased; born July 15, 1811, in Pickaway Co., Ohio, and died )larch 4,1875; moYed to Champaign Co., Ohio, in 1823. There married Lydia A. Thomlll! June 12, 1834. He came to Van Buren Co. in 1839; made three o.bims for himself and brothers; returned to Ohio and moved his family to Iowa in 1840; in 1850, he went to California; returned in 1851 ; be was chosen Captain of the company taking the trip; ~hey suffered considerably from cholera during the trip, from which many of the party died ; were, also, attacked by In dians, on Humboldt River, but no live;; lost; a bullet tore a lock of hair from )lr. Walker's head, but he was not otherwise injured; farming was his occupation through life. He served as Justice of the Peace about twelve sucl"essh·e years. l\'Irs. Walker was born Jan. 6, 1815, in Champaign Co., Ohio; they had ten children, eight living-Harriet E.,JohnM.,Mary E., Sarah J., MosesP., Gi:orge A., Joseph E. and Francis R. G. .Mr. Walker was and his wife is a member of the M. E. Church. The farm contains 200 acres of land, valued at $5,500 .

Wear, John T., far., Sec. 26; P. 0 .. Doud's Station.

Whetsel, Emory, grain dealer, Independ-ent; P, 0. Hickory. .

Wiley, Clark, far., Sec. 33; P. 0. Doud's Station.

Williams, Henry, fu.rmer, Sec. 31 ; P. 0. Hickory.

Williams, Joshua, fu.r .. Sec.1; P. 0. Doud's Station.

Willis, John S., merchant; Doud's Station. Willis, John A., farmer, Sec. 35; P. 0.

Doud's Station. Wirt, David B., farmer and molder, Sec.

21; P. 0. Doud's Station. W eissenburger, David, laborer ; P. 0.

Doud's Station.

Y OUNG, J. T., far., Sec. 3; P. 0. Hickory.

Young, William, fu.rmer, Sec. 3; P. 0. Hickory.


STATE OF IOWA 1931

Journal of the ~fouse OF THE

Forty-fourth General Assembly

REGULAR SESSION

CONVENED JANUARY 12, 1931

ADJOURNED APRIL 15, 1931

3SbCO

DAN W. TURNER, Governor

FRANCIS JOHNSON, Speaker of the House

ARCH W. McFARLANE, President of the Senate

Published by THE STATE OF IOWA

Des Moines


JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE 2043

RON. WILLIAM MANSFIELD WALKER

MR. SPEAKER: Your committee, appointed to prepare resolutions commemorating the life and public service of the Honorable William Mansfield Walker, state representative, reports as follows:

Mr. ·walker was corn in Van Buren county, Iowa, August 22, 1852, and died in Keosauqua March 19, 1930. His parents, Dr. Peter Walker and Christiann (Schuyler) Walker, having died when Mr. Walker was a small boy, he made his home with relatives, and attended country school, later teaching. He took up the study of law, was admitted .to the bar in 1881 and in 1884 located in Keosauqua as a member of the firm of Lea, Wherry & Walker. In 1885 he was elected representative and served in the Twenty-first General As$embly. After the death of Mr. Lea in 1885 the firm remained ·wherry & Walker until the removal of :Mr. Wherry to Los Angeles, California, when the firm became Walker & McBeth, and so remained until Mr. Walker was elected a judge of the Second Judicial District in 1922. He was re~elected four years later and was serving in that position at the time of his death.

Mr. Walker was greatly interE'sted in his profession in which he gained distinction for his thoroug·h knowledge of the law, his professional rectitude, his fairne~s of judgment and hili courage. Nothing can demonstrate more clearly the quality of his mind and spirit than the fact that a man who had none of the advantages of law school or college could be elected as a member of the General As~2mbly and twice elected judge of the district court.

He was a man of broad huma·n sympathy, charitable in his judgments, kindly and umelfish in his dealings with his fellowmen.

Therefore, Be It Resolved, That in the death of Honorable William Mansfield Walker, the state has lost a worthy and influential citizen; r1d

Be It FurtheT Resolved, That this resolution of respect and apprecia-tion be printed in the Journal of the House.

STANLEY WATTS, LEONARD SIMMER, H. C. PATTISON,

Unanimously adopted April 13, 1931. Committee.

HON. DAVID D. WEBSTER

MR. SPEAKER: Your committ"!e, appointed to prepare resolutions commemorating the life and public service of the Honorable David D. Webster, late of Muscatine County, Iowa, beg leave to submit the following memorial:

David D. \Vebster was bern in Louisa County, Iowa, May 2, 1858. He settled on a farm in Muscatine county. He was married to Anna Lone of Muscatine, September 7, 1881. To this union two children were born. Besides his wife he is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Nellie Spring of Tucson, Arizona, and one son, Harry D. Webster of Muscatine.

He was affiliated in early life with the Methodist Church. Later he


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