Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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John W. Walker and Anna H. Harrison




Husband John W. Walker 1 2

           Born: 15 Apr 1832 2
     Christened: 
           Died: Aft 1896
         Buried: 


         Father: Hon. John Hoge Walker (1800-1875) 3 4 5 6 7
         Mother: Catherine D. Kelley (      -1860) 1 7 8


       Marriage: 18 Jun 1861 2



Wife Anna H. Harrison 2

            AKA: Annie V. Harrison 4
           Born: 
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         Father: Hon. S. S. Harrison (      -      ) 9
         Mother: 




Children

General Notes: Husband - John W. Walker


After graduation at Princeton, he was admitted to the Erie bar. He volunteered in the Civil war, and served as Captain in the 145th P. V., and as Paymaster until the close of the war. He was the Democratic nominee for Senator from the Erie district, in 1876 and 1880, Chairman of the Democratic County Committee, in 1881, and Representative from the City of Erie in the Legislature of 1882-1884, where he was Chairman of the Municipal Corporations. He was appointed Treasury Agent by the U. S. Government, and served four years. In 1893, he was appointed, by President Cleveland, U. S. Marshal of the Western District of Pennsylvania. His home was in Erie, Pennsylvania.

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Sources


1 —, Nelson's Biographical Dictionary and Historical Reference Book of Erie County, Pennsylvania (Erie, PA: S. B. Nelson, Publisher, 1896), Pg 623.

2 Leander James McCormick, McCormick Family Record and Biography (Chicago, IL: Publisher Unknown, 1896), Pg 146.

3 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1883), Pg 248x.

4 —, History of Erie County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner, Beers & Co., 1884), Pg 969.

5 —, Nelson's Biographical Dictionary and Historical Reference Book of Erie County, Pennsylvania (Erie, PA: S. B. Nelson, Publisher, 1896), Pg 622.

6 John Miller, 20th Century History of Erie County, Pennsylvania, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Co., 1909), Pg 471.

7 Leander James McCormick, McCormick Family Record and Biography (Chicago, IL: Publisher Unknown, 1896), Pg 135.

8 John Miller, 20th Century History of Erie County, Pennsylvania, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Co., 1909), Pg 472.

9 Leander James McCormick, McCormick Family Record and Biography (Chicago, IL: Publisher Unknown, 1896), Pg 148.


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