Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Samuel Walker and Elizabeth Springer




Husband Samuel Walker 1

           Born:  - Wilmington, New Castle Co, DE
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
       Marriage: 



Wife Elizabeth Springer 1

           Born:  - Wilmington, New Castle Co, DE
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           Died: 
         Buried: 


Children
1 M Maj. John Walker 1 2

           Born: Cal 9 Feb 1770 - Wilmington, New Castle Co, DE
     Christened: 
           Died: 4 Jun 1856 2
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         Spouse: Diana Craighead (cal 1780-1853) 1 2



General Notes: Husband - Samuel Walker


He was the first of the Walker family to settle in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. He and his wife were natives of Wilmington, Delaware, and assisted in bringing the first printing-press west of the Alleghenies, which was used in the office of the Pittsburgh Gazette.

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Sources


1 Editor, The History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Part II (Chicago, IL: A. W. Warner & Co., 1889), Pg 403.

2 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 638.


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