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Henry Walker

Date of Birth: 22 Aug 1836

Born In: Indiana

Age: 69

Occupation: County Clerk San Mateo County

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Died: 23 Jul 1906

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Death Location: Palo Alto

Burial Plot: GAR

FindaGrave ID: 111900189

Henry Walker

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San Francisco Call
Volume 100, Number 57
27 July, 1906
Veterans Sound Taps for a Comrade.

Hero of Civil War: Laid to Rest by Men of Grand Army.

PALO ALTO, July 26. Taps were sounded over the remains of Henry Walker, one of the oldest residents of San Mateo County, today by his comrades of McKinley Post of the Grand Army of the Republic. The funeral services were held at 1 o'clock at the home of C. C. Walker, a brother of the deceased. The remains were interred in Union Cemetery at Redwood City. The ceremony was attended by the many friends of the old soldier.

Walker died last Monday night of valvular heart trouble at the Guild Hospital. He was 69 years old. At the age of 24 he enlisted in the Illinois Volunteers and was severely wounded at the battle of Shiloh. This wound prevented him from seeing further active service and he was retired on pension. For two years he was County Clerk of San Mateo County. Three brothers and two sisters survive him.

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Hiram W Walker

Date of Birth: 6 Mar 1837

Born In: Portland, Maine

Age: 78

Occupation: Retired

Marital Status: Widowed

Died: 1 Nov 1915

Cause of Death: Chronic Nephritis

Death Location: San Francisco

Burial Plot: 164

FindaGrave ID: 253193480

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SAN MATEO COUNTY PIONEER DEAD
Hiram W. Walker, father of Attorney H. W. Walker and Mrs. Charles Gould Jr. of Redwood City and Mrs. B. A. Gamble of Fruitvale, passed away at the Florence Ward hospital, San Francisco, Monday evening after an illness extending over several months.
Mr. Walker was one of the earliest settlers in this county. He was born in Portland, Maine, in 1836, and came to California in the early sixties, settling at Belmont and afterward moving to San Mateo, where he engaged in the manufacture of bricks. He served as a supervisor from the second district for eight years.
In 1880, having received the appointment of sheriff and tax collector, Mr. Walker moved to Redwood City, where he had made his home since. When the Spring Valley Water company was constructing its big reservoir at Searsville, Mr. Walker was placed in charge of the work.
The funeral services were held in the Episcopal church in Redwood City at 10 o'clock Thursday morning. Many old friends attended the body to Union Cemetery where it was laid to rest.

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    Infant Son of Eugene Walker

    Date of Birth: 28 Sep 1870

    Born In: California

    Age: 20 days

    Occupation: Infant

    Marital Status: Single

    Died: 18 Oct 1870

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    Death Location: San Mateo

    Burial Plot: 9

    FindaGrave ID: 138825959

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      Malcolm V Walker

      Date of Birth: 1850

      Born In: 

      Age: 79

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      Died: 1929

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      Burial Plot: 16

      FindaGrave ID: 253193944

      Malcolm V Walker

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        Mary Frances Walker

        Date of Birth: 1835

        Born In: Maine

        Age: 54

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        Marital Status: Married

        Died: 2 Jun 1889

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        Death Location: Searsville

        Burial Plot: 164

        FindaGrave ID: 253194136

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          Mary Walker

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          Died: 18 Oct 1872

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          Death Location: Woodside

          Burial Plot: 33

          FindaGrave ID: 253194327

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            May F Walker

            Date of Birth: 1869

            Born In: San Mateo

            Age: 14

            Occupation: Child

            Marital Status: Single

            Died: 9 Sep 1883

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            Death Location: Redwood City

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            FindaGrave ID: 253194474

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              Nancy L Walker

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              Born In: San Mateo, California

              Age: 29

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              Marital Status: Widow

              Died: 13 Nov 1886

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              Death Location: Woodside, California

              Burial Plot: 16

              FindaGrave ID: 6542746

              Nancy L Walker

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              The San Mateo County Times and Gazette
              11/20/1886
              A Tragedy's Sad Sequel
              REDWOOD CITY - November 13.
              Mrs. Eugene Walker died this morning at Woodside, near this town, at the home of her brother-in-law, Thomas Shine. The death of Mrs. Walker is the final ending of the awful tragedy which took place in Arroyo Grande, San Luis Obispo County, last month, the details of which are still fresh in the minds of the people. Young Eugene Walker was shot down at his doorstep by the Hemmeys, neighboring farmers, and his wife severely wounded. On seeing her husband dead, Mrs. Walker, mangled and bleeding, with her child in her arms, dragged herself to the nearest residence, a mile away. The murderers were afterward lynched. Mrs. Walker and the dead body of her husband were brought to this town, their old home, where the heroine of that awful experience lingered in great pain till her death.

              All that the outside world will know of the tragedy and its sequel so fresh in the memories of most readers of this paper, is epitomized in the curt dispatch above. But the neighbors and other friends of the household where Nancy Walker breathed her last know much that is there untold. As Charles Reade truly tells us, "Not a day passes over the world but men and women of no note do great deeds, speak great words, and suffer noble sorrows." Not all of us may do great deeds or speak great words. It is not given to all of us to suffer noble sorrows. But to poor Eugene Walker's brave little wife was given the suffering of the noblest type of sorrow, to which was added physical pain so poignant that one winces even to think of it. And she bore it all with unshaken fortitude, patient, unselfish, brave to the last. Seven long months, two hundred and twenty seven days of pain and dread and doubt! Yet not one complaining, fretful, self indulgent murmur lingers in the thoughts of those who so carefully and tenderly watched and waited on her. Her sister, Mrs. Thomas Shine, and her brother, Mr. Malcolm Boyd, her father-in-law, Mr. Silvester Walker, and all the members of the Shine family devoted themselves unweariedly to the care and comfort which was all they might do for her. Surgical and medical skill did what might be done to supplement the strong vital force of her delicate yet strangely enduring physique. She lived much longer than her friends ever dared hope. Her last hours were comparatively painless, and she went to her long sleep with a smile.

              The funeral was attended by a large concourse of neighbors and friends; and by many friends of her husband and her father. No service was held at the house, but at the grave, in the Walker plot in Union Cemetery, Mr. Fackenthall spoke impressively and appropriately and read over the coffin the solemn service of the church.

              Little May Walker, two years old, the survivor of the double tragedy which has shadowed her baby life, will remain an ____ of her aunt's family, where a pleasant and healthful life is assured. Mr. Sylvester Walker will be her guardian and hold for her the little property left her.

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                Phoebe Farnsworth Walker

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                Born In: Pennsylvania

                Age: 34

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                Marital Status: Married

                Died: 31 Aug 1870

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                Death Location: Redwood City, California

                Burial Plot: 16

                FindaGrave ID: 138781391

                Phoebe Farnsworth Walker

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                  Sylvester Walker

                  Date of Birth: 5 Apr 1827

                  Born In: New York

                  Age: 80

                  Occupation: Teamster

                  Marital Status: Widowed

                  Died: 6 Dec 1907

                  Cause of Death: Brights disease of kidneys

                  Death Location: Redwood City, California

                  Burial Plot: 16

                  FindaGrave ID: 138780583

                  Sylvester Walker

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                  Redwood City Democrat
                  December 12, 1907

                  One of Redwood City's good, old citizens passed away last Friday when Sylvester Walker closed his eyes in eternal rest. His two score years of residence in this city were years in which he earned and kept the respect and good will of every one. It is doubtful if he had a single enemy. He was industrious, sober and honest, cheerful and full of good humor at all times and under all circumstances and thus he did pass his humble life in the community with malice toward none and with good will toward all and as he lived, he died peacefully and quietly, surrounded and comforted by his closest of kin.

                  Mr. Walker was a native of New York, born eighty years ago. He came to this county in the early 50's with his wife and little ones and settled in the woods of West Union where he pioneered in the wood and lumber industry. He is the last of those sturdy pioneers of that period who lived and labored in that part of the county.

                  In 1869, he came to this city where since he had resided and where his family was raised. An almost heart-breaking blow to Mr Walker was the untimely death of his wife which occurred shortly after his removal to this city. It is so long ago that few will call her to mind, but to these few, she is remembered as one of the best and kindest of neighbors whose heart overflowed with kindness for those in distress. She died from a contagious malady contracted while nursing the dying boy of a friend. A second blow to the old gentleman was the brutal murder of his eldest son, Eugene, who twenty years ago was shot down in a southern county. His slayers were promptly lynched.

                  Mr. Walker was taken ill two months ago. Four weeks ago he was taken into Miss Norman's Sanitarium where he remained until the end. His son, Solomon, who is a prominent resident of Oregon City hurried to Redwood as soon as he heard of his father's illness. Later, he was joined by his wife and both remained constantly at the bedside of the old gentleman and made his passing hours as comfortable as possible.

                  The funeral took place Sunday afternoon under the auspices of Metamora Tribe of Redman, of which the deceased was a charter member. The beautiful burial service of the order was read by A.S. Liguori and Geo. W. Winter, and in the presence of many friends. The body was laid to rest in Union Cemetery.

                  The surviving near relatives of the deceased are his son Solomon, a daughter, Mrs. Underwood, now residing in Pennsylvania, and a granddaughter, Miss. Walker, the orphaned child of his murdered son.

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