Fourth Generation
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Josiah J. WALKER3,4 was born on 4 October 1831 in Stony Creek Township, Somerset Co, PA. He was baptized 18 Mar 1832 at the Pine Hill Lutheran Church in Somerset County. He died on 9 July 1904 at the age of 72 in Shanksville, PA. He was a very successful businessman. He owned a 1500 acre farm one mile east of Shanksville, two sawmills, a gristmill, and a planing mill. He was known as the "sugar king" of Somerset County, having produced 20,000 pounds of maple sugar from a grove of 4000 trees in 1899.
According to the 1880 census, his son Francis by his first wife, and all his children (except the two born after 1880) by his second wife were living with him. Also living with him was his father, Jacob, his sister Lizzie Spangler, and a grandson Virgil Walker.
He was also known for his generosity and public spirit. Josiah was active in local affairs serving both as an auditor and school director in Shanksville. He aslo served as elder and deacon n the Shanksville Lutheran Church.
The genealogy prepared by Charles J. Walker, while generally very good, lacks reliability for the descendants of Josiah J. Walker due to errors in separating his children between his two wives. Therefore, the children and grandchildren of Josiah J. Walker are based on the Wilson/Walker Genealogy and the 1899 biography of Josiah Walker. Sarah J. LARMAN and Josiah J. WALKER were married on 21 January 1864 in Shanksville, PA.
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Sarah J. LARMAN was born on 18 February 1847. She died on 6 February 1909 at the age of 61.
Children were:
i. | Emma Jane WALKER was born on 11 January 1865 in Shanksville, PA. She died on 8 June 1943 at the age of 78 in Meyersdale, Somerset County, PA. She had a son out of wedlock named Virgil Walker (b Jul 1879 d 31 Jan 1881). She and her son were living with her parents at the time of the 1880 census. | |
ii. | Mary Catherine "Kate" WALKER was born on 6 August 1866 in Shanksville, PA. She died on 27 December 1950 at the age of 84 in Stony Creek Township, Somerset Co, PA. She died of heart failure due to hypertension. | |
iii. | Joseph WALKER was born on 19 March 1868 in Shanksville, PA. He died on 26 October 1943 at the age of 75 in Shanksville, PA. | |
6 | iv. | William C. WALKER. |
v. | Jacob J. WALKER5 was born on 23 November 1871 in Shanksville, PA. He died on 29 October 1943 at the age of 71 in Somerset, PA. He died of a cerebral hemorrhage and was buried in the Walker Cemetery in Shanksville. In 1893 he was listed as a merchant, in 1900 as a teacher, and at the time of his death as a court stenographer. | |
vi. | George Darvin WALKER was born on 3 August 1873 in Shanksville, PA. He died on 24 December 1937 at the age of 64 in Stony Creek Township, Somerset Co, PA. He died of a fractured skull after being hit by a car on a public highway in Somerset. The1900 census lists him as a day laborer, as does his death certificate. | |
vii. | Charles Foster WALKER was born on 4 October 1875 in Stony Creek Township, Somerset Co, PA. He died on 26 January 1941 at the age of 65 in Shanksville, PA. He died of a heart attack. He was a carpenter for forty years. | |
viii. | Nellie E. WALKER6 was born on 2 September 1877 in Shanksville, PA. She died on 6 May 1910 at the age of 32 in Shanksville, PA. She apparently died from complications of childbirth. | |
ix. | Bruce E. WALKER was born on 12 September 1879 in Shanksville, PA. He died between 1910 and 1920 at the age of 31. In the 1900 census, he is listed as a "Day Laborer" living in Stonycreek Township with his wife and daughter. | |
x. | Effie B. WALKER was born on 12 September 1879 in Shanksville, PA. He died on 2 October 1880 at the age of 1 in Shanksville, PA. She was living at the time of the 1880 census. She was a twin. | |
xi. | Lewis WALKER was born on 31 May 1881 in Shanksville, PA. He died on 4 May 1952 at the age of 70 in Somerset, PA. | |
xii. | Etta M. WALKER was born on 23 July 1883 in Shanksville, PA. She died on 8 May 1962 at the age of 78 in Somerset, PA. She died of uterine cancer. He was a farmer. |