William Porter Walker

1825 - 1900  (75 years)

• Name	William Porter Walker
  Birth	4 Feb 1825	Chesterfield, Cheshire, NH
  Gender	Male
  Census	12 Aug 1850	Portsmouth, Rockingham, NH
  	age 27, born NH, Taylor, living with brother Horton
  Census	11 Jun 1860	Portsmouth, Rockingham, NH
  	age 36, born NH, Merchant Tailor, living with brother Horton
  Census	6 Jul 1870	Portsmouth, Rockingham, NH
  	age 44, born NH, Tailor
  Census	3 Jun 1880	Portsmouth, Rockingham, NH
  	age 54, born NH, Retail Clothing, parents born NH/NH
  Census	11 Jun 1900	Portsmouth, Rockingham, NH
  	age 75, born Feb 1825 in NH, Tailor, parents born NH/NH
  Death	23 Aug 1900	Portsmouth, Rockingham, NH
  Burial	27 Aug 1900	Harmony Grove Cemetery, Portsmouth, NH
  Person ID	I1511	Family Tree | 12 Generation Ancestor Chart
  Last Modified	14 Feb 2018

  
  

  Father	Arza Walker,   b. 6 Jun 1784, New Hampshire d. 17 May 1828, Chesterfield, Cheshire, NH (Age 43 years)
  Mother	Lydia Baker,   b. 26 Jun 1788, Westmoreland, Cheshire, NH d. 26 Jun 1828, Chesterfield, Cheshire, NH (Age 40 years)
  Marriage	1807
  Histories		Biographical Sketches of Leading Citizens of Rockingham County, NH
  		History of the Town of Shirley, Massachusetts
  Family ID	F339	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Annah Cleaves Peele,   b. 21 Oct 1826, Salem, Essex, MA d. 16 Apr 1896, Portsmouth, Rockingham, NH (Age 69 years)  [1, 2, 3]
  Marriage	19 Aug 1851
  Children	1. Nellie Peele Walker,   b. 2 Apr 1862, Portsmouth, Rockingham, NH d. 11 Dec 1924, Portsmouth, Rockingham, NH (Age 62 years)
  Histories		Biographical Sketches of Leading Citizens of Rockingham County, NH
  		History of the Town of Shirley, Massachusetts
  Family ID	F594	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	20 Feb 2016

  
  

• Headstones

  William Porter Walker Gravestone WILLIAM PORTER WALKER / Feb. 4, 1825, / Aug. 24, 1900 Plot: Harmony Grove 136 D

  
  

• Notes

  From "The Portsmouth Herald", 24 Aug 1900, pg. 6 (newspaperArchive.com) WILLIAM P. WALKER Death of the Well Known and Respected Merchant Tailor William P. Walker, the well known merchant tailor and one of the Best citizens ,a man of honesty, integrity and a pioneer of Portsmouth merchants is dead. He passed away at noon today. His age was seventy-five years, seven months and nineteen days. Mr. Walker, who since March 13, 1819, has occupied the tailoring establishment at 8 Market square, was born in Chesterfield, Cheshire county, Feb. 4, 1825 and was the son of Arza and Lydia (Baker) Walker and came of early English stock. Mr. Walker was left fatherless and motherless at the age of four years and was taken in charge by an uncle, Martin Cole, a farmer of Mount Holly, Vt., and at the age of twelve went to Salem, Mass., to live with his brother, Horton D. Walker. In Salem he went to the public schools for a year and then became a pupil of Dummer academy in Newbury, Mass. He finished his education at this institution and then came to Portsmouth to live with his brother, who had in the meantime removed here. He was seventeen when he began to learn the tailor's trade, to which he served an apprenticeship of three years, the first with the Portmouth firm of Brown & Clark, and the second and third with firms in Lynn and Salem, Mass. In 1848 he commenced his business career in this city and following year,as first mentioned, he opened the business in his own name on Market square. There, for over the past half century, he had weathered the vicissitude of trade, establishing a widespread reputation for reliability and good workmanship. Mr. Walker was married to Miss Anna C. Peele of Salem, Mass., and leaves one daughter, Nellie P. His wife is dead. He was a member of St. Andrew's lodge, No. 56, A.F.&A.M.; Washington chapter, No. 3, Royal Arch Masons; DeWitt Clinton commandery, Knights Templer, and of Poscataqua lodge, No. 6, I.O.O.F. He was an attendant at St. John's Eposcopal church. from "New Hampshire, Death and Disinterment Records, 1754-1947" (ancestry.com) William P Walker, a merchant tailor resident of Portsmouth NH for 58 yrs, b. 4 Feb 1825 in Chesterfield NH to Arza Walker b. Chesterfield and Lydia B. b. Chesterfield, died on 24 Aug 1900 in Portsmouth of a Carbuncle. Burial on 27 Aug in Harmony Grove cemetery.

  
  

• Sources

  [S37] Anonymous, Biographical review : this volume contains biographical sketches of leading citizens of Rockingham County, New Hampshire, (Biographical Review Pub. Co., Boston, 1896), 561-562. [S38] Chandler, Seth, History of the town of Shirley, Massachusetts : from its early settlement to A.D. 1882, (Self Published, Shirley, Mass, 1883), 639-641. [S56] NewspaperArchive.com, Syracuse Herald-Journal.