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- from "Genealogy and Personal History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania" by John W Jordan, 1914
James Leander Walker, a prominent citizen of New Brighton, Pennsylvania, is descended on his father's side of the house from an old Pennsylvania family, while his mother was a native of Ireland. He was born in 1848, at Clarksville, Mercer county, Pennsylvania, a son of Harvey and Martha (McDowell) Walker. His paternal grandparents were George and Sarah Walker, both probably natives of Mercer county, though of Irish descent. George Walker was a cabinetmaker, and died in Clarksville when our subject was about five years of age. Harvey Walker, the father of our subject, was the eldest of his four children, and was born in Mercer county and educated in the early schools of the region. His education completed, he apprenticed himself to his father and of him learned the trade of cabinet making, which he afterwards followed through life at Clarksville. He was a strongly religious man and an active member of the Methodist Episcopal church, and of the Sons of Temperance, and an extremely ardent partisan of the cause for which that organization stood. He was married to Martha McDowell, a daughter of parents who were immigrants to the United States and settled in the southern part of New York state. Miss McDowell herself came to this country when only three years of age, with an aunt. To Mr. and Mrs. Walker were born six children : Julia; Kathrine; James Leander, our subject; Mary Ellen; William G. and Francis H. Walker.
James Leander Walker obtained his education first in the local school of Clarksville and later in the Jamestown Seminary. Upon completing his course of studies at the latter institution, he engaged in a number of mechanical occupations and finally became engineer for Logan and Strobage, a position which he has held for twenty-six years. He has also large real estate interests. Mr. Walker has been very active in the affairs of the community, especially in the matter of public education, and has served for a considerable period on the school board of New Brighton. He is at present (1913) a member of the New Brighton board of health. He is prominent in social and fraternal circles in his community and is a member of the Royal Arcanum. An interesting episode in Mr. Walker's life was his attempt to enlist in the United States army at the outbreak of the Civil War. His youth was such that the authorities would not accept him, and he then tried to get in by joining a number of substitutes at Orangeville. He was discovered and finally prevented, however.
Mr. Walker has been twice married ; first, in 1872, to Miss Pamela Townsend, a daughter of Levis and Harriet (Hanck) Townsend. Of this union were born three children; Elma T.; Harriet, died when three years of age; and Pamela, died in infancy. The first Mrs. Walker died in November, 1888. Mr. Walker again married, in 1899, Miss Ada Way Coventry, a daughter of John and May Coventry, of New Brighton, Pennsylvania. They have had one child, Arthur C. Walker. Mr. Walker and his family are members of the United Presbyterian church.
- from "Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1963", (ancestry.com)
James L Walker, retired, born 9 Sep 1848 in Clarksville PA to Harvey Walker b. Scotland and Martha McDowell b. Ireland, died 24 Pct 1927 on New Brighton, PA of a cerebral hemorrhage. Burial on 26 Oct 1927 in Grove Cemetery. Informatant Ada C Walker.
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1848 - 1927 (79 years)