| ColumbusT. Walker |
COLUMBUS T. WALKER, of Virginiaprecinct, is a native of Fauquier county, Virginia, born May 12, 1838.His parents were Solomon and Emma (Wilkins) Walker. Both were natives ofVirginia, father born in 1804, and the mother four years later. They removedto Cass county, Illinois, in 1855, and located on a farm near Virginia;here they both died, the mother in 1881, and the father in 1890. They hadnine children: William W., Darius N., Peter L., Columbus T., Mary F., ChurchillA., David T., Jennie E. and James T.Columbus T. was nineteenyears old when he came to this county, and has resided here ever since.He attended the schools in this precinct after arriving in the county.He first learned the tanner trade, and also learned to be a leather dresser,but did not follow the business after leaving Virginia. He has been a farmerall his life. He has a farm of 100 acres, on which he has excellent improvements.He is a Republican in politics, although all his brothers are Democrats.He has held all the township offices, and has been School Director forfifteen years, also Road Commissioner and Judge of Election, etc. He isa member of the Presbyterian Church, of which he is a Deacon, having heldthat office for twenty years. He is a member of the I. O. O. F., and hasbeen since 1859, and now is a Past Grand of Saxon Lodge, No. 68.
He was married in Cass county,February 8, 1866, to Emma J. Angier, a native of Cass county, born October10, 1846. Her parents were Addison G. and Annie e. (Wilson) Angier of Ohio.They were among the earliest settlers in Cass county; mother is still livingin the county, but father died April 7, 1890.
Mrs. Walker died March 16,1889, leaving seven children. She was aged forty-two at her death. Thechildren are: Ella G., born December, 1865, married Edward Tink, and diedin 1892, leaving two children; Edward A., born in December, 1868, marriedand resides in Kansas City; Hattie M., born May, 1871, married CharlesEtchison, and resides in Virginia precinct; Louie F., born August, 1875;Charles H., born April 1878; George R., born April, 1881, and Dollie, bornMarch, 1884. He married for his second wife, Mrs. Leona Walker. She wasa native of Cass county, and the daughter of George and Permelia (Freeman)Arenat. Mrs. Walker is a member of the Christian Church.
Mr. Walker is a man of representativetype,–a distinction among his fellows attained by his honest, straightforwardbusiness methods and fine social qualities. His successes in life justlymerit for him the approbation of business associates and competitors, andfrom the same source he receives warm sympathy for the late reverses whichin a degree have temporarily checked his usual flourishing condition.
Biographical Review ofCass, Schuyler and Brown Counties, Illinois, Biographical Review PublishingCo., Chicago, 1892, page 300-301.
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