Thursday, February 02, 2006

HARWICH HEROES, PAST & PRESENT !

This is the lastest book on Jonathan Walker, written by Alvin F. Oickle. There are (3) copies in the Brooks Free Library. You may also purchase these books locally at the Harwich Historical Society 80 Parallel Street, Harwich, MA 02645, Phone:(508) 432-8089
or directly from Amazon.com on this link.

For further reading, read:
Branded Hand by Elmer Koppelmann (available from the Sheboygan County Historical Research Center),
Jonathan Walker: The Man with the Branded Hand by Alvin F. Oickle (available through this site), and
Branded Hand : Trial and Imprisonment of Jonathan Walker by Jonathan Walker (available through Amazon.com).






Captain Jonathan Walker born Mar. 22, 1799, Harwich, MA, Died Apr. 30, 1878, Lake Harbor, MI. Married JANE GAGE May 2, 1878, Harwich, MA. Jane Gage born Jun. 28, 1803, Dennis, MA. Died Sept. 28, 1871, Lake Harbor, MI. Jane was the daughter of Mayo Gage and Zerviah Ellis.

Children of Jonathan Walker & Jane Gage
1.
(M) JOHN BUNYAN WALKER born May 13, 1823 at Harwich, MA. Died May 28, 1903, Manistique, Schoolcraft Co., MI. He married three times: 1st wife: ALVIRA WICKERSON 2nd Wife: THEODATE CHASE 3rd Wife: ELIZA A. PHILLIPS
2.
(F) ALTEMERA WALKER born Jan. 13, 1827, in New Bedford, MA. Died Feb. 23, 1907 in MA. She was married on Jan. 29, 1842 to ALLEN CHASE in Dennis, MA.
3.
(F) NANCY CHILD WALKER born Jan. 7, 1828 in New Bedford, MA. Died Feb. 16, 1903, Fairhaven, MA. She was married twice: 1st husband LEWIS BARRY 2nd Husband: ELISHA CHANCE
3.
(F) SOPHIA J. WALKER born March 11, 1830 in New Bedford, MA. Died March 8, 1896, in MA. She was married on Nov. 26, 1847, in Plymouth, MA, to ZADOCK CHASE
3.
(F) MARY GAGE WALKER born April 8, 1833 in New Bedford, MA. Died Dec. 28, 1918 in Sheldon, IA. She was married on Jan. 11, 1852 in Plymouth, MA. to IVORY BLACKMER LUCAS
4.
INFANT born and died Feb. 27, 1838 Pensacola, FL
5.
(F) MARIA CHILD WALKER (twin) born July 18, 1841 in Pensacola, FL. Died Dec. 18, 1928 in Plymouth, Sheboygan Co., WI. She was married on Mar. 25, 1868 to IRVIN UNDERHILL
6.
(M) LLOYD GARRISON WALKER (twin) born July 18, 1841 in Pensacola, FL. Died Oct. 6, 1931 in Gladstone, MI. He was married on May 3, 1863 in Sheboygan Co., WI to SARAH PIERCE 2nd Wife: AUGUSTA JANKE 3rd Wife: ALFREDA FRANK.
7.
(M) WILLIAM WILBURFORCE WALKER born May 13, 1843 in Harwich, MA. Died ? He married twice: 1st Wife JENNIE SKINNER 2nd Wife NELLIE SALSBURY
8.
(M) GEORGE FOX WALKER born Feb. 13, 1848, in Plymouth, MA.

1 comment:

John L. Hoh, Jr. said...

You will notice that Jonathan and Jane Walker named their children after leading abolitionists and free thinkers of their day. Lloyd Garrison Walker was named for William Lloyd Garrison, the editor of "The Liberator," which the Captain wrote articles for. Lloyd's son, Lloyd, Jr., married my grandfather's sister and thus my connection to the venerable Jonathan Walker clan.