Civil War: Company C, 10th Illinois Cavalry
Hiram C. Walker was born in Worcester, Massachusetts, in February 1818, and was a millwright by profession. He married Fannie H. Martin (Sep. 9, 1825, NH-Aug. 1, 1852, MA) at Petersham, Worcester County, September 9, 1844. Hiram was living with Fannie and their two children at Athol, Worcester County, in 1850 (US Census). He was a resident of Springfield, Illinois, when he enlisted as a First Lieutenant at Collinsville September 15, 1861. He was mustered into Company C, 10th Illinois Cavalry, November 28, 1861. He was discharged at Ironton, Missouri, February 22, 1863. He filed for a Civil War veteran's disability pension and received certificate No. 427,368. He was a widower living with his son Elmer at Silver Cliff, Custer County, Colorado, in 1880 (US Census). He was living with Elmer in Denver, Colorado, when he was admitted to the Sawtelle Soldiers' Home December 17, 1904. During a visit to his sister, Mrs. G. P. Pease, in Long Beach he committed suicide by throwing himself in front of a streetcar. Hiram Walker was survived by his son Elmer in Denver and his daughter, Mrs. Alonzo (Ella) Harris, in Massachusetts.
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CIVIL WAR VETERAN ENDS HIS LIFE
Worry Over Loss of Memory Made Him Despondent
LONG BEACH, Oct. 15. — Worrying over his lapses of memory, which he believed presaged coming insanity, Herman [sic] C. Walker, aged 87, a member of the Soldiers' Home at Sawtelle, today threw himself in front of a rapidly running electric car at Sixteenth and American avenues, just beyond the city limits, and was instantly killed. The old man stepped from behind one of the trolley posts between the tracks and when the car was about 100 feet distant, threw himself across the rails on his stomach and before the motorman could reverse the current the car was upon its victim. A soldier's uniform gave the only clew as to his identity, which was afterward established. Walker came here recently on a furlough from the home and was visiting with a sister.
(San Francisco Call, Vol. 98, No. 138, October 16, 1905)
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Children:
- Ella Elizabeth (Sep. 4, 1846, MA-1917, MA)
- Elmer H. (1848, MA-after 1905, Denver)
Hiram C. Walker was born in Worcester, Massachusetts, in February 1818, and was a millwright by profession. He married Fannie H. Martin (Sep. 9, 1825, NH-Aug. 1, 1852, MA) at Petersham, Worcester County, September 9, 1844. Hiram was living with Fannie and their two children at Athol, Worcester County, in 1850 (US Census). He was a resident of Springfield, Illinois, when he enlisted as a First Lieutenant at Collinsville September 15, 1861. He was mustered into Company C, 10th Illinois Cavalry, November 28, 1861. He was discharged at Ironton, Missouri, February 22, 1863. He filed for a Civil War veteran's disability pension and received certificate No. 427,368. He was a widower living with his son Elmer at Silver Cliff, Custer County, Colorado, in 1880 (US Census). He was living with Elmer in Denver, Colorado, when he was admitted to the Sawtelle Soldiers' Home December 17, 1904. During a visit to his sister, Mrs. G. P. Pease, in Long Beach he committed suicide by throwing himself in front of a streetcar. Hiram Walker was survived by his son Elmer in Denver and his daughter, Mrs. Alonzo (Ella) Harris, in Massachusetts.
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CIVIL WAR VETERAN ENDS HIS LIFE
Worry Over Loss of Memory Made Him Despondent
LONG BEACH, Oct. 15. — Worrying over his lapses of memory, which he believed presaged coming insanity, Herman [sic] C. Walker, aged 87, a member of the Soldiers' Home at Sawtelle, today threw himself in front of a rapidly running electric car at Sixteenth and American avenues, just beyond the city limits, and was instantly killed. The old man stepped from behind one of the trolley posts between the tracks and when the car was about 100 feet distant, threw himself across the rails on his stomach and before the motorman could reverse the current the car was upon its victim. A soldier's uniform gave the only clew as to his identity, which was afterward established. Walker came here recently on a furlough from the home and was visiting with a sister.
(San Francisco Call, Vol. 98, No. 138, October 16, 1905)
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Children:
- Ella Elizabeth (Sep. 4, 1846, MA-1917, MA)
- Elmer H. (1848, MA-after 1905, Denver)
Civil War: Company C, 10th Illinois Cavalry
Hiram C. Walker was born in Worcester, Massachusetts, in February 1818, and was a millwright by profession. He married Fannie H. Martin (Sep. 9, 1825, NH-Aug. 1, 1852, MA) at Petersham, Worcester County, September 9, 1844. Hiram was living with Fannie and their two children at Athol, Worcester County, in 1850 (US Census). He was a resident of Springfield, Illinois, when he enlisted as a First Lieutenant at Collinsville September 15, 1861. He was mustered into Company C, 10th Illinois Cavalry, November 28, 1861. He was discharged at Ironton, Missouri, February 22, 1863. He filed for a Civil War veteran's disability pension and received certificate No. 427,368. He was a widower living with his son Elmer at Silver Cliff, Custer County, Colorado, in 1880 (US Census). He was living with Elmer in Denver, Colorado, when he was admitted to the Sawtelle Soldiers' Home December 17, 1904. During a visit to his sister, Mrs. G. P. Pease, in Long Beach he committed suicide by throwing himself in front of a streetcar. Hiram Walker was survived by his son Elmer in Denver and his daughter, Mrs. Alonzo (Ella) Harris, in Massachusetts.
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CIVIL WAR VETERAN ENDS HIS LIFE
Worry Over Loss of Memory Made Him Despondent
LONG BEACH, Oct. 15. — Worrying over his lapses of memory, which he believed presaged coming insanity, Herman [sic] C. Walker, aged 87, a member of the Soldiers' Home at Sawtelle, today threw himself in front of a rapidly running electric car at Sixteenth and American avenues, just beyond the city limits, and was instantly killed. The old man stepped from behind one of the trolley posts between the tracks and when the car was about 100 feet distant, threw himself across the rails on his stomach and before the motorman could reverse the current the car was upon its victim. A soldier's uniform gave the only clew as to his identity, which was afterward established. Walker came here recently on a furlough from the home and was visiting with a sister.
(San Francisco Call, Vol. 98, No. 138, October 16, 1905)
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Children:
- Ella Elizabeth (Sep. 4, 1846, MA-1917, MA)
- Elmer H. (1848, MA-after 1905, Denver)
Hiram C. Walker was born in Worcester, Massachusetts, in February 1818, and was a millwright by profession. He married Fannie H. Martin (Sep. 9, 1825, NH-Aug. 1, 1852, MA) at Petersham, Worcester County, September 9, 1844. Hiram was living with Fannie and their two children at Athol, Worcester County, in 1850 (US Census). He was a resident of Springfield, Illinois, when he enlisted as a First Lieutenant at Collinsville September 15, 1861. He was mustered into Company C, 10th Illinois Cavalry, November 28, 1861. He was discharged at Ironton, Missouri, February 22, 1863. He filed for a Civil War veteran's disability pension and received certificate No. 427,368. He was a widower living with his son Elmer at Silver Cliff, Custer County, Colorado, in 1880 (US Census). He was living with Elmer in Denver, Colorado, when he was admitted to the Sawtelle Soldiers' Home December 17, 1904. During a visit to his sister, Mrs. G. P. Pease, in Long Beach he committed suicide by throwing himself in front of a streetcar. Hiram Walker was survived by his son Elmer in Denver and his daughter, Mrs. Alonzo (Ella) Harris, in Massachusetts.
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CIVIL WAR VETERAN ENDS HIS LIFE
Worry Over Loss of Memory Made Him Despondent
LONG BEACH, Oct. 15. — Worrying over his lapses of memory, which he believed presaged coming insanity, Herman [sic] C. Walker, aged 87, a member of the Soldiers' Home at Sawtelle, today threw himself in front of a rapidly running electric car at Sixteenth and American avenues, just beyond the city limits, and was instantly killed. The old man stepped from behind one of the trolley posts between the tracks and when the car was about 100 feet distant, threw himself across the rails on his stomach and before the motorman could reverse the current the car was upon its victim. A soldier's uniform gave the only clew as to his identity, which was afterward established. Walker came here recently on a furlough from the home and was visiting with a sister.
(San Francisco Call, Vol. 98, No. 138, October 16, 1905)
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Children:
- Ella Elizabeth (Sep. 4, 1846, MA-1917, MA)
- Elmer H. (1848, MA-after 1905, Denver)
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