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Edgar Richard Walker

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Edgar Richard Walker

Birth
Boscobel, Grant County, Wisconsin, USA
Death
22 Jan 1962 (aged 89–90)
Minot, Ward County, North Dakota, USA
Burial
Sawyer, Ward County, North Dakota, USA Add to Map
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Edgar R. Walker was the son of John Mansfield Walker & Emma J. Blanchard, both of WI. He was the husband of Grace E. Eiel, born in Winnebago Co., IA. They married Apr 22, 1896 in Buffalo Center, IA. They had a large family consisting of: Earl Nathan, Myrtle Genevieve, Cecil Marion, Mae Emma, Norman Charles, Verna Lillian (Maggie), Hazel Erma, Lila Francaes, Lyle Mansfield & Richard Lee (Mickey) Walker.
Edgar was one of the original petitioners, who on March 3, 1908 petitioned to make Willis, ND a township. He and W.S. Reed opened the Walker Coal Mine. They had a mule,"Judy", who went down in the mine by herself and the men would fill her cart and she would take it back up herself. The mine closed in 1920. Edgar had the first Fordson Tractor in Willis township. In 1920 he moved to Minnesota and sold his farm, but returned to ND to Sawyer Twp. three years later. In Sawyer he had a livery barn, which later became an oil station. His barn held 20-mule teams. He and 5 friends bought a steam threshing machine, which was believed to have been the largest in the area at the time.
Edgar R. Walker was the son of John Mansfield Walker & Emma J. Blanchard, both of WI. He was the husband of Grace E. Eiel, born in Winnebago Co., IA. They married Apr 22, 1896 in Buffalo Center, IA. They had a large family consisting of: Earl Nathan, Myrtle Genevieve, Cecil Marion, Mae Emma, Norman Charles, Verna Lillian (Maggie), Hazel Erma, Lila Francaes, Lyle Mansfield & Richard Lee (Mickey) Walker.
Edgar was one of the original petitioners, who on March 3, 1908 petitioned to make Willis, ND a township. He and W.S. Reed opened the Walker Coal Mine. They had a mule,"Judy", who went down in the mine by herself and the men would fill her cart and she would take it back up herself. The mine closed in 1920. Edgar had the first Fordson Tractor in Willis township. In 1920 he moved to Minnesota and sold his farm, but returned to ND to Sawyer Twp. three years later. In Sawyer he had a livery barn, which later became an oil station. His barn held 20-mule teams. He and 5 friends bought a steam threshing machine, which was believed to have been the largest in the area at the time.

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