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John Walker

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John Walker

Birth
Peacham, Caledonia County, Vermont, USA
Death
18 Oct 1869 (aged 75)
Farmington, Davis County, Utah, USA
Burial
Farmington, Davis County, Utah, USA
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Son of Simeon Walker & Mary Miner

Married Lydia Holmes, 18 Apr 1819, Peacham, Caledonia, Vermont

Married Elizabeth Walmsley, abt 1846

Married Caroline Little Luce, 22 Feb 1851 Salt Lake City, Utah

Married Abigail Sanford, 4 Mar 1851

Deseret News Nov 24, 1869 pg. 8
At Farmington, October 18, 1869, died of cancer, John Walker, aged 75 years, 5 months and 8 days.

He was born in Caledonia Co., Vermont. He formerly belonged to the Congregational Church, and was baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1833. He emigrated to Missouri in 1837, with a small company which was stopped on the road by a mob and plundered of all their fire arms, and threatened with death if they proceeded on their journey. They continued until they came to a settlement on Shoal Creek, Mo.; went to Haun's Mills, five miles distant, on business, and while at dinner the mob came and massacred men, women and children. Father Walker received a wound in his right arm which disabled him for years; but his life was saved by hiding under a bank. After the mob left he was the first out on the ground to look after the wounded and dead. Several days elapsed before he found his family, and they supposed he had been killed by the mob. He was expelled from the the State of Missouri with the Church and afterwards, in 1846, from the State of Illinois, and went to Council Bluffs, and was appointed President of a Branch in that locality. He emigrated to Utah in 1850. He has ever proved faithful to the cause and Kingdom of God, and was never known to waver in his faith or falter during the 36 years of his membership.
Son of Simeon Walker & Mary Miner

Married Lydia Holmes, 18 Apr 1819, Peacham, Caledonia, Vermont

Married Elizabeth Walmsley, abt 1846

Married Caroline Little Luce, 22 Feb 1851 Salt Lake City, Utah

Married Abigail Sanford, 4 Mar 1851

Deseret News Nov 24, 1869 pg. 8
At Farmington, October 18, 1869, died of cancer, John Walker, aged 75 years, 5 months and 8 days.

He was born in Caledonia Co., Vermont. He formerly belonged to the Congregational Church, and was baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1833. He emigrated to Missouri in 1837, with a small company which was stopped on the road by a mob and plundered of all their fire arms, and threatened with death if they proceeded on their journey. They continued until they came to a settlement on Shoal Creek, Mo.; went to Haun's Mills, five miles distant, on business, and while at dinner the mob came and massacred men, women and children. Father Walker received a wound in his right arm which disabled him for years; but his life was saved by hiding under a bank. After the mob left he was the first out on the ground to look after the wounded and dead. Several days elapsed before he found his family, and they supposed he had been killed by the mob. He was expelled from the the State of Missouri with the Church and afterwards, in 1846, from the State of Illinois, and went to Council Bluffs, and was appointed President of a Branch in that locality. He emigrated to Utah in 1850. He has ever proved faithful to the cause and Kingdom of God, and was never known to waver in his faith or falter during the 36 years of his membership.

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