William Edmund Walker was born to Mary Ann Wright and William Walker in New York City on May 31, 1824. His sister, Mary Ann Walker was born March 11, 1822. After the death of their mother, the two were adopted by Sarah [Sally] Brown and Anson Dickinson in 1824 and raised in Litchfield, Connecticut.
William married four times; first, on September 7, 1853, Delia E Welch with whom he had a daughter, Mary Clarissa Dickinson. Delia died 1855.
On April 3, 1862 William married Sarah W Atwater but she died January 7, 1863, after giving birth to their daughter Sarah A Dickinson. Sarah Dickinson died at age 2, on April 8, 1865.
March 23, 1864, he married Mary C Leete, she died January 23, 1865, just ten months after they were wed.
On September 5, 1867, William married Elizabeth Stone Gray Sargent, with whom he had seven children and thirty-two years of marriage:
Charlotte Sophia Dickinson Davidson
Christine Keadie Swan Dickinson
William Walker Dickinson
Edmund Sargent Dickinson
Harold Harry Dickinson
Frank Sargent Dickinson
Lucetta Wentworth Dickinson Burton
William's career was wide and varied. In 1844 he was admitted to the bar of the state of Connecticut and practiced law until about 1846. He sailed on a whaling ship for three years until shortly before his marriage to Delia. After her death he got into mining engineering in Idaho, Michigan, Wisconsin and in 1892-93 to Daquire, Cuba, where he developed the Spanish American mines near Santiago. He settled in Florence, Wisconsin, and was general agent for the Aetna Powder Company, until his death at age 75.
William married four times; first, on September 7, 1853, Delia E Welch with whom he had a daughter, Mary Clarissa Dickinson. Delia died 1855.
On April 3, 1862 William married Sarah W Atwater but she died January 7, 1863, after giving birth to their daughter Sarah A Dickinson. Sarah Dickinson died at age 2, on April 8, 1865.
March 23, 1864, he married Mary C Leete, she died January 23, 1865, just ten months after they were wed.
On September 5, 1867, William married Elizabeth Stone Gray Sargent, with whom he had seven children and thirty-two years of marriage:
Charlotte Sophia Dickinson Davidson
Christine Keadie Swan Dickinson
William Walker Dickinson
Edmund Sargent Dickinson
Harold Harry Dickinson
Frank Sargent Dickinson
Lucetta Wentworth Dickinson Burton
William's career was wide and varied. In 1844 he was admitted to the bar of the state of Connecticut and practiced law until about 1846. He sailed on a whaling ship for three years until shortly before his marriage to Delia. After her death he got into mining engineering in Idaho, Michigan, Wisconsin and in 1892-93 to Daquire, Cuba, where he developed the Spanish American mines near Santiago. He settled in Florence, Wisconsin, and was general agent for the Aetna Powder Company, until his death at age 75.
William Edmund Walker was born to Mary Ann Wright and William Walker in New York City on May 31, 1824. His sister, Mary Ann Walker was born March 11, 1822. After the death of their mother, the two were adopted by Sarah [Sally] Brown and Anson Dickinson in 1824 and raised in Litchfield, Connecticut.
William married four times; first, on September 7, 1853, Delia E Welch with whom he had a daughter, Mary Clarissa Dickinson. Delia died 1855.
On April 3, 1862 William married Sarah W Atwater but she died January 7, 1863, after giving birth to their daughter Sarah A Dickinson. Sarah Dickinson died at age 2, on April 8, 1865.
March 23, 1864, he married Mary C Leete, she died January 23, 1865, just ten months after they were wed.
On September 5, 1867, William married Elizabeth Stone Gray Sargent, with whom he had seven children and thirty-two years of marriage:
Charlotte Sophia Dickinson Davidson
Christine Keadie Swan Dickinson
William Walker Dickinson
Edmund Sargent Dickinson
Harold Harry Dickinson
Frank Sargent Dickinson
Lucetta Wentworth Dickinson Burton
William's career was wide and varied. In 1844 he was admitted to the bar of the state of Connecticut and practiced law until about 1846. He sailed on a whaling ship for three years until shortly before his marriage to Delia. After her death he got into mining engineering in Idaho, Michigan, Wisconsin and in 1892-93 to Daquire, Cuba, where he developed the Spanish American mines near Santiago. He settled in Florence, Wisconsin, and was general agent for the Aetna Powder Company, until his death at age 75.
William married four times; first, on September 7, 1853, Delia E Welch with whom he had a daughter, Mary Clarissa Dickinson. Delia died 1855.
On April 3, 1862 William married Sarah W Atwater but she died January 7, 1863, after giving birth to their daughter Sarah A Dickinson. Sarah Dickinson died at age 2, on April 8, 1865.
March 23, 1864, he married Mary C Leete, she died January 23, 1865, just ten months after they were wed.
On September 5, 1867, William married Elizabeth Stone Gray Sargent, with whom he had seven children and thirty-two years of marriage:
Charlotte Sophia Dickinson Davidson
Christine Keadie Swan Dickinson
William Walker Dickinson
Edmund Sargent Dickinson
Harold Harry Dickinson
Frank Sargent Dickinson
Lucetta Wentworth Dickinson Burton
William's career was wide and varied. In 1844 he was admitted to the bar of the state of Connecticut and practiced law until about 1846. He sailed on a whaling ship for three years until shortly before his marriage to Delia. After her death he got into mining engineering in Idaho, Michigan, Wisconsin and in 1892-93 to Daquire, Cuba, where he developed the Spanish American mines near Santiago. He settled in Florence, Wisconsin, and was general agent for the Aetna Powder Company, until his death at age 75.
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