Timothy Walker was the son of Benjamin Walker and Susannah Cooke Walker, who was a lineal descendant of Elder William Brewster, who came in the Mayflower to Plymouth in 1620. He attended public School in Wilmington and entered Harvard College in 1822. He was graduated in 1826 with a degree of Bachelor of Arts. He taught mathematics in Round Hill School; Northampton, Massachusetts for three years before returning to Harvard, to the Law School but left before graduating and removed to Cincinnati, Ohio in 1830. He was admitted to the bar and became a prominent lawyer and judge. He was one of the founders of the Cincinnati Law School. He was elected to Phi Beta Kappa honorary fraternity at Harvard and in 1850, delivered the annual Phi Beta Kappa oration at Harvard.
He was first married to Anna Lawler who did not live very long after her marriage. They were parents of two boys, one who lived three years and one lived two weeks. His second wife was Eleanor Page Wood and they were parents of seven childen; James Bryant, Annie, Susan [Longworth], Fred Brewster who died young, Timothy Brewster, Otis Kendall and Edward Wood.
Timothy was joined in Ohio by his brother, Sears Cook Walker who was a famous astronomer. Sears died three years before his brother Timothy. Their brother Joseph Brewster Walker was a well known attorney in St. Louis and was recognized by the Cincinnati Bar. Joseph came to Cincinnati in ill health and died there in 1846.
After the boys father, Benjamin, died in 1811, their mother remarried in 1815. She and her husband Ezra Kendall had three children, one of whom was Ezra Otis Kendall, who achieved prominence as a Professor of Mathematics and Astronomy at the University of Pennsylvania.
He was first married to Anna Lawler who did not live very long after her marriage. They were parents of two boys, one who lived three years and one lived two weeks. His second wife was Eleanor Page Wood and they were parents of seven childen; James Bryant, Annie, Susan [Longworth], Fred Brewster who died young, Timothy Brewster, Otis Kendall and Edward Wood.
Timothy was joined in Ohio by his brother, Sears Cook Walker who was a famous astronomer. Sears died three years before his brother Timothy. Their brother Joseph Brewster Walker was a well known attorney in St. Louis and was recognized by the Cincinnati Bar. Joseph came to Cincinnati in ill health and died there in 1846.
After the boys father, Benjamin, died in 1811, their mother remarried in 1815. She and her husband Ezra Kendall had three children, one of whom was Ezra Otis Kendall, who achieved prominence as a Professor of Mathematics and Astronomy at the University of Pennsylvania.
Timothy Walker was the son of Benjamin Walker and Susannah Cooke Walker, who was a lineal descendant of Elder William Brewster, who came in the Mayflower to Plymouth in 1620. He attended public School in Wilmington and entered Harvard College in 1822. He was graduated in 1826 with a degree of Bachelor of Arts. He taught mathematics in Round Hill School; Northampton, Massachusetts for three years before returning to Harvard, to the Law School but left before graduating and removed to Cincinnati, Ohio in 1830. He was admitted to the bar and became a prominent lawyer and judge. He was one of the founders of the Cincinnati Law School. He was elected to Phi Beta Kappa honorary fraternity at Harvard and in 1850, delivered the annual Phi Beta Kappa oration at Harvard.
He was first married to Anna Lawler who did not live very long after her marriage. They were parents of two boys, one who lived three years and one lived two weeks. His second wife was Eleanor Page Wood and they were parents of seven childen; James Bryant, Annie, Susan [Longworth], Fred Brewster who died young, Timothy Brewster, Otis Kendall and Edward Wood.
Timothy was joined in Ohio by his brother, Sears Cook Walker who was a famous astronomer. Sears died three years before his brother Timothy. Their brother Joseph Brewster Walker was a well known attorney in St. Louis and was recognized by the Cincinnati Bar. Joseph came to Cincinnati in ill health and died there in 1846.
After the boys father, Benjamin, died in 1811, their mother remarried in 1815. She and her husband Ezra Kendall had three children, one of whom was Ezra Otis Kendall, who achieved prominence as a Professor of Mathematics and Astronomy at the University of Pennsylvania.
He was first married to Anna Lawler who did not live very long after her marriage. They were parents of two boys, one who lived three years and one lived two weeks. His second wife was Eleanor Page Wood and they were parents of seven childen; James Bryant, Annie, Susan [Longworth], Fred Brewster who died young, Timothy Brewster, Otis Kendall and Edward Wood.
Timothy was joined in Ohio by his brother, Sears Cook Walker who was a famous astronomer. Sears died three years before his brother Timothy. Their brother Joseph Brewster Walker was a well known attorney in St. Louis and was recognized by the Cincinnati Bar. Joseph came to Cincinnati in ill health and died there in 1846.
After the boys father, Benjamin, died in 1811, their mother remarried in 1815. She and her husband Ezra Kendall had three children, one of whom was Ezra Otis Kendall, who achieved prominence as a Professor of Mathematics and Astronomy at the University of Pennsylvania.
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