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MAJ John Wesley Walker

14 Apr 1827 – 24 Oct 1904

Birth	14 Apr 1827
Death	24 Oct 1904
Cemetery	Buena Vista Cemetery Buena Vista , Ouachita County , Arkansas , USA
Added by	Rob Riley on 08 Jul 2016
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/163569991

Bio

His Mother: Martha A. "Patsy" Jones Walker (1798-1830) Thanks to Contributor Travis Holt for submitting the following information: Broadfoot's 'Confederate Military History, Vol. XIV' states: Major J. W. Walker, commander of the camp of United Confederate Veterans at Stephens, Ark., was born in Alabama in 1827, but has lived from boyhood in Arkansas. He entered the Confederate service in August, 1861, with the Fifteenth regiment Arkansas infantry, was elected first lieutenant, and afterward was advanced to the ranks of captain and major. He served with the Fifteenth at Forts Henry and Donelson, Tenn., and after the surrender of these posts, on his return to duty, remained in the Trans-Mississippi department, fighting with the cavalry at Poison Spring, Marks' Mill, and other engagements of the Steele campaign, and in the many combats of Price's raid through Missouri. After the war he engaged in farming in Ouachita county.

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Family

Parents

• William Walker 1795–1851

Spouse

• Winnifred Jane Thomson Walker 1832–1923 FaG

Siblings

• Sarah Jane Walker Criner 1820–1863
• Richmond Harvel Walker 1824–1905
• William Luther Walker 1825–1897
• Margaret Ann Walker Warnock 1828–1861
• Andrew Jackson Walker 1832–1905

Children

• Ruth Walker Northum 1867–1955 FaG
• John Crileas Walker FaG

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