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Born 1819, Union Township Clinton Co
From The history of Clinton County, Ohio, containing a history of the county; its townships, cities, towns, etc.; general and local statistics; portraits of early settlers and prominent men; history of the (1882)
ABEL WALKER, farmer, P. 0. Wilmington, was born in Union Township Clinton Co., Ohio, July 28, 1819. He is the son of Azel and Hannah (Jackson) Walker, natives of Frederick County, Va., who immigrated to Ohio in 1804, and located in Union Township in 1805, where they raised a family often children.. Our subject has devoted his life to farming, in which occupation he has met with £ood success, being now possessed of a fine and well improved farm upon which he resides. He was married in 1861) to Miss Mary J. Patterson, a native of Greene County, and daughter of Thomas and Rebecca Patterson, he a native of Pennsylvania and she of Ohio. Five children were the issue of this marriage, viz.: Hannah, Tacy P., Sarah Id., Louise C. and Elizabeth A. Mrs. Walker previous to her marriage was a teacher in the common schools. Her father came to Clinton County in 1818, and died in 1874, at the residence of our subject. Mr. and Mrs. Walker take great pride in the cultivation of their children’s minds, and in giving them an education suitable to their station. Mrs. Walker is a Baptist, and her husband a member of the Society of Friends.
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