Cyrus M. Walker

As printed in 1882

CYRUS M. WALKER, real estate and loan agent, was born in Union Township, near the limits of Wilmington, January 4, 1829. His father was Azel Walker, born in Virginia in 1802. He accompanied his father, William Walker, to this county in 1805, and having been reared on a farm retained a preference for farming pursuits through life. He died in Blay, 1871. Blr. Walker’s mother was Elizabeth Robinson, a native of this county. She departed this life in 1871. Both were members of the Society of Friends, and are buried in Sugar Grove Cemetery. Our subject grew to manhood on the old homestead, attending the public schools, where he received a good education. When nineteen years of age, he was employed as a clerk with C. M. Bosworth, and two years later started in business for himself, at Peru, Ind., where he remained ten years. He then returned to Wilmington and engaged in the drug business, remaining at that about five years; his next venture was buying and shipping stock, which business proved profitable for several years. He engaged in pork packing, which he followed for three years, and which proved quite disastrous to his finances. During the last two years, he has been engaged in the real estate and loan business, in which he has met with fair success. Mr. Walker enjoys a birthright in the Society of Friends. Although holding Republican views, he believes in the general circulation of the greenback. He was married, January 5, 1861, to Irene Bitzell, a native of Wayne County, Ind. They have two children — Belle and Nellie. *

As printed in The history of Clinton County, Ohio (1882). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.