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Born 1829, Franklin County
From History of Harrison County, Iowa. Containing full-page portraits and biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens of the county. Together with portraits and biographies of all the go (1891)
OHN VALENTINE WALKER, a native of Indiana, born in Franklin County, April 10, 1829, came to Harrison County in 1868. He is the son of Albert and Elizabeth (Malone) Walker, both deceased. Our subject’s parents had nine children. His early life was spent in the Hoosier State and was educated in the common-schools, and began farming for himself in 1850. He was a soldier of the Civil War, a member of Company E, Twelfth Indiana Infantry, and was assigned to the Army of Tennessee. He was under Gen. John A. Logan, and after the war returned to Indiana and resumed farming. When he came to Harrison County he located in Magnolia Township and remained there until 1883, then moved to Allen Township, remained three years, and then moved to his present home on section 25, of Little Sioux Township, where he owns six hundred and ninety-five acres of land.
Our subject was married in Indiana in September, 1851, to Miss Rachel Whitelock. Our subject and his wife are the parents of two children now living and two who died in infancy. The living are Ozias and Viola, now Mrs. Smith of Missouri. Mr. Walker is a Republican, “voting as he shot.” He is a member of Magnolia Masonic Lodge.
ffiACOB S. VANDERHOOF, a farmer living on section 3, of La Grange Township, came to Harrison County in the autumn of 1854 and located in La Grange Township, where he worked by the month for one year and then went to Crawford County, and worked for Judge Dow until the spring of 1846, when he bought one hundred and twenty acres of land on section 11, of La Grange Township. He improved the same, held it three years, sold out and bought on section 5. This place consisted of two hundred and forty acres. He never lived upon this tract however, and afterward sold it to Mr. Longman. Our subject then bought two hundred and forty acres of his present farm, built a house in which they lived for fifteen years, and then erected his present residence. He has a fine orchard of eight acres, a part of which he planted in 1864 and during the present year, 1891, he will harvest two thousand bushels of apples.
Our subject was born in Cass County, Mich., November 20, 1831, and, when fourteen years of age, he had neither father nor mother, and had to shift for himself. He came from Cass County, Mich., to this county without means and has made a complete success of fife.
He was married in La Grange Township March 23, 1856, to Miss Jane Jewell, and they are the parents of two children —
Chloe A. and Martha. Mrs. Vanderhoof was born in Cass County, Mich., in November, 1838, and came to Harrison County with her parents in 1852.
As printed in History of Harrison County, Iowa. Containing full-page portraits and biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens of the county. Together with portraits and biographies of all the go (1891). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
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