The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-05-17

Nlbcmarle County, WAS born III Is ms
and Queen County. January %, l'lo,
and died Mt Castle hin November .,
l.9i lie was Il member OF we'll
known family, which still holds IT'S
own 1T Walkcrton, in King and Queen
| County. lie WAS SON OF Thomas
! Walter, and WAS probably the iirat
| white man In kentucky, as lie led an
IcNpcdition In that country in 1850,
thirteen years before Daniel Boone.
lie had AN intimate acquaintance Win
the Indians. and was often In treaty
with them. lie WAS IA member of tho
House OF BurgeSscs from Louisa Coun-
~ 1852. 1903, 1858, 1893. and for Al
Lemarlc County, 1851, 1852. 1868. i1Ii,
1865, 1866. 1867, l76S. 1869. l770. 1871,
and OF the general Committee Of Safe
" in 1875. He married, nrst, l.'i,
Mildred (born -, died l71S), daugh-
ter of Francis Thornton. and widow OF
Nicholas Mcriwcthcr; and, secondly. in
1tSl, Elizabeth Thornton, hut there
was no issue by the last marriage.
:. Mar., married Nicholas Lewis :,
!!on. John. Walker. of Bc!voir Alhc-
marie County, born February l3. I'LL.
and died December ----, 1909. lie was
Ia member OF the House of Burgcsscs
FOR Albcinarle. lTt2. l7T3, lI1i, lII1.
and OF the conventions OF March, July
and December, l115; WAS aid to Wash
ington in the Revolution. ana Unit.d
states senator. He married Elizabeth.
daughter of Bernard Moore. of Chelsea,
King William County. .. Susan. mar
ried Henry Fry !, Thomas Walker. Jr..
OF Ddinn Fields. Nlbcmaric COUNT.
born March II, 1913, married Mar
Garct Hoops, Of rcnnsylvIuiu; &. Lucy,
married DIR. George Gilmcr. OF Pen
Park. Albcmarlc, anu was the mother
al Mildred, wife OF lion. William Writ
and grandmother OF Thomas w. Gil
mcr. Governor of Virginia. and Score
tary of the United States Navy, &,
Elizabeth. married Rev. Mathew Marry.
Of Aibcmarlc County; 7, Mildred, mar
ried Joseph lIornsby. OF williamsburg;
5, sarah, married Colonel Reuben Lind
say, of .Albcmarle County: 10. Reuben,
died young; II, Hon. Francis Walker.
Of Castle lin, born June -. 1864, and
lied in lSub lie was a momber OF
Congress. 1898. 1875. and married Jano
Byrd. daughter OF Colonel Hugh Mel
son. of Yorktown. l.. Peachy. mar
ried Joshua Fry, of Kentucky. Among
her descendants was James Speed. At
torncy-Gencral in Lincoln's Cabinet.
Hon John and Elizabeth Moore
Walker had ono child, Mildred. who
married Francis kinloch, of South Car
olina.
Thomas and Margaret Hoops Walk
or had issue: first, Jane, married Mr..
lice. OF Charlotte County: second.
bcmarie; third, Maria Barclay. mar
ricd Richard Duke, OF Albcmarlc. and
WAS mother of l.. IT. W. Duke, NJ. G..
and grandmother of Judge r. r. W.
Duke. In; fourth Thomas. died young:
NTH. Martha. married Mr.. GoolSby. of
kcntucky; sixth, John, died young;
seventh, Captain Mcriwccr Lewis
Walker, of Albcmarlc County. mar
ricd Maria Lindsay.
Hon. Francis and Jane Nelson Walk
cr had Issue: first. Jane Francis. mar :
ried Dr. Mann Page, of Kcswick, AL
b"marlS: second. Thomas Hugh. died
|ounS: third. judith Page GS03-lSSe)
married Hon. William &. Rivcs United
states Senator. This family stllI owns
Castle liill, whose mistress is the cell
cbratod author. Amelic Rivcs, now tho
Princess Troubctskoy
c"ptain Meriwethcr Lewis aud Maria !
Lindsay Walker had issue: first lisa
bella. married pcachy Harrison Gil
NOR sccond. pr. Thomas L., OF Lynch
burg, married Miss Dnbncy. and lcft |
issue. Third, BrigadIcr Reuben Lindsay |
walker, c. s. a.. Il distinguished ar !
iilierv officer. lIc married first Miss /
Eskridge and secondly Sally Elan.
G. g. Walker. Of tho q. and L. r. is ono .
Of her sons.
The dcsconanta OF Or Mann Page |
Still own kcswick, II part o. the Cas- /
tic hin estate.