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 | | Adam Walker, the father of John Frederick Walker, was born in Wakheim, province of Wurttemberg, Germany, in 1821, and was reared a farmer, continuing to engage in tilling the soil in his native community until his death at the age of seventy-seven years. |
 | | Walker is a man of good business ability, capably managing his extensive fanning and stock raising interests, so that his labors are bringing to him very satisfactory and gratifying returns, thus placing him in the front ranks of the substantial men of this part of the county. |
 | | Walker was married in Harrison township to Miss Mary A. Walker, who was born in the same town as her husband, August 24,1853, and came to the United States in 1872 with her parents, Casper and Margaret (Schwartzkopf) Walker, natives of Germany, both of whom are now deceased. |
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