Biography

Mentioned in 18370819FMS_LMW: "Monday we only got 14 miles – we stayed all night at Mr Walkers. I had the sick headache and found the house so dirty that I did not stay very willingly but there was no tavern near. Mr Walker is a step brother of the Miss Wests who live here, one of the sisters was there. He is a very agreeable Irishman his wife dull enough, and the child so filthy that I could not touch it. They were all very kind and attentive to us and are what Lewis (who went with us) calls "good livers" – which signifies that the table is loaded with all manner of good things that are usually found in the country. This is in the town of Mina." The ancestry.com source includes his birthplace in Ireland and residence in Westfield, NY, in the 1850 census. His wife is likely Ann Walker and the child mentioned in the letter is possibly Jane Keeler. Richard Walker also seems to be mentioned in several other letters in Box, so more information could be added to this biography.

Mentioned in 18381217BJS_WHS.