Men of progress; biographical sketches and portraits of leaders in business and professional life in the state of Rhode Island and Providence plantations . rchasers and pro-prietors of the town of Rehoboth. Who her hus-band was, or what part of the old country she camefrom, is unknown; but that she and her two sonswere the founders of the family of Walker in South-ern Massachusetts is unquestionable. The subjectof this sketch attended the public schools of hisnative town, and after graduating from the SeekonkClassical Academy in 1846, went to Providence andbecame a builders apprentice, serving
Men of progress; biographical sketches and portraits of leaders in business and professional life in the state of Rhode Island and Providence plantations . rchasers and pro-prietors of the town of Rehoboth. Who her hus-band was, or what part of the old country she camefrom, is unknown; but that she and her two sonswere the founders of the family of Walker in South-ern Massachusetts is unquestionable. The subjectof this sketch attended the public schools of hisnative town, and after graduating from the SeekonkClassical Academy in 1846, went to Providence andbecame a builders apprentice, serving for a term ofthree years, during which time he continued hisstudies and began mechanical and architecturaldrawing at the Schofield College. After completinghis apprenticeship he removed to Augusta, Ga., re-maining there for about a year, and then returned to Rhode Island and located in Pawtucket, wherehe has since resided. In 1864 he established him-self as an architect in Providence, in which pro-fession he has ever since been engaged. He hasbeen closely identified with public life in his adoptedcity and the state, having served as a member of the. W. R, WALKER. Town Councils of both North Providence and Paw-tucket, and also having served both towns as a mem-ber of the General Assembly of the state. At thebreaking out of the Rebellion he was commissionedFirst Lieutenant of Company C, First RegimentRhode Island Detached Militia, and served untilthe mustering out of his regiment. He was a com-missioned officer of the state militia for more thantwenty years, retiring with the rank of Major Gen-eral in June 1879. He is Past Commander of TowerPost G. A. R., and is at the present time a memberof the Board of Park Commissioners of the city ofPawtucket. In politics he is a Republican, and wasa delegate to the Republican National Conventionat Chicago in 188S. General Walker became amember of Union Lodge No. 10, A. F. & A. M., in1857, received his capitular degrees in PawtucketRoyal Ar
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