Makers of America; biographies of leading men of thought and action, the men who constitute the bone and sinew of American prosperity and life . CLIFTON MC KIXNEY WALKER 179 family is full of adventure and romance. His wife was MargaretMcClellau, one of the most beautiful women of her time, whoseancestors, the Bombies, were well known in Scotland as early asthe twelfth century. Captain Walker commanded his own mer-chant ship which sailed between the West Indies and the BritishIsles. On one of his return voyages his ship was attacked bypirates, and Captain Walker was slain and his body thrown i
Makers of America; biographies of leading men of thought and action, the men who constitute the bone and sinew of American prosperity and life . CLIFTON MC KIXNEY WALKER 179 family is full of adventure and romance. His wife was MargaretMcClellau, one of the most beautiful women of her time, whoseancestors, the Bombies, were well known in Scotland as early asthe twelfth century. Captain Walker commanded his own mer-chant ship which sailed between the West Indies and the BritishIsles. On one of his return voyages his ship was attacked bypirates, and Captain Walker was slain and his body thrown intothe sea. His delicate wife did not long survive him, and theeldest of their four young children, himself but a lad, assumedthe guardianship of the younger three and they started forAmerica. They reached Philadelphia, where the young head ofthe house secured a good position with a bank, with which heremained affiliated as long as he lived, and the younger oneswent to school at Emmetsburg, Maryland. Two prominent English Walkers of the seventeenth centurywere, Clement of Dorsetshire, and Sir Edward of former was a membe
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