First wife of G. Lysander Walker
History of Allen, New York A Centennial Memorial History of Allegany County, New York John S. Minard, Esq. Historian Mrs. Georgia Drew Andrews, Editor. W. A. Fergusson & Co., Alfred, N. Y. 1896
George L. born in Allen, married Martha, daughter of Benjamin Franklin; children, Marshal E. born in 1843, and Frank. Marshal E. married in 1864 Hattie Pitt, and bought his present farm of 250 acres in 1870 at $14 per acre. Their children are: Dexter (married Fannie Bullock), Minnie, Matie, Clyde. Erastus Walker used to carry two bushels of grain on his back to Mt. Morris to mill, the round trip taking two days. He was supervisor of Allen in 1841. John Pitt, Mrs. Walker's father, born in Dorsetshire, Eng., married the first white child born in Granger, Olive, daughter of Elias Smith. Children, Ralph, John, William and Fred, Elizabeth, Emily, Martha, Hattie and Anna. Samuel Pitt, brother to John Pitt, was a noted Methodist preacher here, and later in Iowa. Mrs. Walker's sister Elizabeth (Mrs. John Wilcox) established the first prayer meeting and Sabbath school in the county of her residence in Nebraska.
A Centennial Memorial History of Allegany County, New York John S. Minard, Esq. Historian Mrs. Georgia Drew Andrews, Editor. W. A. Fergusson & Co., Alfred, N. Y. 1896
Url: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Walker&GSfn=Martha&GSiman=1&GScid=63840&GRid=15527471& Birth: unknown Death: Apr. 27, 1852
Age 30 yrs. Wife of G. L. Walker.
Burial:
Allen Cemetery
Allen
Allegany County
New York, USA
Created by: Marsha Redden Record added: Aug 27, 2006 Find A Grave Memorial# 15527471
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