Gen.
Duncan
Stephen
Walker
Born in Pennsylvania, United States
Ancestors 
Son of Robert John Walker
and Mary Blechenden (Bache) Walker
Brother of
Mary Bache (Walker) Brewster and Robert John Walker Jr
[spouse(s) unknown]
Father of
Robert John Walker
Died
at age 70
in Hoboken, Hudson County, New Jersey, USA
Profile last modified
| Created 12 Nov 2018
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Biography
Duncan was born in 1841 . the son of U.S. Senator Robert John Walker and his wife Mary Blechynden (Bache) Walker.
Duncan is the great-great-grandson of Benjamin Franklin, the grandson of Revolutionary War veteran and U.S. District Judge Jonathan Hoge Walker, and
Duncan was educated at Georgetown University, Lafayette College, and Princeton University. Initially commissioned as a captain of volunteers, Walker served as an assistant adjutant-general during the American Civil War, on the staffs of Major Gen. Nathaniel P. Banks and later Brig.Gen. William H. Emory and Major Gen. Winfield Scott Hancock.
On February 21, 1866, President Andrew Johnson nominated Walker for appointment to the grade of brevet brigadier general of volunteers, to rank from March 13, 1865, and the United States Senate confirmed the appointment on April 10, 1866.
He is buried at Arlington Cemetery.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Duncan by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Duncan by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
- Jacob Walker
:
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 700 markers, haplogroup R-FT453744, FTDNA kit #433084, MitoYDNA ID T14560 [compare]
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~0.78%
Brian Taussig :
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