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Walker, James Perkins

journalist, author, was born in 1829 in Portsmouth, N. H. He was a Boston publisher, and the author of Faith and Patience, a story for boys; Book of Raphael's Madonnas; and Sunny-Eyed Tim. He died May 10, 1868, in Boston, Mass.

Walker, James Peter

congressman, was born March 14, 1851, in Lauderdale county, Tenn. In 1867 he moved to Missouri; and was elected from Dexter to the fiftieth congress as a democrat. was

Walker, Jesse

missionary, born about 1760 in North Carolina. He became presiding elder of the Illinois district in 1812, conference missionary in 1819, and in 1820 built the first methodist episcopal church and formed the first methodist episcopal congregation in St.

Louis, Mo. He died Oct. 5, 1835, in Cook county, Ill.

Walker, John

United States senator, was born Feb. 13, 1744, in Castle Hill, Va. He was a senator in congress from Virginia during the year 1790. He died Dec. 2, 1809, in Orange county, Va.

Walker, John Brisben

editor, publisher, was born Sept. 10, 1847, on the Monongahela river, Pa. In 1889 he came to New York, purchased the Cosmopolitan Magazine, then an insolvent property, having a circulation of 16,000 copies, infused great life into the magazine, and brought its circulation up to nearly 400,- 000 copies a month.

Walker, John Grimes

naval officer, was born March 20, 1835, in Hillsborough, N. H. He became lieutenant in 1858. He was promoted to lieutenantcommander in 1862, and had command of the river iron-clad Baron de Kalb.

Walker, John H

lawyer, jurist, was born in Pennsylvania. He was appointed a judge of the United States court for the district of Pennsylvania.

Walker, John Williams

United States senator, was born in 1789 in Virginia. He was a senator in congress from Alabama from 1819 to 1822. He died April 23, 1823, in Huntsville, Ala.

Walker, Jonathan

reformer, was born in 1799 on Cape Cod, Mass. For five years he lectured on slavery in the northern and western states. He removed to Michigan about 1850, where he resided near Muskegon until his death. He was the subject of John G. Whittier's poem, The Man with the Branded Hand. He died May 1, 1878, in Muskegon, Mich.

Walker, Joseph

governor. He was elected governor of Louisiana in 1850, and held the once until 1854.

Walker, Joseph Burbeen

agriculturist, author, was born in 1822 in New Hampshire. He is an agriculturist of New Hampshire, and the author of Land Drainage; Forests of New Hampshire; Prospective Agriculture in New Hampshire; Oats; Rogers the Ranger; and Birth of the Federal Constitution.

Walker, Joseph Marshall

governor, was born in New Orleans, La. He served in the state legislature of Louisiana, both as representative and senator, and in 1846 was state treasurer. In 1850 he was inaugurated governor of Louisiana, and died Jan. 26, 1856.