Brief Life History of Pvt William Allison
Pvt William Allison Walker was born on 16 February 1839, in Pleasantville, Bedford, Pennsylvania, United States as the son of Benjamin Harris Walker Sr and Mary C Allison. He married Louisa Smith about 1859, in United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. He lived in St. Clair Township, Bedford, Pennsylvania, United States for about 10 years. He died on 4 January 1864, in Winchester, Virginia, United States, at the age of 24, and was buried in Friends Cemetery, Spring Meadow, East Saint Clair Township, Bedford, Pennsylvania, United States.
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- Wm Walker in household of Benjamin H Walker, "United States Census, 1860"
- William A Walker, "Find A Grave Index"
- William Walker in entry for Joseph Walker, "New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949"
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1844 · Lumpkin's Jail
In 1844 when Robert Lumpkin bought land in Virginia, this would be the spot of the Infamous Slave Jail (or Lumpkin’s Jail). The slaves would be brought here during the slave trade until they were sold. Lumpkin had purchased the land for his own slave business.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1847 · Hollywood Cemetery Established
Hollywood Cemetery was established in 1847 in Richmond Virginia. This is where Presidents James Monroe and John Tyler are buried. During the Civil War it became the largest military interments and a large section dedicated to military burials. Jefferson Davis a well known Confederate is also buried here. Many other notable people are also buried here.
Name Meaning
English (mainly North and Midlands) and Scottish: occupational name for a fuller, from Middle English walker, Old English wealcere (an agent derivative of wealcan ‘to walk, tread’), ‘one who trampled cloth in a bath of lye or kneaded it, in order to strengthen it’. This was the regular term for the occupation during the Middle Ages in western and northern England. Compare Fuller and Tucker . As a Scottish surname it has also been used as a translation of Gaelic Mac an Fhucadair ‘son of the fuller’. This surname is also very common among African Americans.
History: The name was brought to North America from northern England and Scotland independently by many different bearers in the 17th and 18th centuries. Samuel Walker came to Lynn, MA, c. 1630; Philip Walker was in Rehoboth, MA, in or before 1643. The surname was also established in VA before 1650; a Thomas Walker, born in 1715 in King and Queen County, VA, was a physician, soldier, and explorer.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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