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Walker family of Huntsville, Alabama

Note: This is just one of 1,325 family groupings listed on The Political Graveyard web site. These families each have three or more politician members, all linked together by blood, marriage or adoption.

This specific family group is a subset of the much larger Four Thousand Related Politicians group. An individual may be listed with more than one subset.

These groupings — even the names of the groupings, and the areas of main activity — are the result of a computer algorithm working with the data I have, not the choices of any historian or genealogist.

  John Williams Walker (1783-1823) — also known as John W. Walker — of Huntsville, Madison County, Ala. Born in Amelia County, Va., August 12, 1783. Democrat. Member of Alabama territorial legislature, 1810; delegate to Alabama state constitutional convention, 1819; U.S. Senator from Alabama, 1819-22. Slaveowner. Died in Huntsville, Madison County, Ala., April 23, 1823 (age 39 years, 254 days). Interment at Maple Hill Cemetery, Huntsville, Ala.
  Relatives: Son of Rev. Jeremiah Walker and Mary Jane (Graves) Walker; married to Matilda Pope; father of Percy Walker, Leroy Pope Walker and Richard Wilde Walker (1823-1874); grandfather of John Williams Walker Fearn and Richard Wilde Walker (1857-1936); second great-grandfather of Richard Walker Bolling.
  Political family: Walker family of Huntsville, Alabama (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  Walker County, Ala. is named for him.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Percy Walker (1812-1880) — of Mobile, Mobile County, Ala. Born in Huntsville, Madison County, Ala., December, 1812. Physician; lawyer; member of Alabama state house of representatives, 1839, 1847, 1853; U.S. Representative from Alabama 1st District, 1855-57; candidate for Representative from Alabama in the Confederate Congress 9th District, 1861. Slaveowner. Died in Mobile, Mobile County, Ala., December 27, 1880 (age about 67 years). Interment at Magnolia Cemetery, Mobile, Ala.
  Relatives: Son of John Williams Walker and Matilda (Pope) Walker; brother of Leroy Pope Walker and Richard Wilde Walker (1823-1874); uncle of John Williams Walker Fearn and Richard Wilde Walker (1857-1936); great-granduncle of Richard Walker Bolling.
  Political family: Walker family of Huntsville, Alabama (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  Leroy Pope Walker (1817-1884) — also known as Leroy P. Walker — of Huntsville, Madison County, Ala. Born in Huntsville, Madison County, Ala., February 7, 1817. Democrat. Member of Alabama state house of representatives, 1843-44, 1847-51, 1853; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alabama, 1860, 1876 (member, Resolutions Committee), 1884; Confederate Secretary of War, 1861; general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; delegate to Alabama state constitutional convention, 1875. Died in Huntsville, Madison County, Ala., August 23, 1884 (age 67 years, 198 days). Interment at Maple Hill Cemetery, Huntsville, Ala.
  Relatives: Son of John Williams Walker and Matilda (Pope) Walker; brother of Percy Walker and Richard Wilde Walker (1823-1874); uncle of John Williams Walker Fearn and Richard Wilde Walker (1857-1936); great-granduncle of Richard Walker Bolling.
  Political family: Walker family of Huntsville, Alabama (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Richard Wilde Walker (1823-1874) — of Alabama. Born in Huntsville, Madison County, Ala., February 16, 1823. Member of Alabama state legislature, 1851, 1855; associate justice of Alabama state supreme court, 1859; Delegate from Alabama to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62; Senator from Alabama in the Confederate Congress, 1864-65. Died in Huntsville, Madison County, Ala., June 16, 1874 (age 51 years, 120 days). Interment at Maple Hill Cemetery, Huntsville, Ala.
  Relatives: Son of John Williams Walker and Matilda (Pope) Walker; brother of Percy Walker and Leroy Pope Walker; married to Mary Ann Simpson; father of Richard Wilde Walker (1857-1936); uncle of John Williams Walker Fearn; great-grandfather of Richard Walker Bolling.
  Political family: Walker family of Huntsville, Alabama (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  John Williams Walker Fearn (1832-1899) — also known as Walker Fearn — of Mobile, Mobile County, Ala.; New Orleans, Orleans Parish, La. Born in Huntsville, Madison County, Ala., January 13, 1832. Lawyer; colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; U.S. Minister to Romania, 1885-89; Serbia, 1885-89; Greece, 1885-89; U.S. Consul General in Athens, as of 1885-89. Died in Hot Springs, Bath County, Va., April 7, 1899 (age 67 years, 84 days). Interment at Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Va.
  Relatives: Son of Richard Lee Fearn and Mary Jane (Walker) Fearn; married, November 7, 1865, to Fanny Hewitt; nephew of Percy Walker, Leroy Pope Walker and Richard Wilde Walker (1823-1874); grandson of John Williams Walker; first cousin of Richard Wilde Walker (1857-1936); first cousin twice removed of Richard Walker Bolling.
  Political family: Walker family of Huntsville, Alabama (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also U.S. State Dept career summary — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Richard Wilde Walker (1857-1936) — also known as Richard W. Walker — of Alabama. Born in Florence, Lauderdale County, Ala., March 11, 1857. Associate justice of Alabama state supreme court, 1891-92; appointed 1891; Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit, 1914-30; took senior status 1930. Died April 10, 1936 (age 79 years, 30 days). Interment at Maple Hill Cemetery, Huntsville, Ala.
  Relatives: Son of Richard Wilde Walker (1823-1874) and Mary Ann (Simpson) Walker; nephew of Percy Walker and Leroy Pope Walker; grandson of John Williams Walker; granduncle of Richard Walker Bolling; first cousin of John Williams Walker Fearn.
  Political family: Walker family of Huntsville, Alabama (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also federal judicial profile — Find-A-Grave memorial — Biographical Directory of Federal Judges
  Richard Walker Bolling (1916-1991) — also known as Richard Bolling — of Kansas City, Jackson County, Mo. Born in New York City (unknown county), N.Y., May 17, 1916. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S. Representative from Missouri 5th District, 1949-83. Episcopalian. Member, Americans for Democratic Action; Phi Delta Theta; Phi Beta Kappa. Died, apparently from a heart attack, in Washington, D.C., April 21, 1991 (age 74 years, 339 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Richard Walker Bolling (1882-1929) and Florence (Easton) Bolling; married, June 7, 1945, to Barbara Stratton; married, February 29, 1984, to Nona (Goddard) Herndon; grandnephew of Richard Wilde Walker (1857-1936); great-grandson of Richard Wilde Walker (1823-1874); great-grandnephew of Percy Walker and Leroy Pope Walker; second great-grandson of John Williams Walker; first cousin once removed of Douglass Townshend Bolling; first cousin twice removed of John Williams Walker Fearn; first cousin four times removed of Beverley Randolph; second cousin thrice removed of John Wayles Eppes; second cousin four times removed of Theodorick Bland; third cousin twice removed of John Robertson and Francis Wayles Eppes; third cousin thrice removed of John Randolph of Roanoke and Henry St. George Tucker; fourth cousin once removed of William Henry Fitzhugh Lee.
  Political family: Walker family of Huntsville, Alabama (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial — OurCampaigns candidate detail

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