Henry County AlArchives Biographies.....Walker, Charles E. April 1 1853 - living in 1893
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Author: Brant & Fuller (1893)
    CHARLES E. WALKER, deputy clerk of the circuit court of Henry county, is one
of the most enterprising young business men of Columbia. He was born in Marion
county, Ga., April 1, 1853. He was one of two children born to John F. and
Martha (Ward) Walker. The former was a native of Georgia, and grew to manhood in
the state of his nativity. While he was a man of limited education, yet he was a
man of great brain power. He engaged in farming for some years, and was elected
probate judge of Clay county, Ga., and held the office for eight years. He was a
member of the Fort Gaines city council for many years, and he was for a number
of years agent for the Southwestern Railroad company. In 1852, he moved to
Columbia, where he opened a warehouse, in company with his son, and operated
that warehouse until his death, which occurred in 1884, in the sixty-fourth year
of his age. He was a son of William B. Walker, also a native of Georgia, who
took part in the Florida, and also in the Mexican, war. He was a pioneer of
Georgia, lived a good and useful life, and died at Fort Gaines, Ga., in 1885, in
the eighty-fifth year of his age. The father of Charles E. Walker was married
twice, first to the mother of Charles E. Walker, and the second time to Rebecca
Stewart, by whom he had two children, and who still survives. The mother of
Charles E. Walker was a native of Georgia, was married at the age of eighteen,
and had two children, and died in 1855. Charles E. Walker was married in
December, 1876, to Miss Lillie Grist, daughter of Fred Grist, a native of
Georgia, prominent in agricultural circles, and a man of wealth. His death
occurred in 1888. The wife of our subject grew to womanhood under the care of
aunt, who traveled extensively. She graduated from St. Mary's college of
Knoxville, Ill., and was married in her twenty-first year. She has had five
children, only two of whom survive, viz.: Eugene G. and John W. Mr. Walker is a
member of lodge No. 2,863, K. of H., is a democrat in politics, is public
spirited, and is generally recognized as a representative man. He favors all
enterprises tending to advance the public welfare. His education was secured
first in the common schools, and he then attended a commercial college, from
which he graduated in 1873. He then engaged with the firms of Loab & Co., and
Solomon Coon, of Fort Gaines, Ga., as bookkeeper, remaining in their employ two
years. He then engaged in business for himself at Fort Gaines, Ga., opening a
commercial warehouse, and continuing in this business two years. He then
disposed of his possessions and removed to Alabama, settling at Columbia, and
engaging as bookkeeper with R. H. Walker, remaining in his employ four years. In
1882, he embarked in business for himself, opening a warehouse which he operated
until 1884. He then engaged in the mercantile business under the firm name of
Walker, Hays & Co., he being the "Co." In January, 1885, he retired from this
firm and, engaged in the insurance business, and later in 1885, he was appointed
deputy circuit court clerk, which position he continues to hold.



Additional Comments:
from "Memorial Record of Alabama", Vol. I, p. 1124, 1127
Published by
Brant & Fuller (1893)
Madison, WI

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