Mobile-Madison County AlArchives Biographies.....Walker, Percy December 1812 - December 31, 1880
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Author: "Alabama:  Her History, Resources, War REcord, and Public Men From 1540 to 1872,:" By Willis Brewer, page 397

Percy Walker is a resident of Mobile, but a native of Madison.  He was born at 
Huntsville, December 1812, and is the son of Hon. John W. Walker, deceased, of 
that county.  He was educated at Greene Academy and the University of 
Virginia.  After attending the medical school of Transylvania University, he 
received a diploma at Philadelphia in 1835.  He located in Mobile the same 
year, and was a practitioner here for a year or two.  He then invested his 
patrimony in drugs, and lost it in the financial crash of 1837.  In 1839 he 
represented the county in the general assembly, which was his first appearance 
in public life.  While reading law in 1840, he was elected solicitor of the 
judicial circuit.  He informed the court that he had not been admitted to the 
bar, and was directed to have himself enrolled at once.  He at once entered on 
his duties and served four years.  In 1847 he was the only member of the ticket 
of his party elected to the legislature from this county, and was returned in 
1853.  Two years after, he was the candidate of his party for congress, and was 
elected over Hon. J. A. Stallworth of Conecuh.  Though the candidate of the 
American party, he denounced any attempt to proscribe persons for their 
religious faith.  He represented the county again in the able delegation sent 
by it to the general assembly in 1859, and served as chairman of the judiciary 
committee.  He was adjutant and inspector general of the forces of the State 
during the war, and has since devoted his time to his profession.  Col. Walker 
has a tall and graceful figure, a dignified bearing, and intellectual 
features.  He is very prominent in his profession, and is fluent and chaste in 
oratory.  He is an honorable man, and a cultivated gentleman and scholar.  He 
married a daughter of Hon. A. S. Lipscomb.

Additional Comments:
Percy Walker married Ellen Lipscomb.  The 1850 through 1880 census show no 
children and that Percy was a practicing attorney.

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