Crawford Co., AR - Biographies - W. K. Walker, M. D.

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W. K. Walker, M. D., was born September 17, 1847, and is a son of 
William and Frances (Miller) Walker, who were born October 16, 1808, 
in North Carolina, and February 12, 1809, in South Carolina, 
respectively. The former was a farmer by occupation, and died in 1875. 
In politics he was a Democrat. The mother died September 7, 1861. The 
grandfather, Wesley Walker, was born in Virginia in 1781, and during 
the War of 1812 served under Gen. Jackson. He engaged in farming for a 
livelihood, and died about 1834. The grandmother, Sarah (Cherry) 
Walker, was born in Pennsylvania in 1781, and died in 1876. The 
maternal grandfather, William Miller, was also a soldier in the War of 
1812 under Gen. Jackson, and engaged in farming. He was a native of 
South [p.1208] Carolina, and died in 1840. His wife, Barbara (Rose) 
Miller, was of Dutch descent. Our subject began life for himself in 
1866, as a carpenter in Atlanta, Ga., having passed his boyhood in the 
northern part of that State. He afterward farmed until 1878, when he 
began the study of medicine. He read medicine under Dr. B. M. 
Stephens, of Searcy County, Ark., and in 1882 received a certificate 
from the medical examiners of that county, of which he had become a 
resident in 1876. In 1883 he went to Logan County, and the next year 
located at Cove City, where he has since been actively engaged in the 
practice of his profession. In 1867 he married Miss Matilda Honnicutt, 
who was born February 22, 1852, and died October 25, 1881. Her parents 
were M. J. and Locky (Webb) Honnicutt, natives of North Carolina, who 
were born in 1818 and 1815, and died in 1886 and 1875, respectively. 
During 1862 Mr. Honnicutt enlisted in the Eleventh Georgia Regiment, 
commanded by Col. Anderson, and served under Capt. Welsh. In 1882 Dr. 
Walker married Mrs. C. J. Woodard, who was born in Kentucky, in 1848, 
and is a daughter of John and, Vienna Evans, natives of North 
Carolina, who were born in 1814 and 1824. They moved to Kentucky from 
North Carolina in 1845, and in 1851 went to Georgia. In 1867 the 
father died, and in 1870 the family moved from Georgia to Arkansas. 
Mrs. Walker is the mother of four children by her first husband, J. B. 
Woodard, viz.: Mrs. Vienna London, James I. Woodard, Mary E. Woodard 
and Benjamin Woodard, all residents of this county. To Dr. Walker 
three children were borne by his first wife: Mary F., Benjamin S. and 
Jack Walker. Dr. Walker is a Democrat in politics, and cast his first 
presidential vote for Seymour, in 1868. He is now serving his third 
term as justice of the peace, and is a member of the Blue Lodge in 
Masonry, and is also a Chapter Mason.