Grundy County IL Archives Biographies.....Walker, Albert D 
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Author: History of Grundy County, 1914

Walker, Albert D., a prosperous retired farmer of Morris, is a representative 
agriculturalist of Grundy County, who, throughout his life, has believed in 
hard work and thrifty saving. Mr. Walker was born at Sandgate, Vt., May 9, 
1851, son of Daniel P. and Flora S. (Randall) Walker, natives of Vermont. In 
1871 the family came to Lisbon, Ill., and spent the winter. In the spring of 
1872 removal was made to a farm which the father had purchased in Saratoga 
Township. This property he farmed until 1887, when he moved to Morris, where 
he lived retired until his death, in February, 1901, just a year after the 
demise of his wife.

Albert D. Walker attended the public schools of his neighborhood and the 
seminary at Manchester, Vt., and remained with his parents until his marriage, 
following which he operated his father's farm for three years. He then spent 
two years in Ford County, Ill., but returning, took possession of his father's 
estate, of which he eventually received 182 acres, which he still owns 
although he retired from the farm in 1907 and now resides at Morris, renting 
his property.

On April 25, 1882, Mr. Walker was married to Cora L. Gifford, born in Felix 
Township, daughter of H. C. and Sarah J. (Gibson) Gifford, natives of New 
Jersey and Huron County, Ohio, and died January 31, 1913.  Mr. and Mrs. 
Gifford were married in the latter locality, but in 1850 went to California. 
He was a shoemaker by trade, but when he came back from California and as far 
east as Morris, he worked on the canal for several years. Following this he 
conducted a grocery store for a time, then sold and retired, dying at Morris, 
February 17, 1907, his wife having passed away in 1886. Mr. and Mrs. Walker 
are the parents of two children: Addie May, now Mrs. Charles L. Sanderson of 
Morris and have one child, Marjorie, born February 21, 1909; and Mabel, who 
married Arthur Sanderson, also of Morris, and they have one son, born in 
March, 1914, whom they have named Edward Dwight. Mr. Walker is a Republican 
and has served as road commissioner of Saratoga Township. He belongs to the 
Modern Woodmen of America of Morris and to the Lincoln Club, while his 
religious affiliations are with the Methodist Church. A man of strong 
convictions and willing to live up to them, Mr. Walker is respected for his 
opinions and his strictly upright life.

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Source:  History of Grundy County, Illinois, Chicago: Munsell Publishing Co. 
Publishers; 1914

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