Grundy County IL Archives Biographies.....Walker, Isaac Benson 
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Author: History of Grundy County, 1914

Walker, Isaac Benson – The farms of Grundy County show evidences of careful 
cultivation and modern improvements and this accounts in part for the banner 
crops raised in this locality. One of the men who has been more than 
ordinarily successful along agricultural lines is Isaac Benson Walker, owner 
of 260 acres of fertile land in Good Farm Township, on which he carries on 
general farming and the raising of cattle and horses. He was born in Monroe 
County, Ohio, January 10, 1855, a son of Lazendy and Ann (Clithero) Walker, 
both natives of Monroe County, Ohio, where the father was a farmer until 
coming to Grundy County, Ill., in 1858. Here he bought eighty acres of land in 
Mazon Township, and cultivated it until his enlistment at Morris, Ill., for 
service during the Civil War. He died in service in 1863 and is buried at 
Brownsville, Tex., in the Soldiers' cemetery at that point. His widow died at 
Mazon, Ill., in 1904. These parents had six children: William D.; Janie, who 
died in infancy; and Isaac, Thomas W., Edward W., and Oliver.

Isaac Benson Walker was reared on the farm and received but little educational 
advantages. When he was fifteen years old his mother bought a team of horses 
and he began operating her eighty acres. When he was twenty-seven years old, 
having been assisting her all this while, he began working for himself, and in 
1891 was able to buy his present farm. Since coming into possession of it he 
has tiled it, built a beautiful brick residence and other buildings, the 
estate now looking like a small village, and being one of the finest places in 
the county.

On November 2, 1881, Mr. Walker married Hattie Williams, of Morris, Ill., and 
they have four children: Morris W., Anna Preston, Russell and Louise. Mr. 
Walker belongs to the Methodist Church. His fraternal connections are with the 
Modern Woodmen of America, while in politics he is a Republican, and served as 
school director for twenty years. He is one of the most advanced of the 
agriculturalists in his township and his success has been attained through 
intelligent work and wise investments.

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

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