Greene County IN Archives Biographies.....Walker, J. W. 1856 - 
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Author: Goodspeed (1884)

   J. W. WALKER was born in Beech Creek Township, Greene Co., Ind., September
18, 1856, and is the only son of Edward W. and Mary D. Walker. He is of English
and Irish descent. His father being a farmer of limited means, was unable to do
much for him, either in the way of giving him an educational or a financial
start in life. He was permitted, however, to attend the district school until he
was sixteen. At that age, he obtained from Prof. R. C. Hilburn, an eighteen
months' license to teach. One year prior to this time, he received the most
severe shock of his life—his father and mother separated—and he was subjected to
the taunts of a heartless world. For a few months the future to him seemed
starless. But possessing a strong will, a bright intellect, a commendable
ambition, he made a vigorous effort to secure an education. His progress was so
rapid that at the age of seventeen he began his first school. By teaching, he
earned the means of support to further pursue his studies. In this way he has
become one of the most efficient and popular teachers in Greene County. He was a
student in the Solsberry High School for two terms, Prof. R. A. Ogg, a graduate
of the State University, being his instructor. The next school he attended was
the Northern Indiana Normal. He spent two years there, graduating in 1878. In
the summer of the next year, he was employed by County Superintendent S. W.
Axtell to assist Profs. Ogg and Menges in the Bloomfield Normal. Since that
time, he has taught at various places with a high degree of success. He was at
Newberry for three years, in the meantime conducting two summer normals. He was
employed by Dr. E. W. Hilburn as Principal of the Newberry High School, at a
salary of $10 per month more than was ever given any other teacher of Cass
Township. In 1883, he and Prof. W. B. McKee had control of the summer term of
the Bloomfield Normal. At this time, he and Prof. Frame are associate Principals
of the same school. In March, 1881, he was married to Miss Lora Glidden, who had
charge of the Second Intermediate Department of the Worthington Schools. They
now have two children. In politics, he is a positive Democrat. In the spring of
1880, he was initiated into the Worthington Lodge, No. 137, I. O. O. F. He is
not a member of any church, but believes in the common brotherhood of mankind,
and in practicing the broad principles of humanity and Christianity as found in
the golden rule. Thus far his career is a fair demonstration of what can be
accomplished by energy, enterprise and a stern determination to succeed in the
face of all difficulties.

Additional Comments:
Cass Township Biographies

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HISTORY OF GREENE AND SULLIVAN COUNTIES,
STATE OF INDIANA,
FROM THE EARLIEST TIME TO THE PRESENT; TOGETHER WITH INTERESTING BIOGRAPHICAL
SKETCHES, REMINISCENCES, NOTES, ETC.

ILLUSTRATED.

CHICAGO: GOODSPEED BROS. & CO., PUBLISHERS.
1884.

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