Multnomah-Clatsop County OR Archives Biographies.....Walker, Jr., James Greig  June 18, 1882 - 
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Source: History of the Columbia River Valley From The Dalles to the Sea, Vol. III, Published 1928, Pages 918 - 921
Author: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company

     JAMES GREIG WALKER, JR., of Portland, residing at 676 Halsey street, was 
born in San Francisco, California, June 18, 1882, a son of James Greig and 
Josephine E. (Kinney) Walker and a grandson of Robert C. and Eliza Lee 
(Bigelow) Kinney, pioneers of Oregon of 1847. Excellent educational advantages 
were accorded him in his youth. He attended the Belmont School of Belmont, 
California, the Portland Academy of Portland, Oregon, the Massachusetts 
Institute of Technology in Boston and the Boston University Law School, being 
graduated from the last named institution with the degree of LL. B. in 1908. 
The same year he was admitted to the bar in California and shortly thereafter 
became a member of the Oregon bar. He practiced law in San Francisco for 
several years and he is a director in the J. G. Walker Company with large real 
estate holdings in that city. He has comprehensive holdings and is prominently 
identified with the development of the north beach country, as a resort, in 
Pacific County, Washington. He is also interested in the Pacific Coast Linen 
Mills at Vancouver, Washington, and is a member of the special advisory 
committee to meet with the board of trustees of that organization.

     In Masonry Mr. Walker is a member of the following bodies: Baalbec Lodge,
A. F. & A. M., of East Boston, Massachusetts; Portland Chapter No. 3, R. A. M.;
Oregon Commandery No. 1, K. T.; Oregon Consistory No. 1, A. & A. S. R.; Al 
Kader Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S., of Portland, and Pacific Chapter No. 129, O. 
E. S., of Ilwaco, Washington. His name is likewise on the membership roll of 
the Kiwanis Club of Ilwaco-Long Beach, Washington, and the University Club of 
Portland, Oregon.

     On the 19th of January, 1916, in Boston, Massachusetts, Mr. Walker was 
united in marriage to Miss Amy Gertrude Littlehale, of that city. Mrs. Walker 
traces her lineage to the Mayflower, being a descendant of John and Priscilla 
Alden and a member of the Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants. She 
has been an indefatigable worker in historical and genealogical societies. She 
is a member of Multnomah Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution 
in Portland; is an ex-state director and honorary state director for life of 
the Children of the American Revolution in Oregon; is president of the Oregon 
State Chapter of Daughters of Founders and Patriots of America, and has 
recently been appointed by the General Society of Mayflower Descendants to 
organize a society in Oregon. In 1927 Mrs. Walker was decorated by the United 
States Flag Association for especially meritorious work. She is an officer of 
Camelia Chapter, Order of the Eastern Star, and a member of Nydia Temple, 
Daughters of the Nile and of the Social Order of the Beauceant, and also 
belongs to the Portland Hunt Club. Mr. and Mrs. Walker have four children: 
Curtis Kinney Walker, born at Astoria, Oregon, February 20, 1917; Edna 
Littlehale Walker, born at Seaview, Washington, July 10, 1918; and Robert 
Bigelow and Olive Drake Walker, twins, born at Portland, Oregon, June 30, 
1921. Mrs. Walker's mother, Mrs. Ernest Jerome Littlehale, formerly of Boston, 
makes her home with Mr. and Mrs. Walker. Mrs. Littlehale is a member of the 
Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants, Multnomah Chapter, D. A. R., 
and Camelia Chapter, Order of the Eastern Star.

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