Bedford County PA Archives Biographies.....WALKER, Charles W. ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/pafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Cathy Wentz ctwentz@aol.com January 18, 2009, 8:35 pm Author: History of Somerset & Bedford Counties, Pa. Charles W. Walker, one of the younger, but successful practitioners at the bar of Somerset county, Pennsylvania, was born November 5, 1867, in Summit township, Somerset county, Pennsylvania, son of Silas and Eliza (Walker) Walker. (I) Jacob Walker was a member of the early generation of the Walkers in this country. He was born in Frederick county, Maryland, about 1740, and immigrated to Bedford county (now Somerset county), Pennsylvania, in 1774. He settled in and resided in Brothers Valley township until his death in 1778, when he was killed by being thrown against a tree while riding a horse. He descended from the Walkers, who were early settler in Maryland. He married and reared a family, but the name of his wife is not now known. (II) Philip Walker, son of Jacob Walker (1), resided in what is now Summit township his entire life. (III) Peter P. H. Walker, son of Philip Walker (2), was a farmer in Summit township, where he died in 1882, aged eighty years. He married Sarah Will, daughter of Daniel Will and wife, and amoung the children born to them was a son, Silas. (IV) Silas Walker, son of Peter P. H. (3), and Sarah (Will) Walker, was born in Brothers Valley township, Somerset county, Pennsylvania, September 27, 1837. He has always been an agriculturist. In religious belief a Lutheran, and politically a Democrat. He obtained a good common education. He married Eliza Walker, daughter of Jacob P. and Elizabeth (Brougher) Walker, who died in 1896, aged eight-eight years. Mrs. Elizabeth Walker was born in Summit township, January 25, 1841, and is a member of the Lutheran church. Her father, Jacob P Walker, died in 1891, aged ninety-one years; he came from the same ancestry as Jacob, the above named original settler. John Brougher came from eastern Pennsylvania about 1790, and it is known, was of German descent. To Mr. and Mrs. Silas Walker were born six children: Wilson, Charles Willard, Robert B, Edward M. (deceased), Minerva, wife of Emmanuel Berkeley, Clara, wife of Peter S. Hay, all of Somerset county, Pennsylvania. (V) Charles Willard Walker, son of Silas (4) and Elizabeth (Walker) Walker, was born in Summit township, Somerset county, Pennsylvania, November 6, 1867, and educated at the common schools of his native county, and Pennsylvania College at Gettysburg, graduating therefrom in June, 1891, with the degree of A. B. Three years later he received the degree of the A. M. from his Alma Mater. During his college life he was an active member of Phi Delta Theta Fraternity. He was admitted to the bar September 29, 1893, and became a partner with A. L. G. Hay, which continued until April 1, 1897. Mr. Walker is a supporter of the Democratic ticket, and is a member of the Lutheran chuch at Somerset, Pennsylvania. He belongs to Somerset Lodge, No. 358, Free and Accepted Masons, and was master of the lodge from December 1898, to December 1899. October 6, 1897, he married, at Somerset borough, Miss Susan C Schrock, daughter of William M. and Mary E. Schrock. Her father was a captain in the Civil War,in the Union army (see sketch). This Schrock family came from Switzerland and the name was originally spelled Schrack, but finally corrupted to Schrock. The Schrock family was banished from Switzerland during a policical disturbance, property confiscated, and they fled to Holland, but later came to America, between 1760 and 1763. Mr,. and Mrs. Charles W. Walker, are the parents of one child, Willard Walker, born October 16, 1898, in Somerset borough. History of Bedford and Somerset Counties Pennsylvania with Genealogical and Personal Histories; Bedford County by E. Howard Blackburn; Somerset County by William H Welfley; Under the Editorial Supervision of the Honorable William H Koontz; The Lewis Publishing Company, New York: Chicago 1906. This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/pafiles/ File size: 4.3 Kb