Freestone County, Texas
Biographies 



Biography of Judge James Walker
        (?-?, burial: unknown)
        
Book - Reminiscences of reconstruction in Texas ; and, Reminiscences of Texas 
and Texans fifty years ago by William D. Wood. pg. 37.

JUDGE JAMES WALKER was a member of the Freestone county bar who settled in 
Fairfield in the early fifties.  He was born in Georgia; settled first in 
Houston, and from there removed to Fairfield and engaged in the practice of
his profession.  He was well grounded in the elements of the law, and a 
cautious, safe counselor.  He was full of kindness and good humour, a most
companionable man, fond of his friends and company, infusing life and enjoyment
into every crowd where he was found.  When Judge Jewett resigned, after the 
commencement of the Civil War, on account of aberration of mind, Judge Walker
was elected to the bench 

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of the Thirteenth District, in which office he gave universal satisfaction.  
After the close of the war he removed from Fairfield to Waco, where he now
resides.  The judge had one drawback as a lawyer - deafness - which has grown
in intensity with increasing age, and finally forced his retirement from the 
bar.  He is largely interested in Texas lands, and since his retirement from
the bar has devoted his leisure time to the perfecting of useful inventions.