Biographies:  Benjamin  F.  Walker, Rice Lake Township, Barron Co., WI 




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Benjamin  F.  Walker,  an active and efficient farmer of section 14, Rice
Lake  Township,  was born in Buffalo County, this state, Jan. 27, 1876, son
of Martin P. and Ida (Babcock) Walker, natives respectively of Pennsylvania
and  Wisconsin.  The  father  died in February, 1883, and the mother is now
living at Bayfield, Wis. Benjamin F. received a common school education and
as  a  young  man  was variously employed. He came to Rice Lake in 1904 and
entered  the employ of the Rice Lake Lumber Co. In 1906 he started work for
the  Rice  Lake  Excelsior  Co., with which he remained for seven years. He
bought  his  present farm of 40 acres of cut-over land in 1913. A house had
been  erected  on  the tract and about five acres cleared. He continued the
improvements,  grubbed  out  the  stumps  and  cleared most of the land and
erected  a  good basement barn, equipped with such modern improvements as a
water  cistern,  patent  stanchions and a silo. He now has a good place and
successfully  carries  on  general  farming  and  dairying.  The  home is a
hospitable  one  and  Mr.  and Mrs. Walker are well regarded throughout the
community.  Mr. Walker is a popular member of the I. O. O. F. of Rice Lake,
and  Mrs.  Walker is interested in church work. Mr. Walker was married Nov.
14,  1894,  in  Pepin County, Wis., to Effie Manor, daughter of William and
Mary (Martin) Manor. This union resulted in one daughter, who was born Dec.
20, 1896, and died in infancy.
 
--Transcribed from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper,
Jr., & Co., 1922, pg. 700.