BIOGRAPHIES: Levi WALKER, Maple Grove Township, Barron County, WI ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor, or the legal representative of the contributor, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Vic Gulickson 8 April 2002 ==================================================================== Levi Walker, a modern farmer, who owns a good place of 60 acres in Section 32, west, Maple Grove Township, was born Jan. 3, 1880, in Sauk County, Wis., son of Plinny and Jane (Heinman) Walker, natives of New York State, who came to Wisconsin in the late fifties, and later purchased 40 acres in Sauk County, where they lived the remainder of their lives, he dying in 1912 and she in 1910. Plinny Walker was a veteran of the Civil War, serving nearly four years in that conflict with a Wisconsin regiment. He and his wife were the parents of nine children: Susan (deceased), Norman, Loretta, Rachael, May, Amelia, Levi, Orlo and Everett. Levi Walker received his early education and training in his native county, and remained with his parents until 1905. Then for six years he rented farms, and subsequently purchased 80 acres in that county, which he operated for five years. It was in 1916 that he came to Barron County, and purchased his present place. He renovated the house, repaired the buildings, and in 1920 built a commodious barn, 34 by 84 feet, furnished with complete humane barn equipment. He carries on mixed farming and dairying, and makes a specialty of a herd of Holsteins with a fullblooded sire at its head. As a public-spirited citizen he has served on the school board for three years. His fraternal relations are with the Odd Fellows and the Beavers. His church is that of the Methodist Episcopal denomination. In April, 1920, he had the misfortune to lose his right hand while sawing lumber at a neighbor's home. Mr. Walker was married Jan. 4, 1901, to Nettie Singletary, who died Dec. 24, 1918. She was the daughter of Eugene and Lottie (Hyde) Singletary, both now deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Walker had three children: Keith S., born Feb. 3, 1904; Bernice J., born Nov. 6, 1905; and Raymond, born April 11, 1909. --Taken from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr. & Co., 1922, pp. 332-333.