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Submitted: 12/9/09 • Approved: 8/24/15 • Last Updated: 8/27/15 • R266844-G266843-S3
February 4, 1841 - February 12, 1920
Daughter of Peter Van Winkle
Married Martin K Walker February 10, 1857
*Obituary (as written)
Rogers Democrat
Thursday, February 19, 1920
WALKER, Anne VAN WINKLE - Mrs. Anne Walker died Wednesday, Feb. 11th at her home northwest of Lowell at the age of 79 years and seven days. She had been ill for some time. Funeral services were held Thursday afternoon and were conducted by Rev. T.E. McSpadden of the Presbyterian church of this city. She was buried by the side of her husband who died 31 years ago. The deceased was the oldest daughter of Peter Van Winkle, one of the pioneer settlers of Northwest Arkansas and all of her life was spent in Washington and Benton counties. Her father came to Washington county from Illinois in 1839 and she was born February 4, 1841. The family came to Benton county in 1850 and her father built the famous Van Winkle lumber mills on War Eagle river and was for years the largest and best known lumberman in this entire section. She was married Feb. 10, 1857 to Martin K. Walker and to them were born eleven children, ten of whom are still living, three sons and seven daughters. One daughter died in her teens. The children are: Mrs. Joe W. Kimmons; Mrs. W.A. Hall of Rogers; Mrs. Shelton of Fayetteville; Mrs. J.N. Tillman of Washington, D.C.; Mrs. J.S. Pyle of Siloam Springs; Misses Sophia and Anne Walker; J.W. Walker of Rogers and Calvin and Jeff Walker of Springdale. Mrs. Z.L. Reagan and Mrs. John Nance of Rogers are both granddaughters of the deceased. No family is better known in the annals of the eastern side of Benton county for Mrs. Walker was a sister of the late Mrs. J.B. Steele; of the first wife of Senator J.A.C. Blackburn, and of Mrs. J.K.P. Stringfield. Mr. Walker was a school teacher when he married and for several years they both taught school but in 1860 they bought the farm where they both lived until their deaths. Mrs. Walker was deeply attached to the place and could not be induced to leave it and until the last few years was actively interested in its management. She united with the C.P. church in 1876 and was a member of the Lowell church. For 14 years she was a faithful instructor in the Sunday school there. Mrs. Walker was a woman of great force of character and with many splendid traits and virtues. She was a real factor in the community in many ways and her life will long be remembered there.
*Photographed October 20 2009 by J. Vander Ham
Contributed on 12/9/09 by wfields55
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