Interim Content
Walker, Oliver
Biography
11 July 1782–13 Apr. 1843. Merchant, grocer, justice of the peace, farmer. Born in New York. Son of William Walker. Married Nancy Cressy, 8 Feb. 1803. Moved to New York City, by 1804; to Essex, Essex Co., New York, by 1808; and to Dayton, Montgomery Co., Ohio, by 1816. Purchased land in Randolph Co., Indiana, by 1817, where he was justice of the peace. Purchased land in Winchester, Randolph Co., 1819. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by Zebedee Coltrin, ca. June–Sept. 1831, in Winchester. Ordained an elder, by 28 Dec. 1834. Purchased land on Shoal Creek, Caldwell Co., Missouri, 16 Aug. 1836. Hosted meeting between Saints and local residents of Hawn’s Mill area, 25 or 26 Oct. 1838, on Shoal Creek. Moved to Nauvoo, Hancock Co., Illinois, ca. 1840. Died in Nauvoo.
Links
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- Alphabetical List of Property in Nauvoo Second Ward for 1842, 22 March 1843
- Alphabetical List of Property in Nauvoo Third Ward for 1842, 27 March 1843
- List of Delinquent Taxes, Nauvoo Second Ward for 1842, circa December 1843
- List of Property in Nauvoo Second Ward, 1842
- List of Property in Nauvoo Third Ward, 1842
- List of Taxable Lots in Nauvoo Third Ward
- List of Taxable Lots in Nauvoo, Illinois
- Minutes, 28 December 1834
- Notations about Elijah Fordham's Returns to Nauvoo City Treasurer, circa December 1843
- Petition from A. W. Whitney and Others, 25 February 1843
- Trustee-in-Trust, Account Book, 13 December 1841–26 April 1847
- William D. Huntington, Cemetery Records, 1839–1846
- William D. Huntington, Report, circa 17 April 1843
- Gender
- Male