Walker Web Family Cards - Person Sheet
Name Melville Walker
Birth Apr 15, 1846, Chatham Hill In K&Q Co, VA
Death Dec 6, 1904, Locust Grove In K&Q Co Va
Burial Hollywood Cementary in Richmond VA
Religion Methodist
Father John Walker (1785-1867)
Mother Margaret Watkins Shepherd (1804-1886)
Misc. Notes
Considered one of the best Christians in the community. Ambrose White, a Negro who belonged to Melville’s father used to say, “Mr. Melville Walker ks the only man around here who ought to be sure he is g’wine to Heaven.”25
Obituary: Richmond Times Dispatch Friday Dec 9, 1904: Walkerton Va Dec 8. Mr. Melville Walker died at his residence, Locust Groe. last evening in the58th year of age, after a short illness of pneumonia. He volunteered durng the Civil War when only seventeen years of age, and made a gallant soldier; was captured and kept a prisoner for a long time at Point Lookout. He was universally veloved and respected, and his death has cast a gloom over the entire community. His was a sincere Christian, ever faithful and true to his church and Sunday-school, from which he was never absent unless prevented by sickness. He was a steward in the Methodist Church for many years. He married Miss Virginia Henley who with three children, survive him.
Spouses
1 Virginia Thomas Henley
Birth Aug 20, 1846, Hillsborough In K&Q Co VA
Death Mar 25, 1928, Richmond, VA
Burial Hollywood Cementary in Richmond VA
Father Joseph Temple Henley (1818-1870)
Mother Elizabeth Todd Walker (1825-1900)
Marriage Nov 3, 1868
Children Margaret Elizabeth (1871-1960)
John Henley (1875-1969)
Alice Landon (1876-1963)
Lucy Watson (Died as Infant)
Beulah (Died as Infant) (-1873)
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