Bio: Walker, Joseph
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---Source: 1881 History of Northern Wisconsin, pg. 219.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF JOSEPH WALKER

JOSEPH WALKER, Street Commissioner, Chippewa Falls, was born in Ireland in 1836. Came to America when ten years of age. Lived in State of Minnesota for sixteen years, engaged in farming. Came to Chippewa Falls in 1862, and was employed in saw mill for a short time. Enlisted in December of that year, in 7lh Wis. Infantry, and served until the close of the War. Received a severe wound in left leg at Battle of the Wilderness, and returned to Chippewa Falls in 1865. Was Overseer of Highways (or two years, Watchman in Court House building for four Winters, Street Commissioner in 1877 and 1878, and re-elected in 1881. Married at Winona, Minn., in June, 1858, to Catherine Don, born in Ireland. They have ten children—Mary, Rose (now Mrs. Murray), William, Susan, Catherine, Joseph, Frank, Ellen, Annie, Agnes.