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Note: Walker family Bible reads
"Joseph Walker and Rebeca E. Hooper was married thiss 2nd day of November, 1865
by Alvy Chilcoat Esqr. of Huntingdon County, Penn."
Alvy Chilcoat was probably Alvah Chilcoat, a wealthy farmer listed in the 1870 census (age 67) of Cromwell Township, Huntingdon County on page 565-B. He may have been a lay preacher, or an official of a local church or held a civil post such as Justice of the Peace ??
The Walkers were living either in Clay or Cromwell Township in 1865.
Walker Family Bible reads "Joseph Walker was born February the 3d A.D. 1847" The word Joseph was heavily overwritten in pencil at a later date apparently to clarify the faint writing.
1850 census age of 5 would seem to indicate a birth in 1845.
1860 census age of 14 indicates he must have been born before Oct 27 1846.
So either the Bible is incorrect or the census ages are both a bit off (which would not be unusual)
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"Uncle Joe" Walker reportedly fought in the Battle of Gettysburg according to family lore
(Robert K. McConeghy Jr. remembered his great uncle Joe and we have photos of him.)
He would have only been 16 in July of 1863.
I have been unable to locate him in any Civil War records and do not yet know where he is buried.
He also supposedly worked in Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
We have photos of him in old age with a cowboy hat and bandana.
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1850 US Census, South Woodbury Township, Bedford County, Pennsylvania, page 213-B, Dwelling #41, Family #42, ancestry.com image #4 of 26, enumerated October 15, 1850.
John Walker, head, age 41(or40)!, occ: laborer, born in PA
Elisa(sic),(wife), age 38, born in PA
Hannah, (daughter), age 10, born in PA
Jacob, (son), age 7, born in PA
Joseph, (son), age 5, born in PA
Sarah, (daughter), age 3, born in PA
John W.,(son) age 1, born in PA
(John's age is way off here he must have been about 55, and Eliza must have been 28 not 38, son John W. apparently died in childhood because he does not appear in the 1860 census. Ages of the children are all a bit off as well. This enumerator did not mark the column for "attended school" for anyone on this page, but did mark that column on other pages.
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1860 US Census, Clay Township (Post Office : Shirleysburg), Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, page 44 (stamped 164), dwelling #305, Family # 297, Roll 1115, Book 1, genealogy.com image #26 of 27 for Clay Twp), enumerated October 27, 1860.
John Walker, (head), age 65, real estate $150, personal property $300, occ: blank, born in PA
Eliza A., (wife), age 38, born in PA
Jacob, (son), age 15, born in PA, attended school
Sarah A., (daughter), age 15, born in PA, attended school
Joseph, (son), age 14, born in PA, attended school
Charles A.(?), (son), age 10, born in PA, attended school
Henry A., (son), age 8, born in PA
Margaret, (daughter), age 5, born in PA
Barton D., (son), age 2, born in PA
Note: almost all the people in this Township were dittoed as born in PA which is a bit suspicious. No occupation was given for anyone in the family. Immediate neighbors were farmers, others in the immediate area were laborer, mill wright, shoemaker.
Barton D. is clearly the same child as the "Bartin" age 10 listed in 1870 but he should have been 12 there. Barton might actually be Bartin here but there is no clear dot over the letter i. He should have only been 11 months old here, not 2, but it is possible that the ages were supplied by a neighbor or one of the children.
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Walker family Bible reads
"Joseph Walker and Rebeca E. Hooper was married thiss 2nd day of November, 1865
by Alvy(?) Chilcoat Esqr. of Huntingdon County, Penn."
Alvy Chilcoat was probably Alvah Chilcoat, a wealthy farmer listed in the 1870 census (age 67) of Cromwell Township, Huntingdon County on page 565-B. He may have been a lay preacher, or an official of a local church or held a civil post such as Justice of the Peace ??
The Walkers were living either in Clay or Cromwell Township in 1865.
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