Yolo County Biographies


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JOHN H. WALKER
 
JOHN H. WALKER, a farmer near Black�s Station, Yolo County, was born in Hanover, 
Germany, July 6, 1830, the son of Herman H. and Helena (Sinning) Walker, both 
natives also of that country; his father was most of his life a sea captain. In 
1849, Mr. Walker, the subject of this brief notice, emigrated to America, 
remained a year at New York and then sailed for California, landing at San 
Francisco in the autumn of 1850. After working in the mines until 1857 he 
visited Germany, returned eleven months afterward and followed mining again till 
1861, when he revisited his native place a second time, remaining until 1869, 
this time becoming married, September 16, 1862. On returning to California, he 
rented land for three years, following agricultural pursuits, and then he 
purchased the place where he now resides, comprising 480 acres well improved and 
now in fine condition. It is about three miles northeast of Black�s Station. 
      Mr. Walker married a daughter of Herman and Elizabeth (Mams) Baldwin, a 
native of Germany. Their children are: Herman J., born July 30, 1863; John F., 
December 20, 1866; William J., February 15, 1870; Elizabeth M., June 6, 1872 and 
Helen E., July 25, 1874. 
      
Memorial & Biographical History of Northern California
The Lewis Publishing Co., 1891
Page 622
Transcribed by: Bonnie Phelan