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WALKER, J. F. mnfr. Ladies’ Friend Washing Machine. James F. Walker was born in Greene County, Sept. 16, 1838, oldest son of L. W. and Hester Walker. L. W. Walker was born in West Virginia, and came to Greene County at the age of twenty, and in connection with John Baker and James built the first grist and saw mill on Hurricane Creek. About 1837 he was married to Miss Hester Garrison, of Kentucky. Eventually L. W. Walker became a farmer of considerable prominence. He died at Roodhouse, in 1875, and was laid at rest in the Jones Cemetery. Mr. Walker was twice married. Hester Walker died in 1863, and in 1866 Mr. Walker was married to Miss Lydia Jane Dossie, who died many years ago. James Walker grew up in Greene County, and enlisted August, 1862, in Co. F, 101st Ill. Inf., three years’ service; corporal during the war; evinced no ordinary daring as a soldier, and was engaged in the most important, battles of the war, as Mission Ridge, Lookout Mountain—both engagements, etc., etc. Peach Tree Creek, Dallas, Atlanta, and witnessed the surrender of Johnston, in North Carolina. When the war closed Mr. W. settled in Morgan County, where he followed farming. In 1861 he was married to Miss E. Devault, a daughter of John and Elizabeth Devault. In after years Mr. W. became largely engaged as a contractor and builder, and erected many of the best residences and stone buildings in Roodhouse, as Kirkland Hotel and school house. Mr. W. began the manufacture of the Ladies Friend Washer but a year ago, and sold during 1878, 300 washers—and a constant demand.