Biography of Charles J. Walker, page 104. History of Northeast Indiana; 
LaGrange, Steuben, Noble, and DeKalb Counties, Vol. II, under editorial 
supervision of Ira Ford, Orville Stevens, William H. McEwen, and William H. 
McIntosh.  The Lewis Publishing Co., Chicago and New York, 1920.

   Charles J. Walker, whose home and farm are in Union Township 1½ miles 
east of Auburn, is a member of an old and prominent family of DeKalb County.
   His grandfather, John R. Walker, was born in Yorktown, Pennsylvania, in 
1808, and married Catherine Frumrine, In 1835 he moved to Columbiana County, 
Ohio, and in 1844 came to DeKalb County and bought 160 acres in section 35 
of Smithfield Township. He cleared most of the timber from the land and in 
1860 bought another quarter section.
    George K. Walker, a son of this pioneer, was born in Indiana, in 
Smithfield Township, and married Anna Ashelman.  She was a daughter of John 
W. Ashelman, who became one of the largest land owners in DeKalb County.  
George K. Walker and wife were married in DeKalb County and are now living 
at Waterloo, Indiana.  They are members of the United Brethren Church and 
the father is a democrat in politics.  There are four children: John of 
Grant Township; Alice, wife of Charles O. Spear; William, of Smithfield 
Township; and Charles J.
   Charles J. Walker, who was born on a farm in Smithfield Township 
December 3, 1880, was educated there in the district schools and is a 
graduate of the Waterloo High School. For ten years he has been a 
prosperous farmer and a breeder of Holstein cattle.  He is a democrat and 
he and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. December 
24, 1912, he married Mary Funk. She was born in Allen County, Indiana.

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Arlene Goodwin
Auburn, Indiana
Agoodwin@ctlnet.com