JOSEPH WALKER, miner, Rockville; born at Hebden, in Parish of Linten, Yorkshire, England, Dec. 3, 1835; son of Thomas and Ann (Pratt) Walker; came to Rockville in 1857, and has been mining most of the time. Unmarried, and has a brother (Edward) at Whittemore, Iowa, who is also single. In 1862, enlisted in Co. H, 25th W. V. I.; served three years, and draws a pension of $12 per month by reason of injuries received in vicinity of Atlanta, Ga.; was in all the battles from Chattanooga to Atlanta, and also through the siege of Vicksburg, under U. S. Grant, and in the Meridian campaign of 1864.

This biography generously submitted by Roxanne Munns.