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GEORGE WALKER, farmer, P. O. Mt. Oreb. Henry B. Walker, father of the subject of this sketch, was born in Pennsylvania, probably in the year 1780, where he married Betsy E. Snell, by whom he had fourteen children, seven of whom are now living. They emigrated to Clermont County, Ohio, about 1801, where they remained till 1814, in which year they moved to Brown County, and settled in Sterling Township. He died in 1845, his wife died in the same year. Our subject was born February 20, 1811, in Clermont County, Ohio, in 1814, with his parents he came to Sterling Township, this county. On February 16, 1834, he married Miss Charity C. Bratten, daughter of Joseph and Nancy Bratten. To them have been born seven children, six of whom are now living — Nancy E., Nelson R., Oscar P., Hillery W., William B. and Laura. Mr. Walker had five sons who were engaged in the late war of the rebellion, and who have thereby enrolled their names with the thousands of others who so bravely volunteered to defend the federal flag, which was about to be dishonored and trampled under the heel of a most formidable enemy. They all returned home without any serious injury. He is a man of good judgment and sterling integrity, also a member of the Presbyterian Church, and the owner of eighty-five acres of land located in the southern portion of Green Township.