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Walker, Joseph E a Methodist Episcopal minister, was born at Wilton, Me., in 1847. He was converted at the age of twenty; began preaching in 1869; supplied the Lisbon charge in 1870; and in 1871 joined the Maine Conference, and was appointed to Maple Circuit, where he labored, two years, and then returned to Wilton, … Continue reading “Walker, Joseph E”

Walker, Joseph (1) an English Congregational minister, was born in 1802. Mr. Walker was for many years a teacher in the public schools. He graduated with high honors at Airedale College, and became pastor of Northallerton Independent Church. After years of patient labor, he removed to Hexham, and in 1855 set-led at Derby. Mr. Walker … Continue reading “Walker, Joseph (2)”

Walker, John (1), D.D a minister of Exeter, England, is said to have been born in Devonshire near the close of the 17th centurv. He is best known by his work entitled An Attempt towards Recovering an Account of the Numbers and Surferings of the Clergy who were Sequestered in the Rebellion. He died in … Continue reading “Walker, John (1), D.D”

Walker, John (2) a Church of England divine, was born in Cheshire in 1719. He was brought up to business; and after marrying and settling as a draper, he experienced religious convictions by the preaching of the Methodists, among which body he first exercised his gifts as a preacher. He next went through a regular … Continue reading “Walker, John (7)”

Walker, Jesse a noted pioneer of the Methodist Episcopal Church, whose name was identified for years with the westward progress of Methodism, was a native of North Carolina. The date of his birth is not ascertained, and there is no record of his early life. He was admitted as a traveling preacher in the Western … Continue reading “Walker, Jesse”

Walker, Jeremiah a Baptist minister, was born in Bute County, N.C., about the year 1747. He is said to have been a lad of remarkable precocity, and was distinguished for his love of books and his desire for mental improvement. When comparatively young, he became a hopeful Christian, and in due time began to preach. … Continue reading “Walker, Jeremiah”

Walker, Jason a Methodist Episcopal minister, was born in Ashby, Mass., Feb. 17, 1793. He was converted when about seventeen years of age; successfully filled the offices of class-leader, exhorter, and local preacher, till in June, 1813, when he was received on trial in the traveling connection. He labored as follows Wethersfield, 1813; Barre, 1814; … Continue reading “Walker, Jason”

Walker, James McCulloch a Presbyterian minister, was born near Charlotte, N.C., Nov. 1, 1829. He graduated with honor at Davidson College, N.C., in 1847; studied theology at the Erskine Associate Reformed Presbyterian Seminary, Due West, S.C.; was licensed by the First Presbytery of the Associate Reformed Synod of the South in September, 1849; spent two … Continue reading “Walker, James McCulloch”

Walker, James Barr a Congregational minister, was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, July 29, 1805; studied at the Western Reserve College, and in its theological department; was editor and evangelist, 1839-42; pastor, 1842-72, but president of Grand Traverse, College part of that time; professor of intellectual and moral philosophy in Wheaton College, 1871-76; and resident at … Continue reading “Walker, James Barr”

Walker, James (1), D.D the venerable primus of the Scottish Church, bishop of Edinburgh, and Pantonian professor of divinity. No record remains of his birth or early life. He took a regular Scottish college course, graduated at the University of Cambridge, and in 1793, returning to his native country, devoted himself to literature as sub-editor … Continue reading “Walker, James (2), D.D”