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	[[Walker, Albert\|Albert Walker]], blacksmith, was the first mayor of [[Springfield]] in [[1885]] upon its incorporation. The advancement and prosperity of the thriving little city of Springfield, [[Lane County]], Oregon, is largely due to the progressive and energetic captains of industry, who early perceived its advantages as a business center and have been influential in developing its resources. Prominent among these is Albert S. Walker, now one of its foremost citizens and a prosperous real estate dealer and insurance agent. A native of Missouri, he was born [[January 11]], 1846, in Greene County, a son of the late [[Walker, William\|William Walker]], an Oregon pioneer. When he was six years of age, his family started for Oregon by the overland trail. Returning immigrants, with tales of cholera on the way, deterred the party, they returned to their home for the winter. A little later, coming across the plains in an ox-team train in April, [[1853]],[1] his family located first in Lane County, taking up three hundred and sixty acres of land near [[Creswell]] in October, where he lived four years with his father. Removing to [[Eugene]] in [[1857]], he watched his father in mercantile pursuits, dealing in drugs and general merchandise until [[1861]]. His father invested in land near Eugene.[2]		[[Walker, Albert\|Albert Walker]], blacksmith, was the first mayor of [[Springfield]] in [[1885]] upon its incorporation. The advancement and prosperity of the thriving little city of Springfield, [[Lane County]], Oregon, is largely due to the progressive and energetic captains of industry, who early perceived its advantages as a business center and have been influential in developing its resources. Prominent among these is Albert S. Walker, now one of its foremost citizens and a prosperous real estate dealer and insurance agent. A native of Missouri, he was born [[January 11]], 1846, in Greene County, a son of the late [[Walker, William\|William Walker]], an Oregon pioneer. When he was six years of age, his family started for Oregon by the overland trail. Returning immigrants, with tales of cholera on the way, deterred the party, they returned to their home for the winter. A little later, coming across the plains in an ox-team train in April, [[1853]],[1] his family located first in Lane County, taking up three hundred and sixty acres of land near [[Creswell]] in October, where he lived four years with his father. Removing to [[Eugene]] in [[1857]], he watched his father in mercantile pursuits, dealing in drugs and general merchandise until [[1861]]. His father invested in land near Eugene.[2]

-	Having been but seven years of age when he came with his parents to Lane county, Albert S. Walker obtained the rudiments of his education in the common schools, afterwards attending the old Columbia College, at Eugene, for two years, finally graduating therefrom. Assuming charge of the farm which his father owned in the vicinity of Eugene, he conducted it from [[1862]] until [[1881]], being successful as a farmer.[2]He married Sarah "Lizzie" Higgins on [[June 18]], [[1868]] in Polk County, Oregon who was born in Massachusetts and at this time the William Walker household contained William, Polly, son Albert and wife Lizzie and their infant son Alva, and youngest daughter Tryphena. Locating then in Springfield, Mr. Walker established himself as a blacksmith, winning a large and lucrative patronage in this vicinity. He became mayor in [[1885]] and again as a pro-tem mayor from [[February 23]] to December, [[1888]]. Since retiring from his trade in the spring of [[1903]], Mr. Walker has been actively engaged in the real estate and insurance business, in which he is meeting with encouraging success, handling both farm and town property. He has acquired a good share of this worlds' goods, and owns a well improved ranch of forty acres, lying about three miles southeast of Springfield.[2]Mr. Walker and wife had eight children, all living at home, namely: Herbert E. William F., Mary B., Ralph Gladstone. Jessie May, Grace, Ida, and Joy.	+	Having been but seven years of age when he came with his parents to Lane county, Albert S. Walker obtained the rudiments of his education in the common schools, afterwards attending the old Columbia College, at Eugene, for two years, finally graduating therefrom. Assuming charge of the farm which his father owned in the vicinity of Eugene, he conducted it from [[1862]] until [[1881]], being successful as a farmer.[2]He married Sarah "Lizzie" Higgins on [[June 18]], [[1868]] in Polk County, Oregon who was born in Massachusetts and at this time the William Walker household contained William, Polly, son Albert and wife Lizzie and their infant son Alva, and youngest daughter Tryphena. Locating then in Springfield, Mr. Walker established himself as a blacksmith, winning a large and lucrative patronage in this vicinity. He became mayor in [[1885]] and again as a pro-tem mayor from [[February 23]] to December, [[1888]]. He was elected Mayor a third time on [[December 2]]nd, [[1889]]]] and it may be assumed he stayed there during his entire year term. Since retiring from his trade in the spring of [[1903]], Mr. Walker has been actively engaged in the real estate and insurance business, in which he is meeting with encouraging success, handling both farm and town property. He has acquired a good share of this worlds' goods, and owns a well improved ranch of forty acres, lying about three miles southeast of Springfield.[2]Mr. Walker and wife had eight children, all living at home, namely: Herbert E. William F., Mary B., Ralph Gladstone. Jessie May, Grace, Ida, and Joy.

	A man of broad and liberal views, alive to the important needs of the day, Mr. Walker has been influential in educational and political circles, and besides serving ten years as school director has the distinction of having served in 1885 as the first mayor of Springfield. He has likewise served as councilman, and is one of the leading Republicans of the city. Fot twenty-two years he has been identified with the [[Independent_Order_of_Odd_Fellows\|Independent Order of Odd Fellows]], being a charter member and past noble grand of the subordinate lodge, and a member of the encampment. He also belongs to the fraternal order of [[Woodmen_of_the_World%2C_Camp_No._247\|Woodmen of the World]]. He is an active member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, of which he isa trustee, and also the superintendent of its Sunday School. He died on [[September 15]], [[1915]]. His obituary can be seen here: [[:Category:Daily_Eugene_Guard_(1915)#September_15\|Daily Eugene Guard (1915), September 15]]. He was buried in [[Laurel Hill Cemetery]]. [2]		A man of broad and liberal views, alive to the important needs of the day, Mr. Walker has been influential in educational and political circles, and besides serving ten years as school director has the distinction of having served in 1885 as the first mayor of Springfield. He has likewise served as councilman, and is one of the leading Republicans of the city. Fot twenty-two years he has been identified with the [[Independent_Order_of_Odd_Fellows\|Independent Order of Odd Fellows]], being a charter member and past noble grand of the subordinate lodge, and a member of the encampment. He also belongs to the fraternal order of [[Woodmen_of_the_World%2C_Camp_No._247\|Woodmen of the World]]. He is an active member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, of which he isa trustee, and also the superintendent of its Sunday School. He died on [[September 15]], [[1915]]. His obituary can be seen here: [[:Category:Daily_Eugene_Guard_(1915)#September_15\|Daily Eugene Guard (1915), September 15]]. He was buried in [[Laurel Hill Cemetery]]. [2]
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	this [[April 9\|9 day of April]]- 1888 Albert S. Walker		this [[April 9\|9 day of April]]- 1888 Albert S. Walker
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		+	==December 4, 1889 Letter==
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		+	Springfield Ogn Dec. 4th 1889
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		+	To A.S. Walker
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		+	You are hereby notified
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		+	that on Dec 2d 1889 at the regular
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		+	Town Election held in Springfield on Said
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		+	Date you were duly Elected Mayor of
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		+	Said Town of Springfield for the ensuing
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		+	year
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		+	Given under my hand and Seal this 4th
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		+	of Dec 1889
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		+	[[Pengra, W B\|WB Pengra]]
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		+	Recorder

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	[[Walker, Albert\|Albert Walker]], blacksmith, was the first mayor of [[Springfield]] in [[1885]] upon its incorporation. The advancement and prosperity of the thriving little city of Springfield, [[Lane County]], Oregon, is largely due to the progressive and energetic captains of industry, who early perceived its advantages as a business center and have been influential in developing its resources. Prominent among these is Albert S. Walker, now one of its foremost citizens and a prosperous real estate dealer and insurance agent. A native of Missouri, he was born [[January 11]], 1846, in Greene County, a son of the late [[Walker, William\|William Walker]], an Oregon pioneer. When he was six years of age, his family started for Oregon by the overland trail. Returning immigrants, with tales of cholera on the way, deterred the party, they returned to their home for the winter. A little later, coming across the plains in an ox-team train in April, [[1853]],[1] his family located first in Lane County, taking up three hundred and sixty acres of land near [[Creswell]] in October, where he lived four years with his father. Removing to [[Eugene]] in [[1857]], he watched his father in mercantile pursuits, dealing in drugs and general merchandise until [[1861]]. His father invested in land near Eugene.[2]		[[Walker, Albert\|Albert Walker]], blacksmith, was the first mayor of [[Springfield]] in [[1885]] upon its incorporation. The advancement and prosperity of the thriving little city of Springfield, [[Lane County]], Oregon, is largely due to the progressive and energetic captains of industry, who early perceived its advantages as a business center and have been influential in developing its resources. Prominent among these is Albert S. Walker, now one of its foremost citizens and a prosperous real estate dealer and insurance agent. A native of Missouri, he was born [[January 11]], 1846, in Greene County, a son of the late [[Walker, William\|William Walker]], an Oregon pioneer. When he was six years of age, his family started for Oregon by the overland trail. Returning immigrants, with tales of cholera on the way, deterred the party, they returned to their home for the winter. A little later, coming across the plains in an ox-team train in April, [[1853]],[1] his family located first in Lane County, taking up three hundred and sixty acres of land near [[Creswell]] in October, where he lived four years with his father. Removing to [[Eugene]] in [[1857]], he watched his father in mercantile pursuits, dealing in drugs and general merchandise until [[1861]]. His father invested in land near Eugene.[2]

-	Having been but seven years of ~~agen~~ when he came with his parents to Lane county, Albert S. Walker obtained the rudiments of his education in the common schools, afterwards attending the old Columbia College, at Eugene, for two years, finally graduating therefrom. Assuming charge of the farm which his father owned in the vicinity of Eugene, he conducted it from [[1862]] until [[1881]], being successful as a farmer.[2]He married Sarah "Lizzie" Higgins on [[June 18]], [[1868]] in Polk County, Oregon who was born in Massachusetts and at this time the William Walker household contained William, Polly, son Albert and wife Lizzie and their infant son Alva, and youngest daughter Tryphena. Locating then in Springfield, Mr. Walker established himself as a blacksmith, winning a large and lucrative patronage in this vicinity. He became mayor in [[1885]] and again as a pro-tem mayor from [[February 23\| to December, [[1888]]. Since retiring from his trade in the spring of [[1903]], Mr. Walker has been actively engaged in the real estate and insurance business, in which he is meeting with encouraging success, handling both farm and town property. He has acquired a good share of this worlds' goods, and owns a well improved ranch of forty acres, lying about three miles southeast of Springfield.[2]Mr. Walker and wife had eight children, all living at home, namely: Herbert E. William F., Mary B., Ralph Gladstone. Jessie May, Grace, Ida, and Joy.	+	Having been but seven years of age when he came with his parents to Lane county, Albert S. Walker obtained the rudiments of his education in the common schools, afterwards attending the old Columbia College, at Eugene, for two years, finally graduating therefrom. Assuming charge of the farm which his father owned in the vicinity of Eugene, he conducted it from [[1862]] until [[1881]], being successful as a farmer.[2]He married Sarah "Lizzie" Higgins on [[June 18]], [[1868]] in Polk County, Oregon who was born in Massachusetts and at this time the William Walker household contained William, Polly, son Albert and wife Lizzie and their infant son Alva, and youngest daughter Tryphena. Locating then in Springfield, Mr. Walker established himself as a blacksmith, winning a large and lucrative patronage in this vicinity. He became mayor in [[1885]] and again as a pro-tem mayor from [[February 23]] to December, [[1888]]. Since retiring from his trade in the spring of [[1903]], Mr. Walker has been actively engaged in the real estate and insurance business, in which he is meeting with encouraging success, handling both farm and town property. He has acquired a good share of this worlds' goods, and owns a well improved ranch of forty acres, lying about three miles southeast of Springfield.[2]Mr. Walker and wife had eight children, all living at home, namely: Herbert E. William F., Mary B., Ralph Gladstone. Jessie May, Grace, Ida, and Joy.

	A man of broad and liberal views, alive to the important needs of the day, Mr. Walker has been influential in educational and political circles, and besides serving ten years as school director has the distinction of having served in 1885 as the first mayor of Springfield. He has likewise served as councilman, and is one of the leading Republicans of the city. Fot twenty-two years he has been identified with the [[Independent_Order_of_Odd_Fellows\|Independent Order of Odd Fellows]], being a charter member and past noble grand of the subordinate lodge, and a member of the encampment. He also belongs to the fraternal order of [[Woodmen_of_the_World%2C_Camp_No._247\|Woodmen of the World]]. He is an active member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, of which he isa trustee, and also the superintendent of its Sunday School. He died on [[September 15]], [[1915]]. His obituary can be seen here: [[:Category:Daily_Eugene_Guard_(1915)#September_15\|Daily Eugene Guard (1915), September 15]]. He was buried in [[Laurel Hill Cemetery]]. [2]		A man of broad and liberal views, alive to the important needs of the day, Mr. Walker has been influential in educational and political circles, and besides serving ten years as school director has the distinction of having served in 1885 as the first mayor of Springfield. He has likewise served as councilman, and is one of the leading Republicans of the city. Fot twenty-two years he has been identified with the [[Independent_Order_of_Odd_Fellows\|Independent Order of Odd Fellows]], being a charter member and past noble grand of the subordinate lodge, and a member of the encampment. He also belongs to the fraternal order of [[Woodmen_of_the_World%2C_Camp_No._247\|Woodmen of the World]]. He is an active member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, of which he isa trustee, and also the superintendent of its Sunday School. He died on [[September 15]], [[1915]]. His obituary can be seen here: [[:Category:Daily_Eugene_Guard_(1915)#September_15\|Daily Eugene Guard (1915), September 15]]. He was buried in [[Laurel Hill Cemetery]]. [2]

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-	[[Walker, Albert\|Albert Walker]], blacksmith, was the first mayor of [[Springfield]] in [[1885]] upon its incorporation. The advancement and prosperity of the thriving little city of Springfield, [[Lane County]], Oregon, is largely due to the progressive and energetic captains of industry, who early perceived its advantages as a business center and have been influential in developing its resources. ~~Priminent~~ among these is Albert S. Walker, now one of its foremost citizens and a prosperous real estate dealer and insurance agent. A native of Missouri, he was born [[January 11]], 1846, in Greene County, a son of the late [[Walker, William\|William Walker]], an Oregon pioneer. When he was six years of age, his family started for Oregon by the overland trail. Returning immigrants, with tales of cholera on the way, deterred the party, they returned to their home for the winter. A little later, coming across the plains in an ox-team train in April, [[1853]],[1] his family located first in Lane County, taking up three hundred and sixty acres of land near [[Creswell]] in October, where he lived four years with his father. Removing to [[Eugene]] in [[1857]], he watched his father in mercantile ~~persuits~~, dealing in drugs and general merchandise until [[1861]]. His father invested in land near Eugene.[2]	+	[[Walker, Albert\|Albert Walker]], blacksmith, was the first mayor of [[Springfield]] in [[1885]] upon its incorporation. The advancement and prosperity of the thriving little city of Springfield, [[Lane County]], Oregon, is largely due to the progressive and energetic captains of industry, who early perceived its advantages as a business center and have been influential in developing its resources. Prominent among these is Albert S. Walker, now one of its foremost citizens and a prosperous real estate dealer and insurance agent. A native of Missouri, he was born [[January 11]], 1846, in Greene County, a son of the late [[Walker, William\|William Walker]], an Oregon pioneer. When he was six years of age, his family started for Oregon by the overland trail. Returning immigrants, with tales of cholera on the way, deterred the party, they returned to their home for the winter. A little later, coming across the plains in an ox-team train in April, [[1853]],[1] his family located first in Lane County, taking up three hundred and sixty acres of land near [[Creswell]] in October, where he lived four years with his father. Removing to [[Eugene]] in [[1857]], he watched his father in mercantile pursuits, dealing in drugs and general merchandise until [[1861]]. His father invested in land near Eugene.[2]

-	Having been but seven years of agen when he came with his parents to Lane county, Albert S. Walker obtained the rudiments of his education in the common schools, afterwards attending the old Columbia College, at Eugene, for two years, finally graduating therefrom. Assuming charge of the farm which his father owned in the vicinity of Eugene, he conducted it from [[1862]] until [[1881]], being successful as a farmer.[2]He married Sarah "Lizzie" Higgins on [[June 18]], [[1868]] in Polk County, Oregon who was born in Massachusetts and at this time the William Walker household contained William, Polly, son Albert and wife Lizzie and their infant son Alva, and youngest daughter Tryphena. Locating then in Springfield, Mr. Walker established himself as a blacksmith, winning a large and lucrative patronage in this vicinity. He became mayor in [[1885]] and again as a pro-tem mayor from [[~~March 12]]~~ to December, [[1888]]. Since retiring from his trade in the spring of [[1903]], Mr. Walker has been actively engaged in the real estate and insurance business, in which he is meeting with encouraging success, handling both farm and town property. He has acquired a good share of this worlds' goods, and owns a well improved ranch of forty acres, lying about three miles southeast of Springfield.[2]Mr. Walker and wife had eight children, all living at home, namely: Herbert E. William F., Mary B., Ralph Gladstone. Jessie May, Grace, Ida, and Joy.	+	Having been but seven years of agen when he came with his parents to Lane county, Albert S. Walker obtained the rudiments of his education in the common schools, afterwards attending the old Columbia College, at Eugene, for two years, finally graduating therefrom. Assuming charge of the farm which his father owned in the vicinity of Eugene, he conducted it from [[1862]] until [[1881]], being successful as a farmer.[2]He married Sarah "Lizzie" Higgins on [[June 18]], [[1868]] in Polk County, Oregon who was born in Massachusetts and at this time the William Walker household contained William, Polly, son Albert and wife Lizzie and their infant son Alva, and youngest daughter Tryphena. Locating then in Springfield, Mr. Walker established himself as a blacksmith, winning a large and lucrative patronage in this vicinity. He became mayor in [[1885]] and again as a pro-tem mayor from [[February 23\| to December, [[1888]]. Since retiring from his trade in the spring of [[1903]], Mr. Walker has been actively engaged in the real estate and insurance business, in which he is meeting with encouraging success, handling both farm and town property. He has acquired a good share of this worlds' goods, and owns a well improved ranch of forty acres, lying about three miles southeast of Springfield.[2]Mr. Walker and wife had eight children, all living at home, namely: Herbert E. William F., Mary B., Ralph Gladstone. Jessie May, Grace, Ida, and Joy.

	A man of broad and liberal views, alive to the important needs of the day, Mr. Walker has been influential in educational and political circles, and besides serving ten years as school director has the distinction of having served in 1885 as the first mayor of Springfield. He has likewise served as councilman, and is one of the leading Republicans of the city. Fot twenty-two years he has been identified with the [[Independent_Order_of_Odd_Fellows\|Independent Order of Odd Fellows]], being a charter member and past noble grand of the subordinate lodge, and a member of the encampment. He also belongs to the fraternal order of [[Woodmen_of_the_World%2C_Camp_No._247\|Woodmen of the World]]. He is an active member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, of which he isa trustee, and also the superintendent of its Sunday School. He died on [[September 15]], [[1915]]. His obituary can be seen here: [[:Category:Daily_Eugene_Guard_(1915)#September_15\|Daily Eugene Guard (1915), September 15]]. He was buried in [[Laurel Hill Cemetery]]. [2]		A man of broad and liberal views, alive to the important needs of the day, Mr. Walker has been influential in educational and political circles, and besides serving ten years as school director has the distinction of having served in 1885 as the first mayor of Springfield. He has likewise served as councilman, and is one of the leading Republicans of the city. Fot twenty-two years he has been identified with the [[Independent_Order_of_Odd_Fellows\|Independent Order of Odd Fellows]], being a charter member and past noble grand of the subordinate lodge, and a member of the encampment. He also belongs to the fraternal order of [[Woodmen_of_the_World%2C_Camp_No._247\|Woodmen of the World]]. He is an active member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, of which he isa trustee, and also the superintendent of its Sunday School. He died on [[September 15]], [[1915]]. His obituary can be seen here: [[:Category:Daily_Eugene_Guard_(1915)#September_15\|Daily Eugene Guard (1915), September 15]]. He was buried in [[Laurel Hill Cemetery]]. [2]

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-	[[Walker, Albert\|Albert Walker]], blacksmith, was the first mayor of [[Springfield]] in [[1885]] upon its incorporation. The advancement and prosperity of the thriving little city of Springfield, [[Lane County]], Oregon, is largely due to the progressive and energetic captains of industry, who early perceived its advantages as a business center and have been influential in developing its resources. Priminent among these is Albert S. Walker, now one of its foremost citizens and a prosperous real estate dealer and insurance agent. A native of Missouri, he was born [[January 11]], 1846, in Greene County, a son of the late [[Walker, William\|William Walker]], an Oregon pioneer. When he was six years of age, his family started for Oregon by the overland trail. Returning immigrants, with tales of cholera on the way, deterred the party, they returned to their home for the winter. A little later, coming across the plains in an ox-team train in April, [[1853]],[1] his family located first in Lane County, taking up three hundred and sixty acres of land near [[Creswell]] in October, where he lived four years with his father. Removing to [[Eugene]] in [[1857]], he watched his father in mercantile persuits, dealing in drugs and general merchandise until [[1861]]. His father invested in land near Eugene.[2]	+	[[Walker, Albert\|Albert Walker]], blacksmith, was the first mayor of [[Springfield]] in [[1885]] upon its incorporation. The advancement and prosperity of the thriving little city of Springfield, [[Lane County]], Oregon, is largely due to the progressive and energetic captains of industry, who early perceived its advantages as a business center and have been influential in developing its resources. Priminent among these is Albert S. Walker, now one of its foremost citizens and a prosperous real estate dealer and insurance agent. A native of Missouri, he was born [[January 11]], 1846, in Greene County, a son of the late [[Walker, William\|William Walker]], an Oregon pioneer. When he was six years of age, his family started for Oregon by the overland trail. Returning immigrants, with tales of cholera on the way, deterred the party, they returned to their home for the winter. A little later, coming across the plains in an ox-team train in April, [[1853]],[1] his family located first in Lane County, taking up three hundred and sixty acres of land near [[Creswell]] in October, where he lived four years with his father. Removing to [[Eugene]] in [[1857]], he watched his father in mercantile persuits, dealing in drugs and general merchandise until [[1861]]. His father invested in land near Eugene.[2]

-	Having been but seven years of agen when he came with his parents to Lane county, Albert S. Walker obtained the rudiments of his education in the common schools, afterwards attending the old Columbia College, at Eugene, for two years, finally graduating therefrom. Assuming charge of the farm which his father owned in the vicinity of Eugene, he conducted it from [[1862]] until [[1881]], being successful as a farmer.[2]He married Sarah "Lizzie" Higgins on [[June 18]], [[1868]] in Polk County, Oregon who was born in Massachusetts and at this time the William Walker household contained William, Polly, son Albert and wife Lizzie and their infant son Alva, and youngest daughter Tryphena.Locating then in Springfield, Mr. Walker established himself as a blacksmith, winning a large and lucrative patronage in this vicinity. Since retiring from his ~~traid~~ in the spring of [[1903]], Mr. Walker has been actively engaged in the real estate and insurance business, in which he is meeting with encouraging success, handling both farm and town property. He has acquired a good share of this worlds' goods, and owns a well ~~improvved~~ ranch of forty acres, lying about three miles southeast of Springfield.[2]Mr. Walker and wife had eight children, all living at home, namely: Herbert E. William F., Mary B., Ralph Gladstone. Jessie May, Grace, Ida, and Joy.	+	Having been but seven years of agen when he came with his parents to Lane county, Albert S. Walker obtained the rudiments of his education in the common schools, afterwards attending the old Columbia College, at Eugene, for two years, finally graduating therefrom. Assuming charge of the farm which his father owned in the vicinity of Eugene, he conducted it from [[1862]] until [[1881]], being successful as a farmer.[2]He married Sarah "Lizzie" Higgins on [[June 18]], [[1868]] in Polk County, Oregon who was born in Massachusetts and at this time the William Walker household contained William, Polly, son Albert and wife Lizzie and their infant son Alva, and youngest daughter Tryphena. Locating then in Springfield, Mr. Walker established himself as a blacksmith, winning a large and lucrative patronage in this vicinity. He became mayor in [[1885]] and again as a pro-tem mayor from [[March 12]] to December, [[1888]]. Since retiring from his trade in the spring of [[1903]], Mr. Walker has been actively engaged in the real estate and insurance business, in which he is meeting with encouraging success, handling both farm and town property. He has acquired a good share of this worlds' goods, and owns a well improved ranch of forty acres, lying about three miles southeast of Springfield.[2]Mr. Walker and wife had eight children, all living at home, namely: Herbert E. William F., Mary B., Ralph Gladstone. Jessie May, Grace, Ida, and Joy.
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		+	A man of broad and liberal views, alive to the important needs of the day, Mr. Walker has been influential in educational and political circles, and besides serving ten years as school director has the distinction of having served in 1885 as the first mayor of Springfield. He has likewise served as councilman, and is one of the leading Republicans of the city. Fot twenty-two years he has been identified with the [[Independent_Order_of_Odd_Fellows\|Independent Order of Odd Fellows]], being a charter member and past noble grand of the subordinate lodge, and a member of the encampment. He also belongs to the fraternal order of [[Woodmen_of_the_World%2C_Camp_No._247\|Woodmen of the World]]. He is an active member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, of which he isa trustee, and also the superintendent of its Sunday School. He died on [[September 15]], [[1915]]. His obituary can be seen here: [[:Category:Daily_Eugene_Guard_(1915)#September_15\|Daily Eugene Guard (1915), September 15]]. He was buried in [[Laurel Hill Cemetery]]. [2]
		+	==March 12, 1888 Letter==
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		+	Documented letter to [[Walker, Albert\|A.S. Walker]]
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		+	Springfield Oregon
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		+	[[March 12]]- 1888
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		+	To A.S. Walker
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		+	You are hereby notifide (sic)
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		+	that on [[February 23\|Feb 23]]- 1888 you were appointed by the Town Council as Mayor of
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		+	the Town of Springfield for the Remainder
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		+	of the Enduring year
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		+	Given under my hand and Seal this
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		+	12 day of March, 1888
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		+	[[Bowerman, P.J.\|P.J. Bowerman]] <seal></seal>
		+
		+	Recorder
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		+	==Official Oath==
		+	Documented letter to [[Bowerman, P.J.\|P.J. Bowerman]]
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		+	I do Solmnly (sic) swear
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		+	that I will perform the duties of Mayor
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		+	to the best of my ability and faithfully
		+
		+	demean myself in Office so help me God
		+
		+	Subscribed and sworn to before me
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		+	this [[April 9\|9 day of April]]- 1888 Albert S. Walker

-	A man of broad and liberal views, alive to the iportant needs of the day, Mr. Walker has been influential in educational and political circles, and besides serving ten years as school director has the distinction of having served in 1885 as the first mayor of Springfield. He has likewise served as councilman, and is one of the leading Republicans of the city. Fot twenty-two years he has been identified with the [[Independent_Order_of_Odd_Fellows\|Independent Order of Odd Fellows]], being a charter member and past noble grand of the subordinate lodge, and a member of the encampment. He also belongs to the fraternal order of [[Woodmen_of_the_World%2C_Camp_No._247\|Woodmen of the World]]. He is an active member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, of which he isa trustee, and also the superintendent of its Sunday School. He died on [[September 15]], [[1915]]. His obituary can be seen here: [[:Category:Daily_Eugene_Guard_(1915)#September_15\|Daily Eugene Guard (1915), September 15]]. He was buried in [[Laurel Hill Cemetery]]. [2]

	[1] Eugene Daily Guard, [[September 15]], [[1915]]		[1] Eugene Daily Guard, [[September 15]], [[1915]]

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-	[[Walker, Albert\|Albert Walker]], blacksmith, was the first mayor of [[Springfield]] in [[1885]] upon its incorporation. The advancement and prosperity of the thriving little city of Springfield, [[Lane County]], Oregon, is largely due to the progressive and energetic captains of industry, who early perceived its advantages as a business center and have been influential in developing its resources. Priminent among these is Albert S. Walker, now one of its foremost citizens and a prosperous real estate dealer and insurance agent. A native of Missouri, he was born [[January 11]], 1846, in Greene County, a son of the late [[Walker, William\|William Walker]], an Oregon pioneer. When he was six years of age, his family started for Oregon by the overland trail. Returning immigrants, with tales of cholera on the way, deterred the party, they returned to their home for the winter. A little later, coming across the plains in an ox-team train in April, [[1853]],[1] his family located first in Lane County, taking up three hundred and sixty acres of land near [[Creswell]] in October, where he lived four years with his father. Removing to [[Eugene]] in [[1857]], he watched his father in mercantile persuits, dealing in drugs and general merchandise until [[1861]]. His father invested in land near Eugene.[2]Having been but seven years of agen when he came with his parents to Lane county, Albert S. Walker obtained the rudiments of his education in the common schools, afterwards attending the old Columbia College, at Eugene, for two years, finally graduating therefrom. Assuming charge of the farm which his father owned in the vicinity of Eugene, he conducted it from [[1862]] until [[1881]], being successful as a farmer.[2]He married Sarah "Lizzie" Higgins on [[June 18]], [[1868]] in Polk County, Oregon who was born in Massachusetts and at this time the William Walker household contained William, Polly, son Albert and wife Lizzie and their infant son Alva, and youngest daughter Tryphena.Locating then in Springfield, Mr. Walker established himself as a blacksmith, winning a large and lucrative patronage in this vicinity. Since retiring from his traid in the spring of [[1903]], Mr. Walker has been actively engaged in the real estate and insurance business, in which he is meeting with encouraging success, handling both farm and town property. He has acquired a good share of this worlds' goods, and owns a well improvved ranch of forty acres, lying about three miles southeast of Springfield.[2]Mr. Walker and wife had eight children, all living at home, namely: Herbert E. William F., Mary B., Ralph Gladstone. Jessie May, Grace, Ida, and Joy. A man of broad and liberal views, alive to the iportant needs of the day, Mr. Walker has been influential in educational and political circles, and besides serving ten years as school director has the distinction of having served in 1885 as the first mayor of Springfield. He has likewise served as councilman, and is one of the leading Republicans of the city. Fot twenty-two years he has been identified with the [[Independent_Order_of_Odd_Fellows\|Independent Order of Odd Fellows]], being a charter member and past noble grand of the subordinate lodge, and a member of the encampment. He also belongs to the fraternal order of [[Woodmen_of_the_World%2C_Camp_No._247\|Woodmen of the World]]. He is an active member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, of which he isa trustee, and also the superintendent of its Sunday School. He died on [[September 15]], [[1915]]. His obituary can be seen here: [[:Category:Daily_Eugene_Guard_(1915)#September_15\|Daily Eugene Guard (1915), September 15]]. He was buried in [[Laurel Hill Cemetery]]. [2][1] Eugene Daily Guard, [[September 15]], [[1915]][2] Portrait and Biographical Record of the Willamette Valley (Chicago, Chapman Publishing Co., 1903), 1121-1122.[[Category:Springfield residents (1800s)]] [[Category:Springfield residents (1900s)\|1900s]] [[Category:Eugene residents (1800s)]] [[Category:Creswell residents (1800s)]] [[Category:Springfield mayors]]	+	[[Walker, Albert\|Albert Walker]], blacksmith, was the first mayor of [[Springfield]] in [[1885]] upon its incorporation. The advancement and prosperity of the thriving little city of Springfield, [[Lane County]], Oregon, is largely due to the progressive and energetic captains of industry, who early perceived its advantages as a business center and have been influential in developing its resources. Priminent among these is Albert S. Walker, now one of its foremost citizens and a prosperous real estate dealer and insurance agent. A native of Missouri, he was born [[January 11]], 1846, in Greene County, a son of the late [[Walker, William\|William Walker]], an Oregon pioneer. When he was six years of age, his family started for Oregon by the overland trail. Returning immigrants, with tales of cholera on the way, deterred the party, they returned to their home for the winter. A little later, coming across the plains in an ox-team train in April, [[1853]],[1] his family located first in Lane County, taking up three hundred and sixty acres of land near [[Creswell]] in October, where he lived four years with his father. Removing to [[Eugene]] in [[1857]], he watched his father in mercantile persuits, dealing in drugs and general merchandise until [[1861]]. His father invested in land near Eugene.[2]
		+
		+	Having been but seven years of agen when he came with his parents to Lane county, Albert S. Walker obtained the rudiments of his education in the common schools, afterwards attending the old Columbia College, at Eugene, for two years, finally graduating therefrom. Assuming charge of the farm which his father owned in the vicinity of Eugene, he conducted it from [[1862]] until [[1881]], being successful as a farmer.[2]He married Sarah "Lizzie" Higgins on [[June 18]], [[1868]] in Polk County, Oregon who was born in Massachusetts and at this time the William Walker household contained William, Polly, son Albert and wife Lizzie and their infant son Alva, and youngest daughter Tryphena.Locating then in Springfield, Mr. Walker established himself as a blacksmith, winning a large and lucrative patronage in this vicinity. Since retiring from his traid in the spring of [[1903]], Mr. Walker has been actively engaged in the real estate and insurance business, in which he is meeting with encouraging success, handling both farm and town property. He has acquired a good share of this worlds' goods, and owns a well improvved ranch of forty acres, lying about three miles southeast of Springfield.[2]Mr. Walker and wife had eight children, all living at home, namely: Herbert E. William F., Mary B., Ralph Gladstone. Jessie May, Grace, Ida, and Joy.
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		+	A man of broad and liberal views, alive to the iportant needs of the day, Mr. Walker has been influential in educational and political circles, and besides serving ten years as school director has the distinction of having served in 1885 as the first mayor of Springfield. He has likewise served as councilman, and is one of the leading Republicans of the city. Fot twenty-two years he has been identified with the [[Independent_Order_of_Odd_Fellows\|Independent Order of Odd Fellows]], being a charter member and past noble grand of the subordinate lodge, and a member of the encampment. He also belongs to the fraternal order of [[Woodmen_of_the_World%2C_Camp_No._247\|Woodmen of the World]]. He is an active member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, of which he isa trustee, and also the superintendent of its Sunday School. He died on [[September 15]], [[1915]]. His obituary can be seen here: [[:Category:Daily_Eugene_Guard_(1915)#September_15\|Daily Eugene Guard (1915), September 15]]. He was buried in [[Laurel Hill Cemetery]]. [2]
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		+	[1] Eugene Daily Guard, [[September 15]], [[1915]]
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		+	[2] Portrait and Biographical Record of the Willamette Valley (Chicago, Chapman Publishing Co., 1903), 1121-1122.
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		+	[[Category:Springfield residents (1800s)]] [[Category:Springfield residents (1900s)\|1900s]] [[Category:Eugene residents (1800s)]] [[Category:Creswell residents (1800s)]] [[Category:Springfield mayors]]

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-	{{Resident\|\|image=[[Image:\|250px]]\|name=Albert Shields Walker\|occupation=Blacksmith, Mayor, Councilman, Recorder, School director\|birthplace=Green County, Missouri\|birthdate=[[January 11]], 1846\|death=[[September 15]], [[1915]]\|burial=\|family=[[Walker, William\|William Walker]] (father), [[Walker, Mary Shields\|Mary Shields Walker]] (mother), [[Walker, Sarah Elizabeth Higgins\|Sarah "Lizzie" Walker]] (wife), children, [[Walker, Herbert E\|Herbert E.]] (son), [[Walker, William F\|William F.]] (son), [[Walker, Mary B\|Mary B. Walker]] (daughter), [[Walker, Ralph Gladstone\|Ralph G. Walker]] (son), [[Walker, Jessie\|Jessie Walker]] (daughter), [[Walker, May\|May Walker]], [[Walker, Grace\|Grace]], [[Walker, Ida\|Ida]], [[Walker, Joy\|Joy]]\|education=Old Columbia College in [[Eugene]]\|hobbies=\|religion=Methodist\|gender=Male\|heritage=White\|physical_characteristics=\|group=[[Independent_Order_of_Odd_Fellows\|I.O.O.F]], [[Woodmen_of_the_World%2C_Camp_No._247\|W.O.W.]]\|residence=[[Springfield]]}}=History=[[Walker, Albert\|Albert Walker]], blacksmith, was the first mayor of [[Springfield]] in [[1885]] upon its incorporation. The advancement and prosperity of the thriving little city of Springfield, [[Lane County]], Oregon, is largely due to the progressive and energetic captains of industry, who early perceived its advantages as a business center and have been influential in developing its resources. Priminent among these is Albert S. Walker, now one of its foremost citizens and a prosperous real estate dealer and insurance agent. A native of Missouri, he was born [[January 11]], 1846, in Greene County, a son of the late [[Walker, William\|William Walker]], an Oregon pioneer. When he was six years of age, his family started for Oregon by the overland trail. Returning immigrants, with tales of cholera on the way, deterred the party, they returned to their home for the winter. A little later, coming across the plains in an ox-team train in April, [[1853]],[1] his family located first in Lane County, taking up three hundred and sixty acres of land near [[Creswell]] in October, where he lived four years with his father. Removing to [[Eugene]] in [[1857]], he watched his father in mercantile persuits, dealing in drugs and general merchandise until [[1861]]. His father invested in land near Eugene.[2]Having been but seven years of agen when he came with his parents to Lane county, Albert S. Walker obtained the rudiments of his education in the common schools, afterwards attending the old Columbia College, at Eugene, for two years, finally graduating therefrom. Assuming charge of the farm which his father owned in the vicinity of Eugene, he conducted it from [[1862]] until [[1881]], being successful as a farmer.[2]He married Sarah "Lizzie" Higgins on [[June 18]], [[1868]] in Polk County, Oregon who was born in Massachusetts and at this time the William Walker household contained William, Polly, son Albert and wife Lizzie and their infant son Alva, and youngest daughter Tryphena.Locating then in Springfield, Mr. Walker established himself as a blacksmith, winning a large and lucrative patronage in this vicinity. Since retiring from his traid in the spring of [[1903]], Mr. Walker has been actively engaged in the real estate and insurance business, in which he is meeting with encouraging success, handling both farm and town property. He has acquired a good share of this worlds' goods, and owns a well improvved ranch of forty acres, lying about three miles southeast of Springfield.[2]Mr. Walker and wife had eight children, all living at home, namely: Herbert E. William F., Mary B., Ralph Gladstone. Jessie May, Grace, Ida, and Joy. A man of broad and liberal views, alive to the iportant needs of the day, Mr. Walker has been influential in educational and political circles, and besides serving ten years as school director has the distinction of having served in 1885 as the first mayor of Springfield. He has likewise served as councilman, and is one of the leading Republicans of the city. Fot twenty-two years he has been identified with the [[Independent_Order_of_Odd_Fellows\|Independent Order of Odd Fellows]], being a charter member and past noble grand of the subordinate lodge, and a member of the encampment. He also belongs to the fraternal order of [[Woodmen of the World]]. He is an active member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, of which he isa trustee, and also the superintendent of its Sunday School. He died on [[September 15]], [[1915]]. His obituary can be seen here: [[:Category:Daily_Eugene_Guard_(1915)#September_15\|Daily Eugene Guard (1915), September 15]]. He was buried in [[Laurel Hill Cemetery]]. [2][1] Eugene Daily Guard, [[September 15]], [[1915]][2] Portrait and Biographical Record of the Willamette Valley (Chicago, Chapman Publishing Co., 1903), 1121-1122.[[Category:Springfield residents (1800s)]] [[Category:Springfield residents (1900s)\|1900s]] [[Category:Eugene residents (1800s)]] [[Category:Creswell residents (1800s)]] [[Category:Springfield mayors]]	+	{{Resident\|\|image=[[Image:\|250px]]\|name=Albert Shields Walker\|occupation=Blacksmith, Mayor, Councilman, Recorder, School director\|birthplace=Green County, Missouri\|birthdate=[[January 11]], 1846\|death=[[September 15]], [[1915]]\|burial=\|family=[[Walker, William\|William Walker]] (father), [[Walker, Mary Shields\|Mary Shields Walker]] (mother), [[Walker, Sarah Elizabeth Higgins\|Sarah "Lizzie" Walker]] (wife), children, [[Walker, Herbert E\|Herbert E.]] (son), [[Walker, William F\|William F.]] (son), [[Walker, Mary B\|Mary B. Walker]] (daughter), [[Walker, Ralph Gladstone\|Ralph G. Walker]] (son), [[Walker, Jessie\|Jessie Walker]] (daughter), [[Walker, May\|May Walker]], [[Walker, Grace\|Grace]], [[Walker, Ida\|Ida]], [[Walker, Joy\|Joy]]\|education=Old Columbia College in [[Eugene]]\|hobbies=\|religion=Methodist\|gender=Male\|heritage=White\|physical_characteristics=\|group=[[Independent_Order_of_Odd_Fellows\|I.O.O.F]], [[Woodmen_of_the_World%2C_Camp_No._247\|W.O.W.]]\|residence=[[Springfield]]}}
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		+	[[Walker, Albert\|Albert Walker]], blacksmith, was the first mayor of [[Springfield]] in [[1885]] upon its incorporation. The advancement and prosperity of the thriving little city of Springfield, [[Lane County]], Oregon, is largely due to the progressive and energetic captains of industry, who early perceived its advantages as a business center and have been influential in developing its resources. Priminent among these is Albert S. Walker, now one of its foremost citizens and a prosperous real estate dealer and insurance agent. A native of Missouri, he was born [[January 11]], 1846, in Greene County, a son of the late [[Walker, William\|William Walker]], an Oregon pioneer. When he was six years of age, his family started for Oregon by the overland trail. Returning immigrants, with tales of cholera on the way, deterred the party, they returned to their home for the winter. A little later, coming across the plains in an ox-team train in April, [[1853]],[1] his family located first in Lane County, taking up three hundred and sixty acres of land near [[Creswell]] in October, where he lived four years with his father. Removing to [[Eugene]] in [[1857]], he watched his father in mercantile persuits, dealing in drugs and general merchandise until [[1861]]. His father invested in land near Eugene.[2]Having been but seven years of agen when he came with his parents to Lane county, Albert S. Walker obtained the rudiments of his education in the common schools, afterwards attending the old Columbia College, at Eugene, for two years, finally graduating therefrom. Assuming charge of the farm which his father owned in the vicinity of Eugene, he conducted it from [[1862]] until [[1881]], being successful as a farmer.[2]He married Sarah "Lizzie" Higgins on [[June 18]], [[1868]] in Polk County, Oregon who was born in Massachusetts and at this time the William Walker household contained William, Polly, son Albert and wife Lizzie and their infant son Alva, and youngest daughter Tryphena.Locating then in Springfield, Mr. Walker established himself as a blacksmith, winning a large and lucrative patronage in this vicinity. Since retiring from his traid in the spring of [[1903]], Mr. Walker has been actively engaged in the real estate and insurance business, in which he is meeting with encouraging success, handling both farm and town property. He has acquired a good share of this worlds' goods, and owns a well improvved ranch of forty acres, lying about three miles southeast of Springfield.[2]Mr. Walker and wife had eight children, all living at home, namely: Herbert E. William F., Mary B., Ralph Gladstone. Jessie May, Grace, Ida, and Joy. A man of broad and liberal views, alive to the iportant needs of the day, Mr. Walker has been influential in educational and political circles, and besides serving ten years as school director has the distinction of having served in 1885 as the first mayor of Springfield. He has likewise served as councilman, and is one of the leading Republicans of the city. Fot twenty-two years he has been identified with the [[Independent_Order_of_Odd_Fellows\|Independent Order of Odd Fellows]], being a charter member and past noble grand of the subordinate lodge, and a member of the encampment. He also belongs to the fraternal order of [[Woodmen_of_the_World%2C_Camp_No._247\|Woodmen of the World]]. He is an active member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, of which he isa trustee, and also the superintendent of its Sunday School. He died on [[September 15]], [[1915]]. His obituary can be seen here: [[:Category:Daily_Eugene_Guard_(1915)#September_15\|Daily Eugene Guard (1915), September 15]]. He was buried in [[Laurel Hill Cemetery]]. [2][1] Eugene Daily Guard, [[September 15]], [[1915]][2] Portrait and Biographical Record of the Willamette Valley (Chicago, Chapman Publishing Co., 1903), 1121-1122.[[Category:Springfield residents (1800s)]] [[Category:Springfield residents (1900s)\|1900s]] [[Category:Eugene residents (1800s)]] [[Category:Creswell residents (1800s)]] [[Category:Springfield mayors]]

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-	{{Resident\|\|image=[[Image:\|250px]]\|name=Albert Shields Walker\|occupation=Blacksmith, Mayor, Councilman, Recorder, School director\|birthplace=Green County, Missouri\|birthdate=[[January 11]], 1846\|death=[[September 15]], [[1915]]\|burial=\|family=[[Walker, William\|William Walker]] (father), [[Walker, Mary Shields\|Mary Shields Walker]] (mother), [[Walker, Sarah Elizabeth Higgins\|Sarah "Lizzie" Walker]] (wife), children, [[Walker, Herbert E\|Herbert E.]] (son), [[Walker, William F\|William F.]] (son), [[Walker, Mary B\|Mary B. Walker]] (daughter), [[Walker, Ralph Gladstone\|Ralph G. Walker]] (son), [[Walker, Jessie\|Jessie Walker]] (daughter), [[Walker, May\|May Walker]], [[Walker, Grace\|Grace]], [[Walker, Ida\|Ida]], [[Walker, Joy\|Joy]]\|education=Old Columbia College in [[Eugene]]\|hobbies=\|religion=Methodist\|gender=Male\|heritage=White\|physical_characteristics=\|group=[[Independent_Order_of_Odd_Fellows\|I.O.O.F]], [[~~Woodmen of the World~~\|W.O.W.]]\|residence=[[Springfield]]}}=History=[[Walker, Albert\|Albert Walker]], blacksmith, was the first mayor of [[Springfield]] in [[1885]] upon its incorporation. The advancement and prosperity of the thriving little city of Springfield, [[Lane County]], Oregon, is largely due to the progressive and energetic captains of industry, who early perceived its advantages as a business center and have been influential in developing its resources. Priminent among these is Albert S. Walker, now one of its foremost citizens and a prosperous real estate dealer and insurance agent. A native of Missouri, he was born [[January 11]], 1846, in Greene County, a son of the late [[Walker, William\|William Walker]], an Oregon pioneer. When he was six years of age, his family started for Oregon by the overland trail. Returning immigrants, with tales of cholera on the way, deterred the party, they returned to their home for the winter. A little later, coming across the plains in an ox-team train in April, [[1853]],[1] his family located first in Lane County, taking up three hundred and sixty acres of land near [[Creswell]] in October, where he lived four years with his father. Removing to [[Eugene]] in [[1857]], he watched his father in mercantile persuits, dealing in drugs and general merchandise until [[1861]]. His father invested in land near Eugene.[2]Having been but seven years of agen when he came with his parents to Lane county, Albert S. Walker obtained the rudiments of his education in the common schools, afterwards attending the old Columbia College, at Eugene, for two years, finally graduating therefrom. Assuming charge of the farm which his father owned in the vicinity of Eugene, he conducted it from [[1862]] until [[1881]], being successful as a farmer.[2]He married Sarah "Lizzie" Higgins on [[June 18]], [[1868]] in Polk County, Oregon who was born in Massachusetts and at this time the William Walker household contained William, Polly, son Albert and wife Lizzie and their infant son Alva, and youngest daughter Tryphena.Locating then in Springfield, Mr. Walker established himself as a blacksmith, winning a large and lucrative patronage in this vicinity. Since retiring from his traid in the spring of [[1903]], Mr. Walker has been actively engaged in the real estate and insurance business, in which he is meeting with encouraging success, handling both farm and town property. He has acquired a good share of this worlds' goods, and owns a well improvved ranch of forty acres, lying about three miles southeast of Springfield.[2]Mr. Walker and wife had eight children, all living at home, namely: Herbert E. William F., Mary B., Ralph Gladstone. Jessie May, Grace, Ida, and Joy. A man of broad and liberal views, alive to the iportant needs of the day, Mr. Walker has been influential in educational and political circles, and besides serving ten years as school director has the distinction of having served in 1885 as the first mayor of Springfield. He has likewise served as councilman, and is one of the leading Republicans of the city. Fot twenty-two years he has been identified with the [[Independent_Order_of_Odd_Fellows\|Independent Order of Odd Fellows]], being a charter member and past noble grand of the subordinate lodge, and a member of the encampment. He also belongs to the fraternal order of [[Woodmen of the World]]. He is an active member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, of which he isa trustee, and also the superintendent of its Sunday School. He died on [[September 15]], [[1915]]. His obituary can be seen here: [[:Category:Daily_Eugene_Guard_(1915)#September_15\|Daily Eugene Guard (1915), September 15]]. He was buried in [[Laurel Hill Cemetery]]. [2][1] Eugene Daily Guard, [[September 15]], [[1915]][2] Portrait and Biographical Record of the Willamette Valley (Chicago, Chapman Publishing Co., 1903), 1121-1122.[[Category:Springfield residents (1800s)]] [[Category:Springfield residents (1900s)\|1900s]] [[Category:Eugene residents (1800s)]] [[Category:Creswell residents (1800s)]] [[Category:Springfield mayors]]	+	{{Resident\|\|image=[[Image:\|250px]]\|name=Albert Shields Walker\|occupation=Blacksmith, Mayor, Councilman, Recorder, School director\|birthplace=Green County, Missouri\|birthdate=[[January 11]], 1846\|death=[[September 15]], [[1915]]\|burial=\|family=[[Walker, William\|William Walker]] (father), [[Walker, Mary Shields\|Mary Shields Walker]] (mother), [[Walker, Sarah Elizabeth Higgins\|Sarah "Lizzie" Walker]] (wife), children, [[Walker, Herbert E\|Herbert E.]] (son), [[Walker, William F\|William F.]] (son), [[Walker, Mary B\|Mary B. Walker]] (daughter), [[Walker, Ralph Gladstone\|Ralph G. Walker]] (son), [[Walker, Jessie\|Jessie Walker]] (daughter), [[Walker, May\|May Walker]], [[Walker, Grace\|Grace]], [[Walker, Ida\|Ida]], [[Walker, Joy\|Joy]]\|education=Old Columbia College in [[Eugene]]\|hobbies=\|religion=Methodist\|gender=Male\|heritage=White\|physical_characteristics=\|group=[[Independent_Order_of_Odd_Fellows\|I.O.O.F]], [[Woodmen_of_the_World%2C_Camp_No._247\|W.O.W.]]\|residence=[[Springfield]]}}=History=[[Walker, Albert\|Albert Walker]], blacksmith, was the first mayor of [[Springfield]] in [[1885]] upon its incorporation. The advancement and prosperity of the thriving little city of Springfield, [[Lane County]], Oregon, is largely due to the progressive and energetic captains of industry, who early perceived its advantages as a business center and have been influential in developing its resources. Priminent among these is Albert S. Walker, now one of its foremost citizens and a prosperous real estate dealer and insurance agent. A native of Missouri, he was born [[January 11]], 1846, in Greene County, a son of the late [[Walker, William\|William Walker]], an Oregon pioneer. When he was six years of age, his family started for Oregon by the overland trail. Returning immigrants, with tales of cholera on the way, deterred the party, they returned to their home for the winter. A little later, coming across the plains in an ox-team train in April, [[1853]],[1] his family located first in Lane County, taking up three hundred and sixty acres of land near [[Creswell]] in October, where he lived four years with his father. Removing to [[Eugene]] in [[1857]], he watched his father in mercantile persuits, dealing in drugs and general merchandise until [[1861]]. His father invested in land near Eugene.[2]Having been but seven years of agen when he came with his parents to Lane county, Albert S. Walker obtained the rudiments of his education in the common schools, afterwards attending the old Columbia College, at Eugene, for two years, finally graduating therefrom. Assuming charge of the farm which his father owned in the vicinity of Eugene, he conducted it from [[1862]] until [[1881]], being successful as a farmer.[2]He married Sarah "Lizzie" Higgins on [[June 18]], [[1868]] in Polk County, Oregon who was born in Massachusetts and at this time the William Walker household contained William, Polly, son Albert and wife Lizzie and their infant son Alva, and youngest daughter Tryphena.Locating then in Springfield, Mr. Walker established himself as a blacksmith, winning a large and lucrative patronage in this vicinity. Since retiring from his traid in the spring of [[1903]], Mr. Walker has been actively engaged in the real estate and insurance business, in which he is meeting with encouraging success, handling both farm and town property. He has acquired a good share of this worlds' goods, and owns a well improvved ranch of forty acres, lying about three miles southeast of Springfield.[2]Mr. Walker and wife had eight children, all living at home, namely: Herbert E. William F., Mary B., Ralph Gladstone. Jessie May, Grace, Ida, and Joy. A man of broad and liberal views, alive to the iportant needs of the day, Mr. Walker has been influential in educational and political circles, and besides serving ten years as school director has the distinction of having served in 1885 as the first mayor of Springfield. He has likewise served as councilman, and is one of the leading Republicans of the city. Fot twenty-two years he has been identified with the [[Independent_Order_of_Odd_Fellows\|Independent Order of Odd Fellows]], being a charter member and past noble grand of the subordinate lodge, and a member of the encampment. He also belongs to the fraternal order of [[Woodmen of the World]]. He is an active member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, of which he isa trustee, and also the superintendent of its Sunday School. He died on [[September 15]], [[1915]]. His obituary can be seen here: [[:Category:Daily_Eugene_Guard_(1915)#September_15\|Daily Eugene Guard (1915), September 15]]. He was buried in [[Laurel Hill Cemetery]]. [2][1] Eugene Daily Guard, [[September 15]], [[1915]][2] Portrait and Biographical Record of the Willamette Valley (Chicago, Chapman Publishing Co., 1903), 1121-1122.[[Category:Springfield residents (1800s)]] [[Category:Springfield residents (1900s)\|1900s]] [[Category:Eugene residents (1800s)]] [[Category:Creswell residents (1800s)]] [[Category:Springfield mayors]]

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-	{{Resident\|\|image=[[Image:\|250px]]\|name=Albert Shields Walker\|occupation=Blacksmith, Mayor, Councilman, Recorder, School director\|birthplace=Green County, Missouri\|birthdate=[[January 11]], 1846\|death=[[September 15]], [[1915]]\|burial=\|family=[[Walker, William\|William Walker]] (father), [[Walker, Mary Shields\|Mary Shields Walker]] (mother), [[Walker, Sarah Elizabeth Higgins\|Sarah "Lizzie" Walker]] (wife), children, [[Walker, Herbert E\|Herbert E.]] (son), [[Walker, William F\|William F.]] (son), [[Walker, Mary B\|Mary B. Walker]] (daughter), [[Walker, Ralph Gladstone\|Ralph G. Walker]] (son), [[Walker, Jessie\|Jessie Walker]] (daughter), [[Walker, May\|May Walker]], [[Walker, Grace\|Grace]], [[Walker, Ida\|Ida]], [[Walker, Joy\|Joy]]\|education=Old Columbia College in [[Eugene]]\|hobbies=\|religion=Methodist\|gender=Male\|heritage=White\|physical_characteristics=\|group=[[~~Independent Order of Oddfellows~~\|I.O.O.F]], [[Woodmen of the World\|W.O.W.]]\|residence=[[Springfield]]}}	+	{{Resident\|\|image=[[Image:\|250px]]\|name=Albert Shields Walker\|occupation=Blacksmith, Mayor, Councilman, Recorder, School director\|birthplace=Green County, Missouri\|birthdate=[[January 11]], 1846\|death=[[September 15]], [[1915]]\|burial=\|family=[[Walker, William\|William Walker]] (father), [[Walker, Mary Shields\|Mary Shields Walker]] (mother), [[Walker, Sarah Elizabeth Higgins\|Sarah "Lizzie" Walker]] (wife), children, [[Walker, Herbert E\|Herbert E.]] (son), [[Walker, William F\|William F.]] (son), [[Walker, Mary B\|Mary B. Walker]] (daughter), [[Walker, Ralph Gladstone\|Ralph G. Walker]] (son), [[Walker, Jessie\|Jessie Walker]] (daughter), [[Walker, May\|May Walker]], [[Walker, Grace\|Grace]], [[Walker, Ida\|Ida]], [[Walker, Joy\|Joy]]\|education=Old Columbia College in [[Eugene]]\|hobbies=\|religion=Methodist\|gender=Male\|heritage=White\|physical_characteristics=\|group=[[Independent_Order_of_Odd_Fellows\|I.O.O.F]], [[Woodmen of the World\|W.O.W.]]\|residence=[[Springfield]]}}=History=[[Walker, Albert\|Albert Walker]], blacksmith, was the first mayor of [[Springfield]] in [[1885]] upon its incorporation. The advancement and prosperity of the thriving little city of Springfield, [[Lane County]], Oregon, is largely due to the progressive and energetic captains of industry, who early perceived its advantages as a business center and have been influential in developing its resources. Priminent among these is Albert S. Walker, now one of its foremost citizens and a prosperous real estate dealer and insurance agent. A native of Missouri, he was born [[January 11]], 1846, in Greene County, a son of the late [[Walker, William\|William Walker]], an Oregon pioneer. When he was six years of age, his family started for Oregon by the overland trail. Returning immigrants, with tales of cholera on the way, deterred the party, they returned to their home for the winter. A little later, coming across the plains in an ox-team train in April, [[1853]],[1] his family located first in Lane County, taking up three hundred and sixty acres of land near [[Creswell]] in October, where he lived four years with his father. Removing to [[Eugene]] in [[1857]], he watched his father in mercantile persuits, dealing in drugs and general merchandise until [[1861]]. His father invested in land near Eugene.[2]Having been but seven years of agen when he came with his parents to Lane county, Albert S. Walker obtained the rudiments of his education in the common schools, afterwards attending the old Columbia College, at Eugene, for two years, finally graduating therefrom. Assuming charge of the farm which his father owned in the vicinity of Eugene, he conducted it from [[1862]] until [[1881]], being successful as a farmer.[2]He married Sarah "Lizzie" Higgins on [[June 18]], [[1868]] in Polk County, Oregon who was born in Massachusetts and at this time the William Walker household contained William, Polly, son Albert and wife Lizzie and their infant son Alva, and youngest daughter Tryphena.Locating then in Springfield, Mr. Walker established himself as a blacksmith, winning a large and lucrative patronage in this vicinity. Since retiring from his traid in the spring of [[1903]], Mr. Walker has been actively engaged in the real estate and insurance business, in which he is meeting with encouraging success, handling both farm and town property. He has acquired a good share of this worlds' goods, and owns a well improvved ranch of forty acres, lying about three miles southeast of Springfield.[2]Mr. Walker and wife had eight children, all living at home, namely: Herbert E. William F., Mary B., Ralph Gladstone. Jessie May, Grace, Ida, and Joy. A man of broad and liberal views, alive to the iportant needs of the day, Mr. Walker has been influential in educational and political circles, and besides serving ten years as school director has the distinction of having served in 1885 as the first mayor of Springfield. He has likewise served as councilman, and is one of the leading Republicans of the city. Fot twenty-two years he has been identified with the [[Independent_Order_of_Odd_Fellows\|Independent Order of Odd Fellows]], being a charter member and past noble grand of the subordinate lodge, and a member of the encampment. He also belongs to the fraternal order of [[Woodmen of the World]]. He is an active member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, of which he isa trustee, and also the superintendent of its Sunday School. He died on [[September 15]], [[1915]]. His obituary can be seen here: [[:Category:Daily_Eugene_Guard_(1915)#September_15\|Daily Eugene Guard (1915), September 15]]. He was buried in [[Laurel Hill Cemetery]]. [2][1] Eugene Daily Guard, [[September 15]], [[1915]][2] Portrait and Biographical Record of the Willamette Valley (Chicago, Chapman Publishing Co., 1903), 1121-1122.[[Category:Springfield residents (1800s)]] [[Category:Springfield residents (1900s)\|1900s]] [[Category:Eugene residents (1800s)]] [[Category:Creswell residents (1800s)]] [[Category:Springfield mayors]]
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-	[[Walker, Albert\|Albert Walker]], blacksmith, was the first mayor of [[Springfield]] in [[1885]] upon its incorporation. The advancement and prosperity of the thriving little city of Springfield, [[Lane County]], Oregon, is largely due to the progressive and energetic captains of industry, who early perceived its advantages as a business center and have been influential in developing its resources. Priminent among these is Albert S. Walker, now one of its foremost citizens and a prosperous real estate dealer and insurance agent. A native of Missouri, he was born [[January 11]], 1846, in Greene County, a son of the late [[Walker, William\|William Walker]], an Oregon pioneer. When he was six years of age, his family started for Oregon by the overland trail. Returning immigrants, with tales of cholera on the way, deterred the party, they returned to their home for the winter. A little later, coming across the plains in an ox-team train in April, [[1853]],[1] his family located first in Lane County, taking up three hundred and sixty acres of land near [[Creswell]] in October, where he lived four years with his father. Removing to [[Eugene]] in [[1857]], he watched his father in mercantile persuits, dealing in drugs and general merchandise until [[1861]]. His father invested in land near Eugene.[2]	+
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-	Having been but seven years of agen when he came with his parents to Lane county, Albert S. Walker obtained the rudiments of his education in the common schools, afterwards attending the old Columbia College, at Eugene, for two years, finally graduating therefrom. Assuming charge of the farm which his father owned in the vicinity of Eugene, he conducted it from [[1862]] until [[1881]], being successful as a farmer.[2]	+
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-	He married Sarah "Lizzie" Higgins on [[June 18]], [[1868]] in Polk County, Oregon who was born in Massachusetts and at this time the William Walker household contained William, Polly, son Albert and wife Lizzie and their infant son Alva, and youngest daughter Tryphena.	+
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-	Locating then in Springfield, Mr. Walker established himself as a blacksmith, winning a large and lucrative patronage in this vicinity. Since retiring from his traid in the spring of [[1903]], Mr. Walker has been actively engaged in the real estate and insurance business, in which he is meeting with encouraging success, handling both farm and town property. He has acquired a good share of this worlds' goods, and owns a well improvved ranch of forty acres, lying about three miles southeast of Springfield.[2]	+
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-	Mr. Walker and wife had eight children, all living at home, namely: Herbert E. William F., Mary B., Ralph Gladstone. Jessie May, Grace, Ida, and Joy. A man of broad and liberal views, alive to the iportant needs of the day, Mr. Walker has been influential in educational and political circles, and besides serving ten years as school director has the distinction of having served in 1885 as the first mayor of Springfield. He has likewise served as councilman, and is one of the leading Republicans of the city. Fot twenty-two years he has been identified with the [[Independent_Order_of_Odd_Fellows\|Independent Order of Odd Fellows]], being a charter member and past noble grand of the subordinate lodge, and a member of the encampment. He also belongs to the fraternal order of [[Woodmen of the World]]. He is an active member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, of which he isa trustee, and also the superintendent of its Sunday School. He died on [[September 15]], [[1915]]. His obituary can be seen here: [[:Category:Daily_Eugene_Guard_(1915)#September_15\|Daily Eugene Guard (1915), September 15]]. He was buried in [[Laurel Hill Cemetery]]. [2]	+
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-	[1] Eugene Daily Guard, [[September 15]], [[1915]]	+
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-	[2] Portrait and Biographical Record of the Willamette Valley (Chicago, Chapman Publishing Co., 1903), 1121-1122.	+
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-	[[Category:Springfield residents (1800s)]] [[Category:Springfield residents (1900s)\|1900s]] [[Category:Eugene residents (1800s)]] [[Category:Creswell residents (1800s)]] [[Category:Springfield mayors]]	+