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Elkanah and Mary (Richardson) Walker


 * arrived in Forest Grove in 1849
 * Mr. Walker was pastor for First Congregational Church, 1856-1866
 * Children's names: Joseph Elkanah, John, Cyrus, Mark Levi, Samuel

See also Walker, Mary Richardson (1811-1897) through HistoryLink.org.

Dr. Peg Gilbert, //Pacific University and Forest Grove: A Look Into the Past//

//"Walker Family and [|Home]1895// Elkanah and Mary Walker were early settlers of Forest Grove (1849). They had come west from New England as missionaries to the Spokane Indians, near present town of Spokane. In 1848, after the Whitman massacre (AKA Whitman Incident), they and their children were brought south by the Hudson Bay Company. In 1849 they moved to this region from Oregon City so that their children could attend Tualatin Academy. Elkanah Walker served as pastor for the First Congregational Church of Forest Grove from 1856 to 1866.

This picture (1895) Photo 36] of Mary Walker and her children was taken at their home on north B Street in about 1895. The six sons are, left to right: Joseph Elkanah; John; Cyrus; Mark; Levi; Samuel. Mary Richardson Walker is seated, with her daughter Abigail Walker Karr standing at her left. Elkanah Walker died in 1877."