Individual Details
Dr. Oliver David Walker
(3 Dec 1860 - 6 Oct 1954)
Oliver David Walker was born December 3, 1860, in Emporia, Kansas. He moved to Lawrence as a boy and attended school there and received a AB degree from the University of Kansas in 1883. In 1886 he received his doctorate from Keokuk Medical College in Iowa.
He had been a physician at Haskell Institute in Lawrence, was past president of Kansas Medical Society and Kansas Board of Health.
In 1891 he married Mary Louise Simpson of Lawrence. She died in 1906 after their move to Salina. In 1913 he married Margaret Moore; she was principal of Salina High School.
Survivors besides his wife were two daughters, Genevieve Angevine and Margaret Walker; a brother George Walker; a sister May Kenyon; and two grandchildren.
Events
| Birth | 3 Dec 1860 | Breckenridge, Lyon County, Kansas | |||
| Census (family)-shared | 13 Aug 1870 | (George Morton Walker Sr. and Zipporah Melissa Maxwell) Wakarusa, Douglas County, Kansas |  |  | |
| Census (family)-shared | 1 Mar 1875 | (George Morton Walker Sr. and Zipporah Melissa Maxwell) Wakarusa, Douglas County, Kansas | | | |
| Census (family)-shared | 23 Jun 1880 | (George Morton Walker Sr. and Zipporah Melissa Maxwell) Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas | | | |
| Death | 6 Oct 1954 | Salina, Saline County, Kansas | |||
| Burial | Gypsum Hill Cemetery, Salina, Saline County, Kansas | | |
Families
| Father | George Morton Walker Sr. (1830 - 1918) |
| Mother | Zipporah Melissa Maxwell (1834 - 1910) |
| Sibling | John Maxwell Walker (1858 - 1902) |
| Sibling | George Morton Walker Jr. (1862 - 1957) |
| Sibling | Jennie Orr Walker (1865 - 1947) |
| Sibling | May M. Walker (1868 - 1972) |
| Sibling | Alice Walker (1869 - ) |
| Sibling | William Thomas Walker (1874 - 1932) |
| Sibling | James Herron Walker (1877 - 1942) |
Notes
Census (family)-shared
George W Walker M 40 Pennsylvania - Civil engineerZipora Walker F 35 Ohio
John M Walker M 11 Kansas
Oliver D Walker M 9 Kansas
George M Walker M 8 Kansas
Jennie Walker F 4 Iowa
May M Walker F 2 Kansas
Alice Walker F 1 Kansas
Census (family)-shared
G M Walker M 44 Pennsylvania - Civil engineerZipora Walker F 41 Ohio - Houskeeping
John M Walker M 17 Kansas - at school
Oliver D Walker M 14 Kansas - Herding cattle
G m Walker M 13 Kansas - at school
Jennie O Walker F 9 Kansas - at school
Mary Walker F 6 Kansas
Wm F Walker M 9/12 Kansas
Census (family)-shared
George M Walker Self M 49 Pennsylvania - Civil engineerZippora M Walker Wife F 45 Ohio
John M Walker Son M 21 Kansas - Civil engineer
Oliver D Walker Son M 19 Kansas
George M Walker Son M 17 Kansas
Jennie O Walker Daughter F 14 Iowa
Mary Walker Daughter F 11 Kansas
William T Walker Son M 5 Kansas
James H Walker Son M 2 Kansas
Burial
PLOT Hillcrest MausoleumEndnotes
1. "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCJK-RTP : 12 April 2016), Jennie Walker in household of George W Walker, Kansas, United States; citing p. 432, family 394, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 545,932..
2. "Kansas State Census, 1875", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QL6X-6NR5 : 12 November 2017), Jennie O Walker in entry for G M Walker, 1875..
3. "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFPY-M6G : 12 August 2017), Jennie O Walker in household of George M Walker, Lawrence, Douglas, Kansas, United States; citing enumeration district ED 67, sheet 81B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0380; FHL microfilm 1,254,380..
4. Find A Grave Memorial 106252265.