Judge Jonathan Walker b. 20 Jul 1754 Hogestown, Cumberland, Pennsylvania, USA d. Jan 1824 Natchez, Adams, Mississippi, USA: If the Legends Are True...

1754 - 1824

Prefix Judge

Birth 20 Jul 1754 Hogestown, Cumberland, Pennsylvania, USA [3]

Gender Male

Alt. Birth 1756 East Pennsboro, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania [1, 2]

Alt. Birth 1761 [1]

Graduated 1787 [3]

Dickinson College

Biographical 1790 Northumberland County, Pennsylvania [3]

he was admitted to the bar

Military Service soldier in The Revolution [2]

Name Jonathan Hoge Walker [3, 4]

Occupation 1818 Pennsylvania [2, 3, 5]

appointed by President Monroe first judge of the Western District

Occupation 1 Mar 1806-1818 [2, 3]

President Judge of the Fourth Pennsylvania District

Died Jan 1824 Natchez, Adams, Mississippi, USA [1, 2, 3]

He died in Natchez, Misissippi, at the home of his son Duncan Walker, and after his death the rest of the family made their homes in Mississippi, including his afterwards greatly distinguished and honored son, Honorable Robert J. Walker, who so long and ably represented Mississippi in the United States Senate, was Governor of Mississippi, was Secretary of the Treasury under President Polk, and was appointed Governor of the Territory of Kansas by President Buchanan.

The Family of Hoge – 1927

Person ID I5980 If the Legends Are True...

Last Modified 14 Apr 2007

Father William Walker, b. 3 Sep 1721, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania , d. 15 Oct 1803, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania

Mother Elizabeth Hoge, b. 20 Jul 1730, d. 23 Dec 1812, East Pennsboro, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania

Family ID F1962 Group Sheet

Family Lucretia Duncan, d. 1798

Married 1790 [3, 4]

Children

	1. Stephen Duncan Walker, b. 1792, d. Infant
>	2. Duncan Stephen Walker, b. 1794, d. 1835, At Sea
>	3. Mary Anne Fox Walker, b. 1797, d. 1836
>	4. Robert John Walker, b. 23 Jul 1801, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania , d. 11 Nov 1869, Washington, District of Columbia, District of Columbia, USA
>	5. Martha Elizabeth Duncan Walker, b. 1805, d. 15 Sep 1874, Washington, District of Columbia, District of Columbia, USA
>	6. Charlotte Corday Walker, b. 1807, d. 1842
	7. Gwentholyn Walker, d. Yes, date unknown
	8. William Walker, b. 1823-1824, d. Young
	9. Lucy Walker, d. Infant

Last Modified 04 Apr 2007

Family ID F2256 Group Sheet

Notes	Judge Jonathan Walker, d-46, was first judge of the Western District of Pennsylvania; was appointed by President Monroe, 1818. He held the position until his death, 1824. He was b in East Pennsborough Township, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, in 1756. His grandfather was an Englishman and a lieutenant under the Duke of Marlborough at the Battle of Blenheim. He was a soldier in the Revolution and held the position as President Judge of the Fourth Pennsylvania District before he was appointed Federal Judge, having been appointed to the state position March 1, 1806. On retiring from this position, he published an address to his people which was a model of good taste and displayed fine judgment and exalted character. He married Miss Lucretia Duncan, daughter of Stephen Duncan, a distingushed and able lawyer of Carlisle, Pennswylvania. The Family of Hoge – 1927

[S71] Hoge, Family of, James Hoge Tyler (compiler), (Greensboro, North Carolina: James Fulton Hoge, editor & publisher, 1927), page 25 (Reliability: 3).
[S71] Hoge, Family of, James Hoge Tyler (compiler), (Greensboro, North Carolina: James Fulton Hoge, editor & publisher, 1927), page 29 (Reliability: 3).
[S208] Who Was Who - Historical Volume, The A. N. Marquis Company, (St. Louis, Missouri: Von Hoffman Press, Inc., 1963), Library of Congress Catalogue Card Number: 43-378., page 557 (Reliability: 4).
[S220] Duncan, Katherine Duncan Smith, (New York, New York: T. A. Wright, 1928, 176 pages), page 44 (Reliability: 4).
[S98] Kansas and Kansans, William Connelley, (Chicago: Lewis, 1918 [5 volumes 2731 pages]), http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/archives/1918ks/v2/ch35p1.html (Reliability: 4).