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W. K. Walker, M. D., was born September 17, 1847, and is a son of William and Frances (Miller) Walker, who were born October 16, 1808, in North Carolina, and February 12, 1809, in South Carolina, respectively. The former was a farmer by occupation, and died in 1875. In politics he was a Democrat. The mother died September 7, 1861. The grandfather, Wesley Walker, was born in Virginia in 1781, and during the War of 1812 served under Gen. Jackson. He engaged in farming for a livelihood, and died about 1834. The grandmother, Sarah (Cherry) Walker, was born in Pennsylvania in 1781, and died in 1876. The maternal grandfather, William Miller, was also a soldier in the War of 1812 under Gen. Jackson, and engaged in farming. He was a native of South Carolina, and died in 1840. He wife, Barbara (Rose) Miller, was of Dutch descent. Our subject began life for himself in 1866, as a carpenter in Atlanta, Ga., having passed his boyhood in the northern part of that State. He afterward farmed until 1878, when he began the study of medicine. He read medicine under Dr. B. M. Stephens, of Searcy County, Ark., and in 1882 received a certificate from the medical examiners of that county, of which he had become a resident in 1876. In 1883 he went to Logan County, and the next year located at Cove City, where he has since been actively engaged in the practice of his profession. In 1867 he married Miss Matilda Honnicutt, who was born February 22, 1852, and died October 25, 1881. Her parents were M. J. and Locky (Webb) Honnicutt, natives of North Carolina, who were born in 1818 and 1815, and died in 1886 and 1875, respectively. During 1862 Mr. Honnicutt enlisted in the Eleventh Georgia Regiment, commanded by Col. Anderson, and served under Capt. Welsh. In 1882 Dr. Walker married Mrs. C. J. Woodard, who was born in Kentucky, in 1848, and is a daughter of John and Vienna Evans, natives of North Carolina, who were born in 1814 and 1824. They moved to Kentucky from North Carolina in 1845, and in 1851 went to Georgia. In 1867 the father died, and in 1870 the family moved from Georgia to Arkansas. Mrs. Walker is the mother of four children by her first husband, J. B. Woodard, viz.: Mrs. Vienna London, James I. Woodard, Mary E. Woodard and Benjamin Woodard, all residents of this county. To Dr. Walker three children were borne by his first wife: Mary F., Benjamin S. and Jack Walker. Dr. Walker is a Democrat in politics, and cast his first presidential vote for Seymour, 1868. He is now serving his third term as justice of the peace, and is a member of the Blue Lodge in Masonry, and is also a Chapter Mason.