Joseph Knox Walker
Born: July 19, 1818
Birthplace: Columbia, Tennessee
Father: James Walker 1792 – 1864
(Buried: Greenwood Cemetery, Columbia, Tennessee)
Mother: Jane Maria Polk 1798 – 1876
Brother: Brig. General Lucius M. Walker
Wife: Augusta Adams Tabb 1824 – 1860
(Buried: Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, Tennessee)
Children:
Mary Polk Walker Armstrong 1843 – 1872
(Buried: Saint Mary's Cemetery, Springfield, Missouri)
Henry Tabb Walker 1844 – 1928
(Buried: Oakwood Cemetery, Montgomery, Alabama)
Samuel Polk Walker 1845 – 1932
(Buried: Normal Hill Cemetery, Lewiston, Idaho)
Sally Walker Boon 1846 – 1903
(Buried: Park Cemetery, Carthage, Missouri)
Joseph Knox Walker Jr. 1847 – 1858
(Buried: Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, Tennessee)
Augusta Tabb Walker 1850 – 1860
(Buried: Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, Tennessee)
Nellie Knox Walker Gardner 1852 – 1882
(Buried: Oak Cemetery, Fort Smith, Arkansas)
Cellie Walker 1856 – 1856
(Buried: Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, Tennessee)
Gideon Pillow Walker 1857 – 1859
(Buried: Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, Tennessee)
Education:
Graduated from Yale University
Occupation before War:
Attorney in Memphis, Tennessee
Private Secretary to President James Knox Polk
1857 – 1859: Tennessee State Senator
Civil War Career:
1861 – 1862: Colonel of 2nd Tennessee Infantry Regiment
1862: Resigned as Colonel on May 14, 1862 due to bad health
Died: August 21, 1863
Place of Death: Residence of His Sister, Memphis, Tennessee
Age at time of Death: 45 years old
Cause of Death: Chronic diarrhea
Burial Place: Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, Tennessee (August 23, 1863)
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