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REVEREND CHARLES WALKER
[Welland Tribune, 7 March 1884]
We have this week to record the death of Rev. Charles Walker, formerly of this town, which occurred at Lockland, Ohio, on Feb. 27th. The deceased had removed there some five or six months ago, and was living happily with his family and in the successful charge of a large congregation. He woke up at 6 o’clock in the morning, complaining of feeling unwell. Mrs. Walker applied some simple remedy which seemed to relieve him, but shortly afterward a gurgling noise attracted her attention to him, and a few minutes later he breathed his last. Physicians pronounced the cause of his death to be apoplexy. The body was brought to Stratford for burial. Elder Walker, as he was best known, was a man of unusual ability, mental activity, and intellectual attainments. He was a sterling Liberal in politics, and would, had he chosen the field of politics instead of the church, undoubtedly have won a commanding position in the political arena. He was stationed in Welland at the time the editor of this paper, then in his teens, assumed charge of its columns, and to the Elder’s advice and cooperation we were largely indebted for a satisfactory initiation of our journalistic career. Mr. Walker was married to a daughter (Abigail) of Samuel Rice, Esq., of Pelham, who, with a family, mourn their irreparable loss.
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