Background
Walker, James Barr was born on July 29, 1805 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of James and Margaret (Barr) Walker.
Walker, James Barr was born on July 29, 1805 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of James and Margaret (Barr) Walker.
Graduate Western Reserve College, 1831, honorary Doctor of Divinity.
13 children. Bought half-interest in Western Courier, Ravenna, O. Practiced law. Agent for American Bible Society. Conducted religious paper at Hudson, 1833-1835.
Ordained to ministry Presbyterian Church, 1837.
Pastor Presbyterian Church, Akron, O., 1837-1839. Editor religious papers The Watchman of the Valley, Cincinnati, 1840-1842, The Herald of the Prairies, Chicago, 1846-1850.
Pastor Congregational Church, Mansfield, O., 1842-1846, 50-57, Sandusky, O., 1857-1863. Lecturer Chicago Theological Seminary, 1859-1865.
Went to Michigan, 1865.
Member Michigan Senate, 1865. Professor intellectual and moral philosophy and belles-lettres Wheaton (Illinois) College, 1870. Pastor Congregational Church, Wheaton, 1871.
Author: The Philosophy of the Plan of Salvation, (used as textbook in the United States, translated into several foreign languages), 1841.
Philosophy of Skepticism and Ultraism, 1857.
Member Michigan Senate, 1865.
Married Rebecca Randall, June 6, 1833. Married second, Mary (Myrtle) Weamer, April.