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family name.   Of Levi's children, two sons settled in town, Levi,6 and Ephraim H.6


   Levi,6 (Levi,5 Isaiah,4 Isaac,3 John,2 John,1) b. Feb. 22, 1802.   Mar. Ruth Stetson of Pembroke, Mch. 27, 1827.   He was an efficient and interested member of the Farmer's Club, which afterwards developed into the Marshfield Agricultural and Horticultural Society, of which he was the first vice president.

CHILDREN.

   I. Charles A.,7 b. Sept. 22, 1829.   Mar. Ann Maria Baker in 1860, he d. May 8, 1890.   He was a prominent director of the Marshfield Agricultural and Horticultural Society.
   II. Henry,7 b. Sept. 12, 1831, d. unmar.
   III. Mary Jane,7 b. Apr. 23, 1837, d. 1876.   Mar. Nahum Stetson of Hanson, Jan. 9, 1857.


   Ephraim H.,6 (Levi,5 Isaiah,4 Isaac,3 John,2 John,1) b. June 1, 1805.   In early manhood, before the days of steam cars or even stage coaches, he walked from his home in Marshfield (some distance beyond the Congregational church) to Boston, spent several hours in the city, attending to business, and then walked back to his home before he slept.   Isaiah, who was a twin brother, with Ephraim H., lived in Pembroke.   These three brothers lived to celebrate their golden weddings.   The only family bearing the Walker name in Marshfield, among the descendants, is that of Ephraim H.,7 son of above Ephraim H.,6 who occupies the homestead of his father and grandfather.

CHILDREN.

   I. Sarah T.,7 b. Nov. 3, 1835.   Mar. John H. Bourne Mch. 23, 1858.
   II. Ephraim H.7

 

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