Lydia A. Walker
June 8, 1919; Oregonian, p 16
Cottage Grove, Or., June 7

   Lydia A. Walker, pioneer of this section, died at Monroe Wednesday.  The body was brought here yesterday for interment.  She was born in Kentucky, May 27, 1830, and was 89 years and 9 days of age.  She had been an invalid a year or more.  When a girl she moved to Sullivan, Ill., where she was married to Thomas Carpenter.  One child was born to this union, John Carpenter, of Monroe.  She later married J. H. Walker.  Two children survive from this union, Ulysses Walker, of Portland, and Mrs. J. M. Durham, of this city.  Mrs. Walker came to Oregon in 1882 and was a resident of this city for a number of years.