Wirt Dexter Walker

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Person.png Wirt Dexter Walker  Rdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
(lawyer)
BornSeptember 1, 1860
DiedApril 24, 1899 (Age 38)
Parents • James M. Walker
• Eliza M. Walker
SpouseMarie Winston

Wirt Dexter Walker was a Chicago lawyer, son of successful Chicago attorney James M. Walker and Eliza M. Walker[1] and was named after Wirt Dexter, the junior partner at his father's firm Walter VanArman & Dexter. [2]

After his graduation from Yale University he inherited a large sum of money upon his father's death. He began his own practice in 1883[1] and was secretary of the University Club of Chicago in 1887.[3] He had health problems and became blind, at which point he retired from office work to travel.[1]

He married Marie Winston[4][5] in 1894.[1]

 

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References

  1. a b c d [1] Yale University Obituary
  2. Proceedings of the Illinois State Bar Association By Illinois State Bar Association Meeting Publisher The Association, 1899 Original from the University of California Digitized Oct 28, 2008 page 133
  3. [2] The American University Magazine Published 1897 Original from the University of Michigan Digitized Sep 8, 2009 page 122
  4. John William Leonard, Albert Nelson Marquis The book of Chicagoans: a biographical dictionary of leading living men of the city of Chicago, Volume 2 Publisher A.N. Marquis, 1911 Original from the New York Public Library Digitized Jun 12, 2007
  5. [3] Governor Garrard, of Kentucky: his descendants and relatives page 84


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