Walker, John G. (1835-1907)

Name:: Walker, John G. (1835-1907)
Title:: Midshipman, U.S. Navy, appointed October 5, 1850
Master, Warship "U.S. S. Portsmouth," 1858
1st Lieutenant, "U.S.S. Winnona," Civil War
Commander, United States Navy, 1866
Assistant Superintendant, United State Naval Academy, 1866-1869
Secretary, Lighthouse Board, 1873-1878
Chief of Bureau of Navigation, 1881-1889.
Commander, U.S. Navy, 1889
Rear-Admiral, White Squadron, 1894
Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Squadron, U. S. Navy, 1894
Commodore of Squadron of Evolution, 1889.
President, Nicaragua Canal Commission, 1897
President, Isthmian Canal commission, 1899
Other Names:: Walker, John Grimes
Born:: 03/20/1835
Birthplace:: Hillsborough, NH
Died:: 09/15/1907
Death Location:: York, ME
Residence:: Hillsborough, NH 1835-1850
Burlington, IA 1856
Cambridge, MA 1870
Salem, MA 1880
Washington, DC 1900
Nationality:: American
Occupation:: Officer, United States Navy
Father:: Walker, Alden
Mother:: Grimes, Susan
Relations:: Nephew of James W. Grimes, Governor of Iowa
Spouse:: Married Rebecca White, September, 1866
Children:: Francis Pickering
James Wilson Grimes
Susan Grimes
Henry Pickering
Sarah Cochran
Alice
Bessie
Notes:: George W. Browne, The History of Hillsborough New Hampshire 1735-1921. Volume II. (Manchester, New Hampshire: John B. Clarke Company, 1922), 281-282.

Death Records, Maine State Archives