Memories of my Grandfather
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My grandfather, John Walker recalls every Sunday after Church, his father (my great grandfather, Rev. John Walker) would invite the entire town to his log cabin home for a big dinner. After everyone was done with dinner,there would be singing of Church Hymns that would echo in the mountains.
WWII would soon start and life would change. There was a death in the family. Then my grandfather went off to war. He sent many letters to my grandmother to comfort her.
Upon discharge from the service, the family moved north for a better life. John started a business, learned to fly a plane and joined the Masons.
They bought a home, and farmed the land. John retired in the 1978 and Went to Alaska with his wife.
He became interested and walked the Appalchian and Jenny Wiley Trails. He was personally invited to the White House. He was asked to make speeches about his life. He was a self- made man.
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This is the story of my grandfather's life, how he lived in Hazard Kentucky, and moved to Connersville, Indiana.
My story of his life explains how he helped the entire town of Hazard during the depression and then went on to serve his country during WWII.
After WWII, he took a new journey when he moved his family north to Indiana.
My grandfather, John Walker, researched one of his favorite Presidents, Lincoln, and found a mystery about one of his cabinet members, Caleb B. Smith. Smith’s body was not in his tomb and so John Walker set out to look for it at other places in Indiana. Smith’s body was never found.
My book will include John Walker’s collection of publications about Truman, another president he adored. He even had three portraits painted of Truman by a local artist
My grandfather received an invitation to tour the White House in the Reagan Era; he was honored in Washington for 50 years of membership to the Free Masons. At the end of his life he was a 60 year Masonic Member
He walked the Appalachian and Jenny Wiley Trails after retirement
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About the Author
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Born in a little town in southwestern Indiana called, Columbus. I grew up in the 60's with hearing lots of wonderful stories of the memories of my grandparents log cabin home in Hazard, Ky. I grew up loving history, and listening to my grandfather recite poetry. I attended Indiana University, and I've written many stories that have been published in the paper, and online. I have spent many hours on my Genealogy, and have my family tree online at Ancestry.com.