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Samuel H. Walker, a carpenter turned soldier, fought in the Seminole War, Mier Expedition, and Mexican-American War, where he died heroically leading a charge against Santa Anas forces. Samuel H. Walker was an apprentice carpenter in Washington, D.C., when the second Seminole War broke out in 1838. He enlisted in a Washington militia unit and went to Florida. Upon the expiration of the units service, he was employed in the construction of the railroad from Mobile to Pensacola. Upon the completion of his labors, he removed to Texas where he joined the ill-fated Mier Expedition in 1842, being subsequently imprisoned by the Mexican authorities for two years, during which time he developed a...
Sir John Craig Eaton had Eaton Hall built in 1937 on a 700-acre plot in King City, Ontario. The history of this landmark will explore the famous local men who built the Canadian castle, the local stones that made it, and the local people who lived there and have felt its influence.
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"With tables of the cases and principal matters" (varies).
A monthly periodical, devoted exclusively to historical, biographical, chronological and statistical matters.