Walker, Charles L., 1832-1904

Charles Lowell Walker, an early Mormon diarist and "Poet Laureate" of the Cotton County Mission, was born in Staffordshire, England, on November 17, 1832. His father's family had converted to Mormonism in Manchester and his sister Ann traveled to the United States to marry Parley P. Pratt. Charles Walker arrived in St. Louis in 1849 and was eventually able to travel to Utah in 1855. He was one of the early settlers of St. George and worked on the Mormon temple built there. From the time of his arrival in Utah, Walker kept a daily journal. He also participated in literary clubs, small newspapers, and academic lectures, and was a prolific writer of poems, songs, and hymns. Walker died on January 11, 1904.

From the description of Poems of Charles Lowell Walker, the Dixie Pioneer, c.1860-1900. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 639983867

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