Spinning family
Biographical notes:
Biography
Hiram Walker (1843-1921) served as a soldier in the United States Civil War. On December 31, 1865 he married Sarah Charity Willis (1847-1920) in Ohio.
Their daughter, Emma (1866?-April 2, 1897), served as a missionary in India with the International Missionary Alliance from 1891-1897. Circa 1894-1895, Emma married Donald Heron (d. January 30, 1896), also a missionary with the Alliance in India.
Another daughter, Anna, married William Simpson Spinning on December 31, 1902 in Duluth, Minnesota. Anna and William had two children: Marian Frances Spinning (1912- ) and Helen Margaret Spinning (1914-1983).
On May 22, 1938 Helen married Cordell Durrell (1908-1986). Cordell served as Professor of Geology at the University of California, Davis from 1963 to 1976.
Sources consulted:
Christian Missionary Alliance. Nyack, NY: Christian Alliance, June 18, 1897, v. 28 no. 25.
From the guide to the Walker, Spinning, and Durrell Families Papers, 1862-1955, (University of California, Davis. General Library. Department of Special Collections.)
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