WILLIAM TALBOT WALKE
Is a son of Richard Walke and Mary D. Walke, nee Talbot, and was
born in Norfolk, Virginia, on January 31, 1838. He was married at
Winton, North Carolina, on August 3, 1858, Sarah R., daughter of
Richard Gary (now deceased), becoming his wife. Their children are:
William Talbot, Richard G., James N., Mary D., Sally W., Isaac T.,
Ethel (deceased), Henry (deceased), and Herbert N.
In early youth Mr. Walke went to school to Paxton Pollard. He took
the collegiate course at William and Mary College, graduating in 1856.
He then entered the wholesale drug business, in which he was engaged
till the outbreak of the war between the States.
He entered the Confederate army in 1861, in Company H, 6th Virginia
Infantry, and after six months service was discharged. In the
spring of 1862 he enlisted again, in Burruss' battalion of cavalry, and
was on detached duty in the commissary department. In 1863 he was
promoted first lieutenant and adjutant of the 39th Battalion Virginia
Cavalry, with which he served until the close of the war.
Returning then to Norfolk, he went into business with W. W. Chamberlaine;
in 1866-67 was farming in North Carolina; then returned to
Norfolk, and was in the book and stationery business about a year. In
1869 went into the general insurance business, in which he has continued
ever since.
