MIAMI COUNTY OHIO
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File contributed for use in the Ohio Biographies Project by:
Karin Lange
klange@nque.com
August 28, 2000
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"Andreas History of the State of NE"  1882


Adams co, NE: WALKER & WATKINS, livery, feed and sale stables. These
stables
were built in August, 1879, by the present proprietors; they carry twelve
livery horses, and do a large business in the sales department. George
Walker, the senior partner, was born in England, in July, 1830; he
learned
the trade of baker and miller in that country, serving as an apprentice
some
five years, and was employed at that trade there until he immigrated to
America in 1853, locating in Kankakee, Ill.; was for a year employed in a
stone-quarry; then in Cook County, building railroads, etc., for four
years;
afterward at Grand Rapids, Mich., for four years, employed in saw-mills,
subsequently in the oil regions of Pennsylvania, employed as teamster for
two years; buying horses for the United States Army in and about Detroit,
Mich., for some years, afterward teaming in the lumber woods of Michigan,
and in same capacity in Miami County, Ohio. He came to Nebraska in
October,
1872, homesteading eighty acres in Juniata Precinct, Adams County;
resided
on the same off and on for five years, coming to the town of Juniata
during
the winter months; was employed as cook, etc., and moved into Juniata to
reside in 1877, at which time he engaged in the livery business; two
years
later, was joined by John Van Houghton, and eight months after sold out,
joining his nephew, George Watkins, in present business, in August, 1879.
George Watkins, the junior partner of this firm, was born in Michigan in
1857; removing with his parents when quite young to Washington County,
Iowa,
he resided there until he came to Nebraska in 1872, residing on a farm in
Juniata Precinct until he joined his uncle in this business