Seventh Generation

3656. Archibald Alexander Walker was born in December 1872 in Oregon. Archibald died at from smoke inhalation at 170 1/2 Tenth St. in Portland, Multnomah Co., OR on 29 December 1916 and was buried at Union Cemetery of Cedar Mill in Portland, Multnomah Co., OR on 31 December 1916 .^12199,12200

Death Reported, The Oregonian, Portland, OR, Dec. 20, 1916, Page 11

Small Blaze Is Fatal

Archibald Walker, 44, is suffocated while in bed.

Victim one of Heirs to Estate Owning Property -- Family will bury Him at Beaverton

Archibald Walker, 44 years old, suffocated in his room at 170 1/2 Tenth street, at 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon, when the bed on which he was lying caught fire, presumably from a cigarette. Although a pulmotor was pressed into service, all efforts to revive him proved futile.

Smoke issuing from an upper window sttreacted the attention of W. Walker, of 409 Yamhill street, who ran into the curio shop of William Paul, on the first floor of the building. Paul broke down the door to the room and found its inmate unconscious and gasping. A fire alarm was turn in, and the smouldering fire, which had partially consumed the bed and burned a hole in the floor, was extinguished with ease.

Walker was clad only in undershirt and trousers and was stretched upon the bed when discovered. Those who carried the unconscious man out declare that smoke issued from his mouth with his spasmodic breathing. He died while efforts were being made to resuscitate him.

The building, which is a frame structure divided into apartments, is the property of the Walker estate, of which Archibald Walker was a heir. He had taken care of it and roomed in the building for some time past.

His mother, who lives at Beaverton, with his sister, visited the public morgue, where the body was taken by Deputy Coroner Lowe, and made arrangements for its immediate removal to Beaverton for burial. Walker was married but divorced. His ex-wife and five children reside in Lents.

Archibald Alexander Walker and Ora Priscilla Crowley were married on 11 May 1898 in Monmouth, Polk Co., OR. They appeared in the census on 14 June 1900 in Washington Co., OR.¹²²⁰¹ They¹²²⁰¹ appeared in the census on 29 April 1910 in Gaston, WashingtonCo., OR.¹²²⁰² Ora Priscilla Crowley, daughter of Solomon Kimsey Crowley and Hannah Rebecca Fulkerson, was born on 27 June 1878 in Oak Grove, Polk Co., OR. Ora died in Marion Co., OR on 20 December 1956 and was buried at Etna Cemetery in Crowley, Polk Co., OR in December 1956 .¹²²⁰³

Obituary, The Oregonian, Portland, OR, Sat., Dec. 22, 1956, Page 4

Mrs. Ora Smith

Ora Priscilla Walker Smith, 78, lifetime resident of Polk County, died Thursday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Mary L. Siefarth in Salem. She had been ill for the last 12 years.

Mrs. Smith was born January 27, 1878 at Oak Grove in Polk County, the daughter of pioneer Polk County residents, Solomon and Hannah Crowley. She married Archibald A. Walker at Monmouth, Oregon, May 11, 1898. He died in December, 1916. She was married again to Lee Smith at Salem, September 13, 1929. His death occurred in July, 1930.

Mrs. Smith made her home in Polk County all her life except during her final illness when she lived in Salem. She was a member of the Calvary Baptist Church.

She is survived by three sons and two daughters as follows: Robert H. Walker, Portland; Solomon C. Walker, Burns; Jack A. Walker, Rickreall; Mary L. Siefarth, Salem, and Agnes Mildred Smith, Salem. There are also nine grandchildren and ten great grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held Saturday at 1:30 p.m. at the Bollman Funeral Chapel in Dallas. Burial will be in the Etna Cemetery at Rickreall.

Archibald Alexander Walker and Ora Priscilla Crowley had the following children: