'Who's Who in Railroading' biographical entries — Walker family, including James Pickens Walker Sr.

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Pencil annotation, upper right (in the album-compiler’s hand):

Sigma Ribbon Society

Reference book page header:

660 — WHO’S WHO IN RAILROADING

Entry of family interest (the album-compiler’s husband):

Walker, James Pickens, General Superintendent, Atlantic Coast Line R. R. Office: 18 Jefferson St., Jacksonville, Fla. Born: Overfield, W. Va., April 27, 1883. Son of Samuel C. and Emma D. (Pickens) Walker. Married: Amy Fitz-Simons, Oct. 20, 1908. Children: J. P. Jr., Dee, Mary Ann. Education: Public schs., Rockville Academy, Washington and Lee Univ. Entered Railway Service: July 1903, as chainman, Baltimore & Ohio, serving later as rodman, levelman and transitman; Apr. 1906, entered service of Atlantic Coast Line, as transitman; to Apr. 1923, was successively res. engr., div. engr., asst. engr., asst. supt. and supt. at Charleston, S. C.; Apr. 1923–Sept. 1926, Supt. of transp., Jacksonville, Fla.; Sept. 1926–Oct. 1934, gen. supt., Savannah, Ga.; Oct. 16, 1934—, gen. supt., A. C. L., Jacksonville, Fla. Was term. mgr. for U. S. R. A. Episcopalian. Democrat. Clubs and fraternities: Delta Tau Delta, Oglethorpe Club (Savannah, Ga.), Rotary, Seminole, Traf., Florida Yacht, Timuquana Country, Revellers (Jacksonville). Home address: ~~3657 Richmond St.~~, Jacksonville, Fla. [Handwritten in pencil below: 3690 Hedrick — updated address.]

Other Walker / nearby entries on the page (selected, summarized):

Walker, George Abram, General Solicitor, Canadian Pacific Ry. Co. Office: 234 Windsor St. Station, Montreal, Que. Born: Toronto, Ont., Oct. 8, 1879. Son of William and Mary (Martin) Walker. Married: Gladys Graves, Oct. 5, 1928. Children: Gladys June. Education: Wellesley Sch., Toronto; Osgoode Hall, Toronto (grad. in law 1906). Appointed King’s Counsel, Alberta, 1915. Entered Railroad Service: 1906 as solicitor, C. P. R. (as a mem. of firm MacMurchy, Spence & Walker), serving in this capacity until 1911. Subsequent career all with C. P. R. as follows: 1911–34, solicitor, Calgary, Alta.; 1934–36, asst. gen. solicitor, Montreal, Que.; 1936—, gen. solicitor, Montreal. Mem., Law Soc. of Upper Canada, Law Soc. of Alberta, Law Soc. of British Columbia. Presbyterian. Conservative. Clubs: Ranchmen’s (Calgary), University (Montreal), British Empire (London, Eng.). Home address: 3015 Trafalgar Ave., Montreal, Que.

Walker, Horace L., General Attorney, Chesapeake & Ohio Ry. Co., Pere Marquette Ry. Co., and New York, Chicago & St. Louis R. R. Co. Office: 1500 First & Merchants Natl. Bank Bldg., Richmond, Va. Born: Lancaster, Ky., Mar. 21, 1888. Son of William Estill and Dorcas (Leavell) Walker. Married: Elizabeth Wyne, May 3, 1920. Children: Elizabeth Randolph. Education: Lancaster (Ky.) High Sch., Univ. of Kentucky, Jefferson Sch. of Law. Practiced law in Louisville, Ky., 1913–17. Entered Railroad Service: 1917 as attorney, So. Ry., Washington, D. C.; May 1918–19, air service, U. S. Army; 1919–20, asst. v.-p. and gen. counsel, So. Ry.; 1920–35, commerce counsel, So. Ry., Washington; 1935–38, attorney, associated railroads and steamship cos., Washington; 1938—, gen. attorney, C. & O., P. M. and N. Y. C. & St. L., Richmond, Va. Presbyterian. Democrat. Clubs and fraternities: Commonwealth, Country Club of Virginia, Phi Delta Theta. Home address: 212 River Rd., Richmond, Va.

Walker, J. F., Division Superintendent, Illinois Central System. Office: Baton Rouge, La. Born: Nov. 21, 1877, at Paducah, Ky. Entered Railway Service: Jan. 10, 1898, as special machinist apprentice in the Paducah shops of the Illinois Central, since when he has been consecutively: 1900–01, journeyman; Jan. 1901–Sept. 1906, rnd. hse. foreman and machine shop foreman; Sept. 1906–May 1907, gen. foreman, Evansville dist., Princeton, Ky.; May 1907–Aug. 1909, gen. foreman, Paducah shops; Aug. 1909–May 1910, master mechanic, East St. Louis, Ill.; May 1910–April 1923, master mechanic, Paducah, Ky.; April 1923–Sept. 1931, supt., New Orleans div., Baton Rouge, La.; Sept. 1931–Jan. 1932, asst. supt., Vicksburg Div.; Jan. 1932—, supt., Louisiana Div.; entire service with I. C. System.

Walker, James Littleton, Freight Claim Agent, Seaboard Air Line Ry. Office: Portsmouth, Va. Born: Portsmouth, Va., June 30, 1885. Son of Henry Clay and Mary Frances (James) Walker. Married: Edna Earl Outten, Nov. 15, 1906. Children: James L. [Jr.] … Education: Portsmouth public schools. Entered Railroad Service: July 1, 1906, as clerk, frt. claim dept., S. A. L. Ry., Portsmouth, Va.; Feb. 5, 1919, appointed asst. frt. claim agent; Nov. 16, 1933—, frt. claim agent, S. A. L. Mem., Comm. on Principles and Practices, Frt. Claim Div., A. A. R. Episcopalian. Democrat. Home address: 1033 Jamestown Crescent, Norfolk, Va.

Walker, James Pickens, General Superintendent, Atlantic Coast Line R. R. [See full entry above.]

Walker, John D., General Manager, Colorado & Southern Ry. Co. Office: 500 C. A. Johnson Bldg., Denver, Colo. Born: Leadville, Colo., Jan. 26, 1885. Son of Andrew and Mary C. (Harvey) Walker. Married: Macey L. E. Palmer, June 26, 1911. Children: Willetta E. Walker Yeager, John D. Jr., Jacqueline L. Education: High sch. Entered Railroad Service: Apr. 1902 as office boy to supt. car service, C. & S., Denver, Colo.; has since been in continuous service with the same road, as follows: July 1902–Oct. 1906, clerk to car accountant, Denver; Oct. 1906–Nov. 1910, chief clerk to car accountant, Denver; Nov. 1910–Oct. 1913, traveling car agent, Denver; Oct. 1913–May 1917, chief clerk to supt. of transp., Denver; May 1917–May 1919, acting supt. transp., Denver; May 1919–Sept. 1925, supt. transp., Denver; Sept. 1925–Dec. 1930, div. supt., Trinidad, Colo.; Dec. 1930–June 1939, asst. gen. mgr., Denver; June 1939—, gen. mgr., Denver. Protestant. Republican. Home address: 1423 Dahlia St., Denver, Colo.

Walkmeyer, John Henry, Assistant General Freight Agent, Alton R. R. Co. and Baltimore & Ohio R. R. Co. Office: 209 Grand Central Station, Chicago. Born: Emsworth, Pa., Jan. 24, 1889. Son of John Henry and Sarah Davis (Egan) Walkmeyer. Married: Virginia Evans, Oct. 10, 1911 (dec.); Lucy Evans, Oct. 17, 1936. Children: John Evans, Martha Louise (Mrs. George B. Walder), Robert Hemphill. Education: Emsworth Public Sch. (1903), Pittsburgh (Pa.) Academy (1905). Entered Railroad Service: Jan. 17, 1906 as clerk, frt. sta., Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne & Chicago (now P. R. R.), Allegheny, Pa.; serving in this capacity until Sept. 30, 1907. Subsequent career: Oct. 1, 1907–Mar. 15, 1911, stenog.-clerk, C. & A. (now Alton), Pittsburgh, Pa.; Mar. 16, 1911–Nov. 15, 1912, traveling frt. agent, C. & A., Pittsburgh; Nov. 16, 1912–Apr. 30, 1914, commercial agent, C. & A., Buffalo, N. Y.; May 1, 1914–Mar. 31, 1918, commercial agent, C. & A., Cleveland, Ohio; Apr. 1, 1918–Mar. 31, 1920, traf. dept., Pittsburgh Screw & Bolt Co., Pittsburgh; Apr. 1, 1920–Aug. 15, 1923, gen. agent, C. & A., Cleveland; Aug. 16, 1923–Aug. 31, 1929, gen. agent, C. & A., Pittsburgh; Sept. 1, 1929–July 31, 1933, asst. gen. frt. agent, Alton, Chicago; Aug. 1, 1933—, asst. gen. frt. agent, B. & O. and Alton, Chicago. Mem., Chicago Traf. Club, Springfield (Ill.) Traf. Club, Peoria (Ill.) Transp. Club. Protestant. Fraternities: F. & A. M., Islam Grotto. Home address: 921 Forest Ave., Evanston, Ill.

Wall, Frank Jerome, Vice-President-Traffic, New York, New Haven & Hartford R. R., New England Transportation Co. and New … [entry continues on the page following 660].

AI Notes

A page torn from the reference directory ‘Who’s Who in Railroading in North America’ (most likely the 1940 edition, published every few years by Simmons-Boardman). The printed page-folio number 660 is visible top left. Multiple two-column biographical entries in tight reference-book typography. A pencilled marginal annotation top right reads ‘Sigma Ribbon Society’ — purpose unclear (perhaps the album-compiler’s later note flagging a society membership not listed in print). Below the James Pickens Walker entry, a handwritten correction in pencil overwrites the printed home address (‘3657 Richmond St., Jacksonville, Fla.’) with ‘3690 Hedrick’ — Amy or J.P. Sr. himself updating the address to the family’s later Jacksonville street. James Pickens Walker Sr.: birth year 1883, birth town Overfield W. Va., marriage date Oct. 20, 1908 to Amy FitzSimons, mother Emma D. Pickens, children J. P. Jr., Dee, Mary Ann. Horace L. Walker: born Lancaster Ky., wife Elizabeth Wyne. J. F. Walker: Illinois Central. James Littleton Walker: born June 30, 1885 at Portsmouth Va., wife Edna Earl Outten. John D. Walker: Colorado & Southern, born Leadville Colo. Jan. 26, 1885, wife Macey L. E. Palmer. Walkmeyer, John Henry: a separate surname entirely (Alton/B. & O.). Frank Jerome Wall in New Haven & Hartford RR (entry runs off the page bottom).

The “Sigma Ribbon Society” pencil note’s relationship to the printed content is unclear; treated as a marginal annotation in the compiler’s hand, possibly a memory cue rather than a comment on any specific entry. James Pickens Walker Sr.'s middle child “Dee” is a nickname, almost certainly the same Dee whose letters appear in book-003. The printed home address (“3657 Richmond St., Jacksonville, Fla.”) is struck and overwritten in pencil with “3690 Hedrick.”