Town: Centerville
WALKER, James Buchanan, banker; born Whitfield, Tenn., June 25, 1857; Scotch-Irish descent; son of James and Emeline (Cooper) WALKER; father’s occupation farmer; received common school education; began life on a farm and earned first $100 on own account as teacher in the public schools; began mercantile business at age of 22 and followed it for ten years; has been in the banking business for twenty years; married Henrie Bascomb RUSSELL Sept. 30, 1897; member of Knights of Pythias; hard money, Independent Democrat; first mayor of Centerville, Tenn. in 1904 and re-elected for a second term without opposition; twice elected vice-president of the Tenn. Bankers’ Association; member Methodist Episcopal church, South, and for twenty years Superintendent of the Sunday school; cashier of First National Bank of Centerville, Tenn., for past twenty years; large real estate owner in Hickman Co., Tenn.
