Albert Shield Walker

Who is Albert Shield Walker?

Albert Shield Walker was the first mayor of Springfield, Oregon in 1885 and a blacksmith.

In 1868, William Walker's son Albert Shields Walker married Sarah "Lizzie" Higgins and at this time the Walker household contained William, Polly, son Albert and wife Lizzie and their infant son Alva, and youngest daughter Tryphena.

He was a founding member of the local chapter of Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Springfield Lodge, No. 70, organized October 24, 1881, and entitled with the position "L.S.V.G." Four years later he would become this city's mayor.

He died on September 15, 1915; his obituary appeared September 16, 1915 in the Eugene Daily Guard:

ALBERT WALKER, FIRST MAYOR OF SPRINGFIELD, DIES

Albert Shield Walker, first mayor of Springfield upon its incorporation in 1885, and prominent in the civic and social life of Springfield, died at his home here yesterday morning after an illness of a year. He was 69 years of age and had lived in Lane Co. 62 years. In 1868 he married Miss Sarah Higgins of Salem, who survives him. There are also eight children, Herbert E., W. F., Ralph, Joy, Mrs. O. C. Woolf, of Albany, Mrs. H. F. Parsons, Jessie and Grace, of Springfield. Mr.