In my years of WALKER family research, this is, undoubtedly, the most significant photographic find I have made. The photo was in a cache of paper ephemera I discovered in the residence of my late cousin, Dorothy Loosier Sabo. The photos were originally in the possession of Dorothy’s mother, my grand aunt Evie Walker Loosier. This photo was worn and had numerous scratches mostly over J.B. and for this reason I sent it off for a professional restoration. To enable other researchers to use J.B.’s face for possible comparison to other photos, I have cropped and made a second photo from the first.

James Berry Walker (seated) with his youngest son, L.D., and his wife, Sarah Ann Parker Stills Walker, circa 1890. (Photograph provided by and in the collection of Johnny Taylor, Marshall, TX, 2016)

Just James Berry Walker’s face cropped from the larger family photo. (Photograph provided by and in the collection of Johnny Taylor, Marshall, TX, 2016)