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Walker, Felix
19 July 1753–1828
Felix Walker, soldier, politician, and pioneer, was born in Hampshire County, Va. His grandfather, John Walker, emigrated from Derry, Ireland, in 1720 and settled in Delaware. His father, John Walker, Jr., was a soldier in the French and Indian War and moved to Rutherford County, N.C., in 1768. His mother was Elizabeth Watson. At age sixteen Felix was bound to a Charleston, S.C., merchant but went home early in 1775 and took part in the expedition of Judge Richard Henderson that established the Transylvania colony in Kentucky. After briefly returning to the North Carolina coast, he joined the settlers in the Watauga Valley in the Tennessee country and helped them reorganize their government as Washington County (now in Tennessee). He served for four years as the county clerk. After learning of the invasion of southern colonies by the British army, he went back to Mecklenburg County, N.C., and became a lieutenant in a regiment commanded by Colonel Isaac Huger, which marched eastward to aid in the defense of Charleston, S.C. He soon resigned his commission and crossed the mountains to help the frontiersmen repel Indian attacks and then accompany them to the Kings Mountain battleground.
He became clerk of Rutherford County, N.C., in October 1789; served in the North Carolina legislature in 1792, 1793, 1800–1802, and 1806; and represented Buncombe County in the U.S. Congress from 1817 to 1823. In the latter capacity he commented that he would make a speech for Buncombe and thus added the phrase "talking buncombe" to the English language. He wrote an autobiography that was published by his grandson. Felix Walker married Susan, a daughter of Major Charles Robertson. He died in Clinton, Miss.
George M. McCoy, "Mountain Memories: Felix Walker . . ." and John Parris, "Felix Walker," Asheville Citizen-Times, 25 June 1950 and 28 Aug. 1966.
Clarence W. Griffin, History of Old Tryon and Rutherford Counties (1937) and Revolutionary Services of Col. John Walker and Family and Memoir of Felix Walker (1930).
F. A. Sondley, History of Buncombe County, vol. 2 (1930).
Additional Resources:
"Felix Walker." N.C. Highway Historical Marker P-26, N.C. Office of Archives & History. https://www.ncdcr.gov/about/history/division-historical-resources/nc-highway-historical-marker-program/Markers.aspx?sp=Markers&k=Markers&sv=P-26 (accessed May 15, 2013).
"Walker, Felix, (1753 - 1828)." Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Washington, D.C.: The Congress. http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000050 (accessed May 15, 2013).
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Goal-line tech debuts in Club World Cup
Japan's Sanfrecce Hiroshima beat part-timers Auckland City 1-0 in the opening game of the Club World Cup on Thursday when FIFA used goal-line technology for the first time.
Toshihiro Aoyama's dipping drive in the 66th minute lit up a pedestrian encounter and sent the J-League champions into the quarter-finals where they will face Egypt's Al-Ahly.
The match was the first in which football's governing body officially used the goal technology although there was little opportunity to test its effectiveness in a game of few chances.
FIFA are using two systems in Yokohama and Toyota City after finally bowing to calls to eliminate 'ghost' goals from the game.
GoalRef, which uses a microchip coil in the ball and low magnetic waves around the goal, was used in Thursday's game with no problems reported.
FIFA said pre-match tests conducted by the referee at both ends of the pitch 100 minutes before kickoff were successful.
Hawk-Eye, widely used in cricket and tennis, will be used in Sunday's quarter-finals in Toyota.
FIFA will be given analyses from the competing companies in January and decide which system to use at next year's Confederations Cup in Brazil.
The technology was not needed as Hiroshima eased past the New Zealanders in Yokohama, although Yojiro Takahagi and Ryota Moriwaki hit the woodwork from long distance after the break.
The Japanese side dominated the game without providing any real threat inside the box.
Dethroned European champions Chelsea and South American Libertadores Cup holders Corinthians join the seven-team competition at the semi-final stage next week.
"The score was only 1-0 but we tried to keep attacking," Hiroshima manager Hajime Moriyasu told reporters. "There was plenty of motivation and effort."
Auckland coach Ramon Tribulietx put a positive spin on the result. "We have to be happy with the way we played," he said. "Don't forget we are an amateur side - it's not easy coming up here to play Hiroshima in Japan."


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I still can't come to terms that Hitch is gone. I come to this site as if another article he wrote will pop up, and then the Vanity Fair article comes up almost as if he is still alive. Then I read the article and realize his thoughts truly are timeless and his spirit didn't die. Like Dickens and Dostoyevksy, Hitch will also live on. I am off to pour myself a glass of Johnny Walker Black and wipe of the dust from the Old Curiosity Shop and Brothers Karamazov. Happy reading to everyone and happy new year:)
Mary said...
Thank you to VF and Daily Hitchens for this posthumous posting. It is greatly appreciated.
andrea said...
I think about him everyday and act like he's here and writing. It's alot
like driving to the cemetery and
realizing that they are gone, and it
hurts again. He was an Oxford Education without ever leaving your
computer. What a loss too all.
Andrea Kelly
andrea said...
I truly wish to read/ hear his voice
on a daily basis. My goodness what
an effect he has had on my life and
in a relatively short period. What the world has lost...RIP Christopher
and thank you. Andrea Kelly
Ironic that the power and clarity of Hitchen's thoughts and words, do indeed prove quite a powerful life after death.