The bride was the daughter of Jacques Brach, a partner in the Kranich & Bach Piano company of New York City.

[7] When Walker came to North Dakota, the district consisted of "eighteen churches, and about thirty-five missions."

Walker also "felt that to erect churches in towns, until their stability was assured, would be a waste of capital."

He implemented his plan by first raising the cost from friends back east and, then, contracting with the Pullman Palace Car Company to build it.

The bishop would have placards announcing its coming and the time of worship posted before he arrived.

[12] People in the hamlets were impressed by "compactness, dignity, and simple churchly beauty" of the Chapel Car.

[15] On October 6, 1896, a special convention of the Diocese of Western New York met for the election of a new bishop.

[20] In his address to the 1914 Convention of the Diocese of Western New York, in the section on "Christian Unity," Walker said, "in my opinion while divided Christendom remains, separated sects are better apart—each peaceably working out its own salvation.

His report to the May 1898 Diocesan Convention included 1494 confirmations, three priests and seven deacons ordained.

[27] The Annual Council of the diocese met on May 15 fewer than two weeks after Walker's death.

At the council, the Standing Committee of the diocese unanimously adopted a minute extolling Walker's service.

"[28] Comfort and Counsel: Sermons by the Late Right Reverend William David Walker (Buffalo, N. Y.: Baker, Jones, and Co., 1918).