Shores, Michigan. He is buried at Evergreen Cemetery in Muskegon. His wife Jane Gage Walker 1803-1871 is buried at Norton Cemetery, Norton Shores MI. Their two youngest sons (born in 1843 and 1848) predeceased their parents, but two sons and five daughters survived both parents. A monument was erected to Captain Walker's memory on August 1, 1878. The monument was funded by abolitionist Photius Fisk. He funded several monuments for abolitionists. The monument became a national shrine for those working towards racial justice. Walker was the subject of John Greenleaf Whittier's poem "The Branded Hand". Whittier learned about Walker by reading a book about him called Trial and Imprisonment of Jonathan Walker. The poem praised Walker's actions. A plaque commemorating Walker was erected on the lawn next to the Harwich, Massachusetts Historical Society. Another Rev. John Walker (1786–1845) was a Presbyterian minister and abolitionist in Pennsylvania and Ohio who founded Franklin College in Ohio. See also John Murrell (bandit) Reverse Underground Railroad Underground Railroad References Further reading Jonathan Walker: The Man with the Branded Hand by Alvin F. Oickle. Westholme Publishing, 2011. Branded Hand by Elmer Koppelmann Wilson, Henry, The History of the Rise and Fall of the Slave Power in America. Boston, 1874. "Trial and Imprisonment" by Jonathan Walker Jonathan Berger, "White Suffering and the Branded Hand", Mirror of Race. Kittredge, Frank Edward. 1899. The Man with the Branded Hand: An Authentic Sketch of the Life and Services of Capt. Jonathan Walker. HL Wilson Printing Company. External links Massachusetts Historical Society Walker's personal account of his ordeal. Portrait & Signature Woodcut of Walker's branded hand Portrait of Captain Walker {reference only} Wisconsin Historical Society Essay-The Man with the Branded Hand 1799 births 1878 deaths 1844 crimes in the United States American abolitionists People from Harwich, Massachusetts People from Muskegon County, Michigan People from Sheboygan County, Wisconsin Businesspeople from Florida 19th-century American criminals 19th-century American businesspeople Businesspeople from Massachusetts Activists from Massachusetts Activists from Florida Activists from Michigan