Lyman S. Walker (1840-1921) was born in Barre, Massachusetts, and died in Boylston, Massachusetts. He was a Civil War veteran who served in Company C of the 34th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry. After the war, he owned a dairy farm in Boylston, held many positions of public office in town, and also served as deacon of the Boylston Congregational Church for forty years. His wife, Harriet A. Walker, was healed of chronic rheumatism by Mrs. Calvin C. Foster, a student of Mary Baker Eddy's.

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