Elmore County AlArchives Biographies.....Parker, John H. September 6 1853 - living in 1893
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Author: Brant & Fuller (1893)
   JOHN H. PARKER, attorney at law of Wetumpka, Ala., is a son of
E. S. C. and Lucy (Lee) Parker, and was born September 6, 1853, in
Coosa county, Ala. E. S. C. Parker is a son of John and Fannie (East) Parker.
The Parker family was originally from England, and was of a tall, rawboned,
blue-eyed, blonde stock of great longevity. John Parker married and settled in
Clarke county, Ga., and lived there a long time. He moved from that county to
Chambers county, Ala., and settled near the Randolph county line. This was in
1834, where the family remained until his death and that of his wife. Of their
children but six are still living: Berry, of Chilton county, Ala.; Ephriam, who
lives near Notasulga, Ala.; Louisa, deceased wife of Dr. A. B. Stroud, Macon
county; E. S. C.; John N., living near Texarkana, Tex.; Mary A., wife of Levi
Longshore, Columbiana, Shelby county, Ala. E. S. C. Parker was born in Clarke
county, Ga., July 20, 1823, near Wilkinsville, and lived there until 1834, when
his father's family removed to Chambers county, Ala. Here he arrived at
maturity, and acquired a fair literary education. His eldest brother Bryant was
a physician, and he began with his brother the study of medicine about 1845. He
did not, however, take medical lectures, but went before the state board of
medical examiners, was licensed and settled down to the practice of medicine
with his brother in Monroe county, and after a year had expired, removed to
Nixburgh, Coosa county, where he has since resided. He practiced medicine until
1870, when he began gradually to withdraw from the practice and is now entirely
retired. He was an old line whig in politics, and represented the county in the
legislature during the war. He was married September 30, 1847, at Nixburgh, to
Lucy Lee, daughter of Henry Lee, by whom he had the following children: Julia,
deceased; John H., of Rockford; Susan; Fannie and Sydney, all three deceased; F.
Leslie, at home; Walton, of Smith county, Texas. Politically, Dr. Parker is a
democrat. He is a prosperous man, and owns a plantation of 800 acres. John H.
Parker was born September 6, 1853, in Coosa county. He received his early
education first at the common schools, and afterward attended Washington and Lee
University, at Lexington, Va., leaving there, however, during his senior year.
He then taught school several years and read law with Oliver & Garrett in
Dadeville. He was admitted to the bar in 1877. In 1878 he located at Rockford as
a member of the law firm of Darby & Parker, his partner being Stephen J. Darby.
In the same year he started the Rockford Enterprise, which proved to be the
first successful newspaper enterprise in the county. After it had been published
several years it was sold to parties who moved it to Good Water. When Mr. Darby
was elected solicitor for the circuit the partnership existing between them was
dissolved. In 1882 he was nominated for the legislature by the democratic party,
but was defeated by an independent candidate by a small majority. The same year
he was elected chairman of the congressional executive committee of the fifth
district, and served two years. In 1880 he was an alternate elector on the
Hancock ticket. He held the office of register in chancery from 1878 to 1888. In
1888 he was nominated for the state senate from the fifteenth senatorial
district, composed of Coosa, Elmore and Chilton counties, and, being elected,
served four years. He was a member of the judiciary committee, the committee on
revision of laws and on the committee on penitentiary. He is now a member of the
democratic state executive committee. He was married December 28, 1880, at
Nixburgh, to Miss Alice H. Smith, daughter of Alexander and Jane Smith. To this
marriage there have been born three children: Jean Paul, Alexander McKay and
John H., Jr. The mother of these children died August 11, 1890. Mr. Parker is a
democrat, as has been seen, and he is a master Mason and Knight of Pythias. In
October, 1892, he moved to the city of Wetumpka, where he is now engaged in the
practice of law.



Additional Comments:
from "Memorial Record of Alabama", Vol. I, p. 943-944
Published by
Brant & Fuller (1893)
Madison, WI

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