Biography of Andrew J. Parker, Franklin Co, AR

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SOURCE: History of Benton, Washington, Carroll, Madison, Crawford,
Franklin, and Sebastian Counties, Arkansas. Chicago: The Goodspeed
Publishing Co., 1889.

Andrew J. Parker, farmer and stock raiser, was born in Morgan County,
Tenn., about 1828, and is a son of Anson and Olivia (Hatfield) Parker,
natives of Alabama, who died when he was but a child. He accompanied a
half-brother to Arkansas when but ten years old, and was reared in
Carroll and Marion Counties. When twenty years old he was married, in
Crawford County, to Eliza Johnson, and then farmed in Crawford County
until the death of his wife, eight years later. His second marriage
occurred in Franklin County, Mrs. Keziah Shepherd, a widow, becoming
his wife. This lady died in August, 1866, and the present wife of Mr.
Parker, whom he married in this county, was Miss Hannah Johnson,
daughter of John Johnson, now deceased, but formerly of Kentucky,
where Mrs. Parker was born. By his first marriage Mr. Parker had four
children: Mary C., wife of James Rankins; William, John, Ollie, wife
of Irving Fugett. By his second marriage he had the following
children: Andrew, James, Frankie A., wife of Frank Vaught; and by his
third: Elizabeth, Samuel, Thomas, Pleasant, Delila, Mahala, Jane and
Elmira. In 1861 Mr. Parker bought his present home place, which was
somewhat improved. He now owns 200 acres of land in two tracts of 160
and forty acres each, and has about seventy acres of his land well
cleared and improved. During the latter part of the war Mr. Parker
served in the Union army, in the Second Arkansas Cavalry, under Col.
Phelps, and participated in a number of skirmishes. He was discharged
at Memphis, and immediately returned home and resumed his farm labors.
Although Mr. Phelps was left an orphan at a tender age, and inherited
no property, he has become one of the well-to-do and substantial
citizens of Morgan Township. Himself and wife belong to the Christian
Church, and he is a member of the Knights of the Horse.