Crawford-Clark County IL Archives Biographies.....Parker, William 1832 - 
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Author: William Henry Perrin (1883)

  WILLIAM PARKER, merchant, Robinson, is a native of Illinois, and was born in
Clark County, November 21, 1832. His early life was spent in York, in that
county, with rather limited facilities for receiving an education. In 1852, he
commenced clerking in Palestine, in this county, for Preston Bros., remaining in
their employ about ten years. In 1862, he came to Robinson, then a sickly
village of not more than 300 inhabitants, and engaged in general merchandising
which he followed until 1872, when he closed out and opened a hardware store,
first on the north side of the public square, but in 1875, he removed to the
east side, when together with J. H. Weeds he erected two elegant brick
buildings, Nos. 4 and 5, in which he sold his interest in 1877, but continued
the hardware business. He was married in May, 1860, to Miss Sarah E. Conditt, of
Palestine. He has five children living, viz.: Charles C., Frederick A., Harry
H., Maggie and Fannie. Mr. Parker is a Republican in politics, and during a part
of President Grant's term, President Hayes' and President Garfield's, he was
Postmaster at Robinson, a position in which he gave universal satisfaction.

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HISTORY OF CRAWFORD AND CLARK COUNTIES, ILLINOIS.
EDITED BY WILLIAM HENRY PERRIN.

ILLUSTRATED

CHICAGO: O. L. BASKIN & CO., HISTORICAL PUBLISHERS,
LAKESIDE BUILDING.
1883.


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