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

   GEORGE N. PARKER, attorney at law, Robinson, a native of this county, was
born April 9, 1843, and was brought up on the farm. He attended the common
schools of the neighborhood, finishing his education at Union Christian College
at Merom, Ind. After his return to this county, he was elected Superintendent of
Schools in 1865. He read law one year and then entered Ann Arbor law school,
where he remained one year. He was admitted to the bar in 1870, in Illinois, and
entered upon the practice of his profession in Robinson, where he has ever since
remained. Mr. Parker is a Democrat in politics, and has been chairman of the
County Democratic Committee for several years. He was married May 5, 1870, to
Miss Julia A. Crowley, a daughter of Samuel B. Crowley, of Jasper County, Ill.
Samuel Parker, father of our subject, was born in Butler County, Ohio, and when
very young came to Illinois (in 1818), while it was still a territory, and
located in Crawford County. He has followed farming most of his life and
accumulated a considerable amount of property He was married, December 31, 1835,
to Miss Emeline Lanham, and has three children living-one son (subject) and two
daughters, viz.: Mary J., wife of Peter C. Barick, and Sabina Ann, wife of John
P. Deam, all residents of this county. In the fall of 1866, Mr. Parker purchased
property in Robinson and moved into town, where he still resides.

Additional Comments:
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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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