Grundy-LaSalle County IL Archives Biographies.....Parker, William A April 3, 1851 - 
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Author: "History of Grundy County, Illinois", 1882

William A. PARKER, book-keeper, Morris, was born in the State of New York, 
April 3, 1851. His parents came West when he was about one year old, and 
settled in La Salle County, Ill., where his father engaged in farming for 
three years, at which time he engaged in mercantile business. In 1860, they 
removed to De Kalb County, where they remained until 1871. The subject of this 
sketch was educated at Sandwich, De Kalb Co., Ill. Leaving school at the age 
of seventeen, he taught school for three years, after which he occupied 
himself in various employments until 1874, at which time he was employed by 
the Sherwood School Furniture Company (now the Ohio Butt Company) of Morris. 
He occupies the position of foreman of the warehouse department, which 
comprehends the office work of the entire establishment. His father, Andrew 
PARKER, was born August 10, 1822, in New York, and died in Kansas in 1879. The 
mother, Harriet M. PARKER, was born in New York September 22, 1824, and is now 
living with her son, our subject. Besides William, there are two children - 
Helen L., born in New York September 3, 1844, married to S. C. LINCOLN, of 
Sandwich, De Kalb County (he is distantly related to Abraham LINCOLN); and 
Harriet E., born in Illinois November 5, 1860, and is living with her mother 
and brother William. The entire family are members of the Regular Baptist 
Church. Mr. PARKER is a Republican.

[Source: "History of Grundy County, Illinois", Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co., 
Historical Publishers, Lake Side Building, 1882]

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