Whiteside County IL Archives Biographies.....Parker, Charles D 
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Author: Portrait/Bio Album, Whiteside County IL 1885

Charles D. Parker, farmer and breeder of Short-Horn cattle and Jersey Red 
swine, at Fulton, is a native of this county. He was born in Garden Plain 
Township, July 12, 1853. His parents were David and Elizabeth (Shurtleff) 
Parker, and were among the very earliest pioneers of this county. A full 
personal account of David Parker may be found elsewhere in this volume. 
Charles D. was educated in the public schools and brought up on his father's 
farm. He was married in Fulton, Jan. 6, 1876, to Miss Amanda Sutherland, 
daughter of Peter M. and Mary Sutherland. Mrs. Parker was born in 
Poughkeepsie, N. Y. They have one child, a son, named Carl S., who was born in 
Garden Plain, Feb. 12, 1877. Mr. Parker has had charge of the estate since his 
father's death, which included 554 acres. Of this the major portion is in 
tillage, and the place is well stocked with herds of cattle, comprising 40 
thoroughbreds and about 150 grades of a valuable type. The demands of the 
estate require 20 horses, and there is a dairy of 20 cows. The hogs on the 
place average about 150 yearly, and Mr. Parker exhibits 20 thoroughbred 
JerseyReds. The estate has five dwellings, with three tenants. The farm 
buildings are of excellent character. He has added 240 acres to its extent, 
making the total area of the estate lying in Garden Plain Township 794 acres. 
He moved to Fulton City in April, 1885. Mr. Parker has been chosen to fill 
various public positions, the duties of which he has discharged with marked 
fidelity. He served three terms in the County Board as Supervisor from Garden 
Plain, for the years 1882-3-4. He has also served as Commissioner of Highways, 
School Director and in other minor offices. He is an enthusiastic Republican, 
and has taken an active part in local politics. He has been a member of the 
County Central Committee eight years, and has also served several times on the 
Executive Committee. He was a delegate to the State Republican Conventions of 
188o and 1882. He was one of the charter members of Invincible Lodge, No. 220, 
of the United Workmen, and served as its first Master. Mr. Parker has been 
Vice-President of the Whiteside Central Agricultural Society two years, and on 
the death of Hon. R. E. Logan, in 1885, was his successor.

Additional Comments:
Portrait and Biographical Album of Whiteside County, Illinois, Containing Full-
page Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative 
Citizens of the County. Chicago: Chapman Brothers, 1885.

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