Bio of PARKER, Philone M., Hennepin Co., MN
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EXTRACTED FROM: History of Minneapolis, Gateway to the Northwest; 
Chicago-Minneapolis, The S J Clarke Publishing Co, 1923; Edited by: Rev. 
Marion Daniel Shutter, D.D., LL.D.; Volume I - Shutter (Historical); 
volume II - Biographical; volume III - Biographical
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Vol III, pg 619-620
P. M. PARKER (Philone M. Parker)
P. M. Parker, president of the Parker-Bennett-Kellogg Lumber Company and one of
the prominent leaders in the lumber trade in the city of Minneapolis, may almost
be said to have grown up in the business, for he has been connected with the
lumber industry since he was seventeen years. Born in Wisconsin, of parents who
claimed Ohio as their birthplace, Mr. Parker obtained his education in the
public schools of his native state. When he had completed his studies he. became
connected with a Wisconsin lumber firm, where he learned the business from the
bottom up, mastering each of the various branches of that industry. As the
result of his integrity and evident capacity he was advanced from step to step
until he became the president of the Parker-Kellogg Lumber Company of Wisconsin,
a firm that operated several branches, one of which was in Minneapolis. In 1911
the main office was moved to Minneapolis and Mr. Parker came to take charge and
has since made his home in this city. In 1914 the firm was incorporated as the
Parker-Kellogg Lumber Company, with Mr. Parker as president. This concern grew
rapidly in the next few years, until in 1921 it was able to absorb the N. C.
Bennett Lumber Company. In the reorganization fol­lowing this consolidation of
firms, the business was reincorporated as the Parker-Bennett-Kellogg Lumber
Company, with Mr. Parker retaining the presidency. As dealers in all kinds of
lumber the Parker-Bennett-Kellogg people have a high reputation in the financial
and business circles of the Northwest and enjoy a generous patronage from the
best class of the lumber trade. Much of the success of the firm is due to the
business acumen and executive ability of the president, who is regarded as one
of the strong and successful operators in the Minneapolis lumber market, an
executive of initiative and enterprise.
Mr. Parker married Miss Myra Mussen and they have become the parents of a
daughter, Fern, who is now the wife of J. K. Nelson of Des Moines, Iowa.
Ever since he came to this city Mr. Parker has been identified with the work of
the Minneapolis Civic & Commerce Association, becoming an active factor in the
development of his adopted city along industrial and commercial lines. He is a
republican in his political views, a member of the Masonic fraternity, the
Benevolent Pro­tective Order of Elks and the Minneapolis Athletic and
Minneapolis Golf clubs. In the dozen years he has made this city his home Mr.
Parker has formed a wide circle of business and social acquaintances, many of
whom have become warm personal friends-men who esteem him for his personal
worth, as well as respect him for what he has accomplished, in a business way.