BIOGRAPHY: Dr. Frederick H. Parker, Auburn, Cayuga co., New York

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BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW
THIS VOLUME CONTAINS BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF THE LEADING CITIZENS OF CAYUGA
COUNTY NEW YORK
BOSTON
BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW PUBLISHING COMPANY
1894

DR. FREDERICK H. PARKER, physician and surgeon of Auburn, Cayuga County, N.Y.,
was born in Moravia in this county, April 19, 1855, son of Edward D. and Mary
E. (Field) Parker. The family originally came from England to this country.
The great-grandfather of the present generation, John, served with distinction
in the Revolutionary War. The grandfather David was a resident of
Massachusetts, and also for a time lived in Cayuga County. Edward D., the
father of the subject of this sketch, was born at Billerica, Mass., and
settled in this county about 1850. His wife was a native of Moravia, and was
the daughter of Elijah S. Field, a descendant of one of the oldest families of
Massachusetts. Her father was assassinated in 1873, while acting in the
capacity of jailer. Edward D. Parker was a tanner by trade, also owning a
farm. He was a veteran of the late Rebellion, serving first with the
Nineteenth New  York  Volunteer Infantry and afterward with the One Hundred
and Forty-seventh Volunteer Infantry, being Captain in Company C in the
latter regiment, serving in that capacity until he was wounded at the battle
of Gettysburg, when he was put into the Veteran Reserve Corps stationed at
Concord, N.H., and remained there until the close of the war. During the
latter part of his life he was engaged in the wholesale liquor business at
Auburn. He was Alderman for the city of Auburn, and was also a member of the
Masonic Order. He died May n, 1889. Mrs. Parker died in 1868, leaving a
family of three children, namely: Frederick H.; Susie M., married to George
B. Wright; and Edward F., who succeeded his father in the business.

The subject of this sketch received his education in Oswego County, where the
family went in 1860, remaining there until the close of the war, and at the
common and high schools of Auburn. He was graduated at the Philadelphia
College of Pharmacy in 1877, and spent some time in the compounding of drugs.
He afterward went to the medical department of the University of the City of
New York, where he received his degree of M.D. in 1881, and after a
competitive examination was engaged for two years in the hospitals of New
York City, being at the Randall's Island Hospital for eighteen months, and at
the Bellevue Hospital, Outdoor Poor Department for diseases of women, New York
Eye Infirmary, and the De Milt Dispensary. After a thorough and complete
preparation  of nearly five years,  in addition to his previous pharmaceutical
training, he located his office in Auburn, where he has gained a large
practice, giving especial attention to the diseases of women and children and
diseases of the eye. He is Attending Surgeon at the Auburn City Hospital.

Dr. Parker was married September 12, 1883, to Miss Emily M. Olmsted of this
city, and has three children Susette   Louise, Merrill Olmsted, and Frederick
Sherman. He is an attendant and supporter of the First Presbyterian Church, of
which his wife is a member.

Dr. Parker has been a Health Officer of the city for two and one-half years,
and at present is a member of the Board of Education, of which in 1892 he was
President. He has always taken especial interest in various important secret
organizations, being a member of Auburn Lodge, No. 431, A. F. & A. M., in
which he holds the position of Past Master; also a member of David's Chapter,
No. 34, and of the Salem Town Commandery, No. 16, of which he is
Captain-general. He is besides a Noble of the Mystic Shrine of Damascus Temple
of Rochester, N.Y.

Dr. Parker has gained an extended reputation in the practice of his
profession, his long-continued studies and his wide experience giving him a
knowledge and skill that have won the confidence and esteem of his patients,
and have placed him in the front ranks of the many noted medical men of the
city of Auburn.

The accompanying portrait of Dr. Frederick H. Parker shows him in the prime of
vigorous, active manhood, having before him, it is to be trusted, many more
years of honored usefulness in his wisely chosen and faithfully followed
profession.