Bucks County PA Archives Biographies.....Parker, George Albertson
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Source: History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania; edited by 
J.H. Battle; A. Warner & Co.; 1887
Southampton Township


   GEORGE ALBERTSON PARKER physician, P.O. Southampton.  His 
grandfather, a resident of Trenton and captain of a boat on 
the Delaware, was drowned in 1819.  His son, George, the 
father of George A., was born in Trenton, and learned the 
trade of shoemaking, which he followed until he was 
appointed deputy in the state prison, which position he 
filled for twelve years.  He was born September 23, 1818.  
His wife, Sarah Hepworth Thomas, was born in England.  Mr. 
Parker is a man of strong individuality, and an earnest 
member of the Baptist church, in which he is a licensed 
preacher, and he was for many years a deacon of the First 
Baptist church in Trenton.  He is a warn advocate of the 
prohibition of the liquor traffic.  His children are:  
Susannah T. and Ida, deceased; William Bradford and Edward 
Yard, both in Trenton, and George A., who was born November 
2, 1853, in Trenton.  After attending the public schools he 
studied medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, in 
Philadelphia, where he graduated in 1875, afterward going 
into partnership with Dr. Aaron Winder in Langhorne.  Soon 
after he removed to Churchville, from thence to Trenton, and 
later to Southampton to practice.  On May 25, 1881, he was 
married to Elizabeth E. Ewing, of Philadelphia.  She was 
born August 4, 1857.  They have two children, George A., 
born August 31, 1882, and Harry E., born March 31, 1887.  
Dr. Parker and wife are members of the German Reformed 
church at Churchville.  Since coming to Southampton Dr. 
Parker has built up a lucrative practice, and acquired the 
reputation of a well-read, skillful and successful 
physician.