William H. Parker Biography


	This biography appears on page 1354 in "History of South 
	Dakota" by Doane Robinson, Vol. II (1904) and was scanned, 
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	WILLIAM H. PARKER was born in Danville, Pittsylvania county, 
Virginia, May 4, 1847. He served in the United States army from the 24th 
day of June, 1861, until the 26th day of October, 1866, when he resigned 
from the army while stationed at Fort Kearnev, in the then territory of 
Nebraska. After leaving the army he entered the law department of 
Columbian College, Washington, D. C., graduating with the class of 1868. 
Since this time he has been engaged in the practice of his profession 
with the exception of three years that he was collector of internal 
revenue of the territory of Colorado, being appointed by President 
Grant. While holding the position of collector of internal revenue he 
resigned to accept the appointment of assistant United States attorney. 
and subsequently was appointed United States attorney of that territory. 
He removed to South Dakota in July, 1877, where he has been constantly 
engaged in the practice of his profession, being at the present time 
state's attorney of Lawrence county. He was a member of the 
constitutional convention that framed the constitution of South Dakota 
and a member of its first legislature.