Kenosha County WI Archives Biographies.....Parker, W. A. 1833 - 
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Author: Western Historical Society (1879)

    W. A. PARKER, fisherman; born in Ellsworth, Me., in 1833; served in the navy
during the Mexican war, and participated in the bombardment of Fort Tobasco;
since has been a sea-captain; was presented with an elegant watch by the
underwriters and citizens of Chicago, for gallantry in rescuing crew of bark
David Morris, wrecked off Evanston Dec. 12, 1867. In 1877, engaged in fishing,
following that to present time. Married, in 1852, Miss Maria E. Sugor, native of
England; have four children-Anna H., Frank, Willie and Bertie.

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THE HISTORY OF RACINE AND KENOSHA COUNTIES, WISCONSIN,

CONTAINING A HISTORY OF EACH COUNTY, ITS EARLY SETTLEMENT, GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT,
RESOURCES, ETC., AN EXTENSIVE AND MINUTE SKETCH OF ITS CITIES, THEIR
IMPROVEMENTS, INDUSTRIES, MANUFACTORIES, CHURCHES, SCHOOLS, SOCIETIES, ETC.,
ETC., WAR RECORD, BIOGRAPHICAL 8KBTCHES, PORTRAITS OF PROMINENT MEN AND EARLY
SETTLERS, VIEWS OF BUILDINGS, ETC., ETC.; ALSO HISTORY OF WISCONSIN, COSTITUTION
OF THE UNITED STATES AND OF WI8CON8IN, CONDEN8ED AB8TRACT OF LAWS OF WI8CONSIN,
MISCELLANEOUS, ETC., ETC.

ILLUSTRATED.
CHICAGO: WESTERN HISTORICAL COMPANY.
MDCCCLXXIX.
(1879)


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