Biography - Lines L. Parker
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L. Parker, the subject of this sketch, was born in Brown county, Ohio,
September 1, 1832. At the age of five years he removed with his parents to
Vermilion county, Illinois. His father, John W. Parker, and his mother,
Hannah Parker (nee Pangburn), were both born in Brown county, Ohio, and
after October, 1837, lived in Vermilion county, Illinois, where they died.
John W. Parker was sheriff of Vermilion county just preceding the Civil war,
and after the war he was county superintendent of schools for two terms.
Lines L. Parker went into the war in 1861 as a member of Company D,
Twenty-fifth Illinois Infantry. He was soon commissioned a second lieutenant
and after the battle of Pea Ridge was promoted to first lieutenant, and
afterward commissioned captain of Company E, One Hundred and Fiftieth
Illinois Infantry. His final muster out of the service was at Atlanta,
Georgia, January 16, 1866. At the next November election he was elected
sheriff of Vermilion county, Illinois, and after the expiration of his
office, in November, 1868, he removed to Douglas county, Illinois, and lived
upon his farm for eleven years, when he was elected county treasurer of
Douglas county, and was afterward re-elected for a two years’ term. At the
expiration of his term of office he retired to his farm, where he and his
faithful wife have lived for the last thirteen years. His wife, Mary A.
Parker (nee West), was united to him in marriage on the 12th of April, 1855.
She was born in Fountain county, Indiana, August 28, 1837, and as the fruits
of this marriage there were born to them five children, all living and
settled in life near home: Alice is the widow of Alexander E. Fullerton, and
now lives near Hugo, Illinois; John W. is a farmer in Bowdre township, near
Hugo; Oliver Lincoln is a grain dealer in Tuscola, Illinois; Hannah O. lives
with her husband one mile west of her parents' home, and Hattie lives with
her husband within hailing distance of her father and mother.
Mr. Parker is a member of the Grand Army of the Republic, also of the
Masonic fraternity. He owns three hundred and thirty acres of land, which he
has divided among his children, who live upon or manage the part they expect
to get at their father's death. Mr. Parker and his wife are members of the
Christian church at Hugo, Illinois, and are liberal contributors to its
support.
Extracted 30 Jun 2017 by Norma Hass from the Historical and Biographical Record of Douglas County, Illinois, published in 1900, pages 169-170.
