Elkanah Parker

Elkanah was born in 1865 in Sullivan County, Tennessee.¹   Elkanah's father was Joseph William Parker and his mother was Mary F. Bray. He had two brothers and three sisters, named Thomas Henry, John M., Jenette, Sarah F. and Selie.  He was the youngest of the six children.  He died at the age of 24 in 1889.¹