William Parker

William was born on June 4th, 1826.¹   William's father was James Washington Parker and his mother was Nancy Miller.  His maternal grandparents were Fredrick Miller and Mary. He had four brothers and four sisters, named Joel, Gene, John, James W, Polly, Elizabeth, Synthia and Melinda.  He was the second youngest of the nine children.  He died at the age of 61 on January 13th, 1888.¹