Brief Life History of James M
When James M Parker was born about 1820, in Elbridge, Elbridge, Onondaga, New York, United States, his father, Timothy Parker, was 45 and his mother, Mehitable Parker, was 43. He married Betsy Ann Murdock on 21 October 1852, in Spartansburg, Crawford, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Ellicott, Chautauqua, New York, United States in 1850. He died on 10 September 1894, in Sparta Township, Crawford, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Sparta Township, Crawford, Pennsylvania, United States.
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- James Parker in household of Alfred Washburn, "United States Census, 1850"
- James Parker, "Pennsylvania Deaths and Burials, 1720-1999"
- James Parker in entry for Lee H Cooper and Emily Parker, "Washington, County Marriages, 1855-2008"
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1820 · Making States Equal
The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.
1829
Established in 1829
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Name Meaning
English: occupational name from Middle English parker ‘park-keeper’ (Old French parquier, parchier), an officer employed to look after deer and other game in a hunting park (see Park 1). This surname is also very common among African Americans. It has also been recorded since medieval times in Ireland.
Americanized form of one or more similar (like-sounding) Jewish names.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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