Brief Life History of Philena D. "Lena"
When Philena D. "Lena" Parker was born in 1856, her father, Ashcraft Roach Parker, was 32 and her mother, Mary Peckenpaugh, was 26. She married Elam Alonzo Champlin on 19 February 1878, in Harrison, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in Persia, Harrison, Iowa, United States in 1900 and Union Township, Harrison, Iowa, United States for about 20 years. She died on 8 May 1947, in Yorkshire, Harrison, Iowa, United States, at the age of 91, and was buried in Yorkshire, Harrison, Iowa, United States.
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- Lena Champlan in household of Elam Champlan, "Iowa State Census, 1925"
- Legacy NFS Source: Philena D. "Lena" Parker - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: Lena Parker
- Lina Parker, "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934"
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World Events (8)
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1872
Historical Boundaries: 1872: Harrison, Iowa, United States
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
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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