Brief Life History of Humphrey Hathaway
When Humphrey Hathaway Parker was born on 5 February 1819, in Indiana, United States, his father, Abraham G. Parker, was 31 and his mother, Mary Haynes, was 28. He married Nancy Judith Cole on 11 July 1841, in Lander, Sweetwater, Wyoming, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Exira, Audubon, Iowa, United States in 1885 and Lander, Sweetwater, Wyoming, United States in 1900. He died on 25 April 1901, in Lander, Fremont, Wyoming, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Mount Hope Cemetery, Lander, Fremont, Wyoming, United States.
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- Humphrey Parker, "Iowa State Census, 1885"
- Humphrey Parker, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007"
- Humphrey Hathaway Parker, "Find A Grave Index"
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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.
1825 · State Capital Moves to Indianapolis
The state capital was moved from Corydon to Indianapolis on January 10, 1825.
1841 · Indiana Nears Bankruptcy
The State of Indiana was near bankruptcy in 1841 due to the inability to repay interest incurred for the Massive Internal Improvement Act. The state liquidated much of its public works. Many of the projects were handed over to the state’s creditors as a way to reduce debt. Only two of the eight proposed infrastructure projects were completed by the creditors.
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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