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- Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 7th ed., 1887,
Boone Co.
ARTHUR B. PARKER, a native of Boone County, Kentucky., was born in 1838, and is
a son of Richard and Sarah (Hogan) Parker. Richard Parker was a son of
Richard Parker, Sr., who was a native of Virginia and of English ancestry.
Mrs. Parker was a daughter of Elijah Hogan, who was a native of North
Carolina, and of Scotch-Irish ancestry. The father of our subject was a
farmer by occupation, and was a member of the Legislature of Kentucky in
1832-43, where he served with distinction; the date of his birth was
September, 1804, and his death March 21, 1879. William Parker, an
ancestor and an Englishman, married Miss Tudor. Arthur B. Parker is the
second of a family of nine children, only five of whom are living. He
served four years in the Confederate Army in Company G, Fifth Kentucky
Cavalry, and was clerk of Boone County from 1866 to 1874. In 1885, he
was appointed deputy internal revenue collector, which office he still
holds; he is a member of the Masonic fraternity. In 1866 he married
Sallie J. Walton, daughter of John H. Walton, of Boone County; she died
June 24, 1876, leaving three children: Hood, Helen and Arthur. Mr.
Parker then married Antonia Berkshire, daughter of William C. Berkshire,
and one child has blessed their union, Sadie V., born January 21, 1887.
Mrs. Parker is a member of the Christian Church
1850 Census Roll 192, Page 139 Boone County, Kentucky
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Early Colonial Settlers of Southern Maryland and Virginia's Northern Neck Counties
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