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- JOHN J. PARKER, residing on section 26,
- Johnstown Township, is engaged in general farming and stock-raising.
He is a native of Oneida County, N.Y., where his birth occurred
June 10, 1823, and is a son of John and Alvira PARKER. His parents
were both natives of Connecticut, the former born in Watertown,
and the latter in Litchfield. They had a large family of children.
Tryphena, the eldest, is the wife of Peymet MATTOON, a retired
farmer of Madison County, N.Y., and unto them have been born
five children, three of whom are now
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- living; Virgil W., who wedded Julia E. HYER, a resident of
New Jersey, died on the 8th day of January, 1889, in Newark,
N.Y.; George Clinton wedded Marietta CLEVELAND, of Oneida County,
N.Y., whose death occurred in May, 1882, and on the 17th day
of January, 1887 he was called to his final home, leaving one
child - a son; Anna Maria, became the wife of Dr. N. S. DAVIS,
a native of Chenango County, N.Y., now a leading physician in
Chicago, and unto them have been born three children, only one
of whom is now living; John J., of this sketch, is the next in
order of birth; Wells S. is a resident of Harlem, Winnebago Co.,
Ill.; Linneus, who wedded Sally SALES, and after her death became
the husband of Kate BURROWS, by whom he had three children, died
March 12, 1885, in New Orleans; Lucy Elvira is the wife of George
JUDD, a native of New York, now living in Springfield, Ill.,
and to them was born one child, who died July 25, 1865; James
Oscar died in infancy; Abiram also died in infancy; Caroline
makes her home with her sister, Mrs. DAVIS of Chicago; James
Oscar, the second of that name, married Clara KELLY, by whom
he has three children, and is now a coal dealer of Chicago; Ellen
Josephine is the wife of Sylvanus LOCK, a native of Otsego County,
N.Y., now living in Hoosick Falls, of that State, and they have
four children, three sons and a daughter. The father of this
family died in Johnstown Township, Jan. 31, 1866, and his wife
departed this life Sept. 20, 1869.
- The education of our subject was received in the common district
schools of his native county,
- where he was reared to manhood. He has followed the occupation
of farming throughout his entire life, and is now one of the
leading farmers of Johnstown Township. Thinking that the advances
afforded young men were better in the growing West than in the
older States of the East, he emigrated to Wisconsin, and in 1855
purchased a farm. The following year he settled permanently in
the county, becoming a resident in March, and in May was followed
by his father's family. He is now the owner of a fine farm, comprising
197 acres of the richest land in Johnstown Township, which he
has placed under a high state of cultivation. On the 5th day
of September, 1866, he was joined in wedlock with Caroline CLEMENT,
a daughter of John and Lena Ann (GORDON) CLEMENT, who were natives
of Schoharie County, N.Y. They had the following children, of
whom Mrs. PARKER, who was born Nov. 16, 1847, is the eldest;
Mary who became the wife of M. K. GILBERT, is living in Whitewater,
Walworth Co., Wis., and to them have been born five children,
four of whom are living; Davis is a resident farmer of Walworth
County; Nettie who became the wife of D. C. HOWARD, a citizen
of Whitewater, died in July, 1888, leaving one child; Lydia wedded
J. McCARN, who also makes his home in Whitewater.
- Our subject and his wife began their domestic life upon the
farm in Johnstown Township, where
- they have resided continuously since. In connection with
general farming, he engages quite extensively in stock-raising,
and in 1878 commenced operating a dairy. He owns at present twenty-five
head of cattle, principally of the short-horn breed, and manufactures
on an average 100 pounds of butter per week from October until
June, and being a first-class article, it finds a ready sale
in the market. Mr. PARKER possesses good business ability, and
his success in life is due chiefly to his own efforts. In politics
he is a supporter of the Democratic party, having cast his ballot
with that organization since attaining his majority.
- Fine portraits of Mr. and Mrs. PARKER are found upon another
page of this work.
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- Taken from "The Portrait and Biographical Album of
Rock County, Wis." (c)1889, pp. 453-454; lithograph from
same book.
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- Courtesy of Carol
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