John Parker (Oswego County, NY)

John Parker (born December 27, 1810) was an American farmer and politician from New York.

John Parker (1877)

Life

He was born on December 27, 1810, in Steuben, Oneida County, New York, the son of John Parker (died 1843) and Louisa (Frisby) Parker (died 1823). On March 15, 1831, he married Polly E. Bonner (died 1873), and they had nine children. In 1834, the family moved to a farm in the Town of Orwell.[1]

Parker was Assessor of the Town of Orwell from 1841 to 1847; Highway Commissioner for four years; and Overseer of the Poor for two years. He was a member of the New York State Assembly (Oswego Co., 3rd D.) in 1866 and 1870.[2]

On March 11, 1874, he married Maria (Davis) Loring.

Sources
  1. History of Oswego County, New York by Crisfield Johnson (L. H. Everts & Co., Philadelphia PA, 1877; pg. 303)
  2. Civil List and Constitutional History of the Colony and State of New York compiled by Edgar Albert Werner (1884; pg. 368 and 371)


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