Parker, Joel
soldier, lawyer, state legislator, governor, was born Nov. 24, 1816, near Freehold, N. J. He received a common school education at Trenton; graduated at Princeton college in 1839; studied law, and came to the bar in 1842. He was elected to the state legislature in 1847; and was, for a time, attorney for his county. In 1861 he was elected major - general of volunteers.
In 1862 he was elected governor of New Jersey for three years; and was again elected governor in 1871. He died Jan. 2, 1888, in Philadelphia, Pa.