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Parker, John

congressman, was born Jan. 24, 1749, in Charleston, S. C.

He was a delegate from South Carolina to the continental congress from 1786 to 1788. He died April 20, 1822, near Charleston, S. C.

Parker, John Adams

artist, was born Nov. 29, 1829, in New York city.

Mountain scenery has especially claimed his attention, and the Adirondacks, the Catskills, and the White mountains have furnished him with most of the subjects for his paintings. They include Twilight in the Adirondacks; Winter; Winter Twilight; and Landscape in the Adirondacks-Twilight.

Parker, John Mason

lawyer, congressman, was born June 14, 1805, in Granville, N. Y. He was a representative in the thirty-fifth congress from New York.

Parker, Josiah

congressman. He was a representative in congress from Virginia from 1789 to 1801.

Parker, Linus

methodist episcopal bishop, was born in 1829, in Rome, N. Y.

He was editor of the New Orleans Christian Advocate in New Orleans, La., for some time. Early in his ministry he was elected a delegate to the general conference, and sat in its quadrennial sessions from 1870 till 1882, inclusive. In the latter year he was elected a bishop. He died March 5, 1885, in New Orleans, La.

Parker, Nahum

lawyer, jurist, United States senator, was born March 4, 1760, in Cheshire county, N. H. He was a state counselor of New Hampshire from 1805 to 1807. He was United States senator from 1807 to 1810; judge of the court of common pleas from 1822 to 1825; and president of the state senate in 1828.

He died Nov. 12, 1839, in Fitzwilliam, N. H.

Parker, Nathan Howe

author.

He is the author of Iowa as It Is in 1855; Kansas and Nebraska Handbook for 1857- 58; The Missouri Handbook; and Missouri as It Is in 1.867.

Parker, Peter

missionary, author, was born June 18, 1804, in Framingham, Mass. He was a congregational missionary and diplomat in China, and after 1857 a resident of Washington. He was the author of Journal of an Expedition from Singapore to Japan; and Statement Respecting Hospitals in China. He died Jan. 10, 1888, in Washington, D. C.

Parker, Richard

congressman, was born in Virginia. He was a representative in congress from that state from 1849 to 1851.

Parker, Richard Elliott

lawyer, jurist, United States senator, was born Dec. 27, 1783, in Westmoreland county, Va. In early life he was a member of the Virginia house of delegates; and was for many years a judge of the general and circuit courts of Virginia. He was also a judge of the supreme court of appeals; and for a brief period in 1836 and 1837 was a senator in congress. He died Sept. 9, 1840, in Richmond, Va.

Parker, Richard Green

educator, author, was born in 1798 in Massachusetts. He was an educator of Boston; and the author of Natural Philosophy; and Aids to English Composition. He died in 1869.

Parker, Richard Wayne

lawyer, state legislator, congressman, was born Aug. 6, 1848, in Morristown, N. J. He is a successful lawyer of Newark, N. J.; and was a member of the house of assembly of New Jersey in 1885 and 1886. He was the republican candidate for the fiftythird congress and was elected to the fiftyfourth and fifty-fifth congresses.