John Louis Parker 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
     Birth Date: Feb 1873 - Kentucky (Pulaski Co.)
    Christening: 
          Death: 1955 2
         Burial: in Somerset City Cem., Somerset, Pulaski Co., Ky.
 Cause of Death:
Parents 
         Father: Elisha Franklin Parker (1836-1915) 3
         Mother: Eliza Ann Gover (1840-1886) 3
Spouses and Children 
1. *Maud Murphy (1875 - 1963) 1 
       Marriage: 
       Children:
                1. Katherine Parker (Abt 1905-      )
                2. Mary Louise Parker (1906-2002)
                3. Sarah Eda Parker (Abt 1908-      )
                4. John Murphy Parker (Abt 1912-1978)
Notes
General:
CENSUS:

In 1900 John Parker (27, Feb 1873, S, Ky Ky Ky, Saleman/Dry goods) is living on South Main Street in Somerset, Kentucky as a boarder.

<pre>1910 Pulaski Co., Kentucky, Somerset City, Ward 3, ED 184; Apr 16; sheet 3A
40/41
S. D. Murphey 60 M1/36 Oh Oh Oh Carpenter/R. R. Shops
Katherine " wife 62 M1/36/2/2 Oh Ire Pa None
John L. Parker s-i-l 37 M1/6 Ky Ky Ky Salesman/Furnture
Maud " dau 35 M1/6/3/3 Oh Oh Oh None
Katherine " gdau 5 S Ky Ky Oh None
Mary " gdau 3 S Ky Ky Oh None
Eda " gdau 2 S Ky Ky Oh None </pre>

He owns an unmortgaged house.

<pre>1920 Pulaski Co., Kentucky, Somerset Town, Ward 3, ED 201; Jan 7; sheet 4B
83/91 100 Archer Av.
John L. Parker 46 Ky Ky Ky Machinist/steam Railroad
Maud " wife 44 Oh Oh Oh
Catherine " dau 15 Ky Ky Oh
Mary " dau 13 Ky Ky Oh
Eda " dau 12 Ky Ky Oh
John M. " son 8 Ky Ky Oh </pre>

He rents a home.

<pre>1930 Pulaski Co., Ky, Somerset City, Ward 3, ED 100-4; Apr 14; sheet 10A
109/123
John Parker 57 M30 Ky Ky Ky Machinist/Railroad
Maud " wife 55 M28 Oh Oh Oh none
Katherine " dau 25 S Ky Ky Oh Stenographer
Mary " dau 23 S Ky Ky Oh Stenographer
John " son 18 S Ky Ky Oh none </pre>

He rents a home for $20/month and has a radio.

BURIAL:

John Louis Parker and his wife, his sister Mary Louise Parker and his daughter Mary Louise Parker are buried in the municipal cemetery on Columbia Street in Somerset, Kentucky in the same plot with his wife's parents, Samuel Deeds Murphy and his wife.
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Sources

1 H. Neal Parker, Visit to Cemetery, Somerset, Kentucky, June 2008.

2 "Find-a-Grave," Memorial # 13612759.

3 Pulaski County Historical Society, "Pulaski County, Kentucky Cemetery Records," 1976, vol 1, pg 340. Repository: Clayton Library, Houston, Texas.

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