Representative George Washington Parker View All Years
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George Washington Parker
Clinton County
Retired farmer, was born in Sherbrook, Lower Canada, January 5, 1813. Mr. Parker was educated in the common schools mostly; attended Wilkes Barre, Penn., nearly two terms. He worked the woolen mills up to 15 years of age, after on a farm and rafting on the river up to 22 years of age, and in June 1836, came to Davenport, Iowa, most of which hired out on a farm until August 30; 1836. He then followed wood chopping up to February 1, 1837, in the Galena bottoms. In the spring of 1837, he hired out to D. C. Eldridge, then Le Claire after which he took a contact carrying mail for his brother from Davenport to Dubuque. He bought a claim for he had saved from time to time, and commenced farming where he resided up to the fall of 1880. He continued to add to his farm until he owned 320 acres. He was married in 1842 to Hanna Heller, who was born in Ohio in 1822. He moved to Davenport in the fall of 1880. Mr. and Mrs. Parker were among the early settlers of the county, and have lived to see many changes since their first coming. In the days of the Whigs, Mr. Parker was a Whig, and on the organization of the Republican party he became identified with that party. In 1859 he was elected to the Legislature, and served in that capacity three successive terms. He was one of the justices of the peace for two years, and county commissioner for the three years, and a man who has been honored and respected by his fellow countrymen for many years.
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