PARKER, GEORGE FREDERICK: 1847-1928.
George Frederick Parker , son of Thomas W. and Eliza Ann Kirk Parker, was born in Lafayette, Ind., Dec. 30, 1847.
The family removed to Iowa and young Parker was page: 251[View Page 251] educated in the public schools and attended the University of Iowa for two years. He later received LL.D. degrees from Simpson College and Washington and Lee and Iowa State universities. He married Eloise Florence Dibble on Apr. 27, 1890.
Parker began his career in journalism in October, 1873. He edited newspapers in Iowa, Indiana, Washington, D. C., New Hampshire, Pennsylvania and New York City . He contributed to the LONDON TIMES from 1895 to 1905, and to many American and foreign periodicals. He served as U. S. consul at Birmingham, England, from 1893 to 1898 and served occasionally on the Democratic National Committee. He died on May 31, 1928.
Information from Who Was Who in America.
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