John William Parker
1863 - 1947 (83 years)-
Name John William Parker Born 2 Sep 1863 Iowa 
[1] Gender Male Census 1900 Ninnescah Township, Sedgwick County, Kansas Census 1910 Ohio Township, Sedgwick County, Kansas Census 1920 Ohio Township, Sedgwick County, Kansas Died 21 May 1947 Clearwater, Sedgwick County, Kansas [1, 2] Buried Clearwater Cemetery, Clearwater, Sedgwick County, Kansas [1] - https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/23876308/john-william-parker
Section 1A, Lot 61, Grave 1
Person ID I677 McKeown Last Modified 6 Aug 2023
Father Moses Parker, b. 27 May 1827, Ireland , d. 25 May 1918 (Age 90 years) Mother Mary Shuck, b. 1 Mar 1838, Iowa , d. 23 Feb 1905, Clearwater, Sedgwick County, Kansas (Age 66 years) Married 1858 [3] Family ID F264 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Jennie Maybelle Hammers, b. 2 Jun 1867, Butler, Bates County, Missouri , d. 10 Jun 1952, Clearwater, Sedgwick County, Kansas (Age 85 years) Children 1. Wayne Vandyke Parker, b. 8 Sep 1899, Clearwater, Sedgwick County, Kansas , d. 28 Oct 1984 (Age 85 years)2. Alice Parker, b. 28 Dec 1901, Kansas , d. 17 Mar 1995 (Age 93 years)3. Catherine Artlissa Parker, b. 2 Mar 1904, Kansas , d. 13 Dec 1984, Wheat Ridge, Jefferson County, Colorado (Age 80 years)4. Moses Cornelious Parker, b. 15 Jan 1906, Clearwater, Sedgwick County, Kansas , d. 30 May 1996 (Age 90 years)5. Brown Yale Parker, b. 16 Jul 1908, Sedgwick County, Kansas , d. 21 Mar 1987 (Age 78 years)6. Melissa Wilma Parker, b. 13 Aug 1910, Clearwater, Sedgwick County, Kansas , d. 8 Apr 2002, Denver, Denver County, Colorado (Age 91 years)7. Willard Alden Parker, b. 8 Jan 1913, Clearwater, Sedgwick County, Kansas , d. 8 May 1999 (Age 86 years)Last Modified 28 Nov 2021 Family ID F65 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Born - 2 Sep 1863 - Iowa 
Census - 1900 - Ninnescah Township, Sedgwick County, Kansas 
Census - 1910 - Ohio Township, Sedgwick County, Kansas Census - 1920 - Ohio Township, Sedgwick County, Kansas 
Died - 21 May 1947 - Clearwater, Sedgwick County, Kansas 
Buried - - Clearwater Cemetery, Clearwater, Sedgwick County, Kansas = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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Notes - Set Rites For Parker
Services for Well Known Clearwater Resident to Be Held Thursday
Funeral services for J.W. Parker, ;83, former publishers of the Clearwater Echo and a farmer before his retirement eight years ago, who died at his home in Clearwater Wednesday, will be held at the Clearwater Baptist church at 2 p.m. Thursday, with burial in the Clearwater cemetery. Webb mortuary of Clearwater is in charge.
Parker came to Kansas in 1876 with his parents, settling on a farm near Clearwater. He was graduated from Ottawa university in 1891 and made the run into the Strip in 1893 and engaged in newspaper business in Pond Creek. He was chairman of the first Republican convention in Grant county, Oklahoma. Later he returned to Clearwater.
Survivors include his wife, Jennie Hammers Parker, and seven children, Wayne V., 630 South Lorraine, Moses C., Brown Y. and Willard A, all of Clearwater, Alice M. at home, Catherine Kikendall, Golden, Colo., and Melissa Thompson, Denver; 10 grandchildren; two brothers, Robert Lincoln Parker, Kansas City, Mo. and E. Edwin Parker, Clearwater, and a sister, Anna Nighswonger, Wichita.
The Wichita Eagle, Wichita, Kansas. Thursday, 22 May 1947.
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