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of so promising a young man filled many hearts with pain and sorrow. On July 1, 1861, the body of Corp. Winchell was escorted to its last resting-place, in Oakwood Cemetery, at Lyons, by the Firemen, the German and Irish Militia Companies, the Home Guards, Hawk-Eye Rangers and citizens. The county papers contained, at the time, long accounts of the death and burial. The Advocate concluded its account in these words : " After the services at the church were concluded, the procession was again formed and moved to the cemetery, keeping time to the solemn Dead March of the fife and the roll of the muffled drum, and as the sun was almost sinking to rest his body was consigned to the close and narrow tomb, to come forth no more forever on this earth. Ilis was the first death in Co. I, and a better soldier or more esteemed young man could not have been called from the ranks."
PRISCILLA A. WINCHELL, nee Warren, was born in Buckfield, Oxford Co., Me., in 1815. Her parents, Andrew and Polly Warren, were prosperous and ambitions, and, in 1822, they removed to Massachusetts. After remaining in that State about seven years, they permanently located in New York. In May, 1836, Miss Warren married Reuben Hurlbut Winchell, in Stockbridge, Madison Co., N. Y. Through the energy and business capacity of both partners, substantial additions were made to their competency during the nearly ten years of wedded life. They had four children, two died in infancy. The husband and father died in autumn of 1845, leaving two children, one of whom, Albert Edward, born in 1840, was the first from Clinton Co. to be sacrificed in the war of the rebellion; his biography appears elsewhere in this volume. The other child, Maria Louisa. born in 1845, is the wife of Dr. John E. Ennis, the passenger and immigration agent of the International & Great Northern Railroad, of Texas. The year after her husband's death, Mrs. Winchell eame West and resided in Wisconsin several years, but in 1857, she located in Lyons, Clinton Co., Iowa, which is still her home, where she has valuable real estate, and is a useful and honorable member of society. She has large landed property in Illinois and Wisconsin as well as in Iowa. She is a lady of practical judgment and excellent executive ability. Mrs. Winchell makes her home with her daughter, Mrs. John E. Ennis, M. D., at the nursery farm in Lyons, and is surrounded with marked evidence of wealth and culture. She is still a strong, capable woman, though in the shadow of sixty-four summers, and is enjoying the serene sunset of life, with the happy companionship of kindred and friends.
H. J. WRIGHT, soap manufacturer, Lyons ; he is a native of England ; at the age of 22, he came to New Jersey ; in 1847, he came to Chicago; in 1856, he removed to Lyons; has been engaged in pork-packing, wholesale and retail grocery business and oil trade ; in 1876, he commeneed his present business ; he owns his resi- dence, with about eleven acres adjoining the city, all well improved ; he has been Alder- man, Seeretary of the Citizens' Association, etc. Married Miss Anna Beckington, in Boone Co., Ill .; they have eight children-Jennie, now Mrs. Patton ; Annie, Fannie, Emily, Harry, Samuel, Fred and Silas.
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O. C. BAILEY, farmer, Sec. 23; P. O. Delmar; was born in Fort Ann, Washington Co., N. Y., in 1830. In 1852, married Miss Clarissa Mason, of the same county ; in 1854, they removed to Iowa and settled in Jackson Co., where they remained until 1857 ; then settled on the farm where they now reside, and improved it; they have six children-Sylvia, now Mrs. Lewis Hurley ; Alice, now Mrs. V. Harrington ; Howard, Horace, Frank and Delina. Mr. Bailey and wife are members of the M. E. Church ; he has always acted with the Republican party; has held the offices of Jus- tice of the Peace, Town Clerk and various school offices ; owns 160 acres of land, well improved.
WILHELM BETZENDORFER, retired farmer, Delmar. Mr. B. is a native of Germany, born in 1819. In 1843, married, in Germany, Miss Eva Kehn ;
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they emigrated to this country in 1848; settled in Wayne Co., Ohio; remained until 1856, then removed to Clinton Co., Iowa, and settled in Bloomfield Township. They have eight children living-Peter, Henry, Elizabeth (now Mrs. J. Leekoff ), Mary, Will- iam, John, George and Charlie. Mr. B. and wife are members of the M. E. Church, They own 194 acres of land. Republican.
ORSON BREWSTER, farmer; P. O. Delmar; was born in Washington Co., N. Y., Aug. 6, 1832; in 1853, came to Iowa and remained six months in Jack- son Co; returned to New York, and went from there to St. Paul, Minn., where he remained the greater part of the time until 1857, in which year he again went to New York, and, on the 3d of February, 1858, married Miss Sarah A. Bailey, a native of Fort Ann, Washington Co., N. Y .; they removed to this county in the fall of 1861, and settled one and one-half miles south of Delmar, where he improved and put in a state of cultivation 160 acres of land ; they remained on the farm until March, 1878, then removed to Delmar ; they have one child-Hattie E., now Mrs. J. H. Keeley, of ¡Jackson Co. Mr. Brewster was formerly a Whig; is now a Republican. He owns about two hundred acres of land, all well located and improved, twelve acres of it being n Delmar.
THOMAS H. CANTY, Delmar; was born in Niagara Co., N. Y., in October, 1848; when a child, his parents removed to Sauk Co., Wis., where his early life was passed in attending school and assisting his father on the farm; in 1870, he came to Iowa, and, in 1872, engaged in grocery business in Delmar, of which town he is a prominent citizen. Feb. 6, 1877, Mr. Canty married Miss Susie McGonegle ; they have one child, Thomas E. Mr. C. acts with the Democratic party ; was elected a member of the first City Council of Delmar. Mr. C. is also largely engaged in the grain trade ; his reputation as a business man and citizen stands high wherever known, and fair-dealing and strict integrity have marked all his intercourse with his fellow- citizens.
TRUMAN CLARK. retired farmer ; P. O. Delmar ; an old resident of Clinton Co .; a native of Ticonderoga, N. Y .; born in 1812. Aug. 14, 1834. he married Miss A. Potter ; she was born in New Salem, Mass., Aug. 28, 1815; they emigrated to Iowa in 1841, and settled in Bloomfield Township, then a wild prairie, with scarcely an inhabitant, thus earning the title of a pioneer father of Iowa. They have three children living-George served in Co. I, 24th Regt. I. V. I., performing his duty nobly until discharged; he is married and lives in Delmar ; Bryson served in the 44th Iowa Regt .; was also a gallant soldier ; . now lives in Lincoln, Neb .; Pauline mar- ried Mr. J. Taylor, a native of Yorkshire, England; they reside in Bloomfield Town- ship. Mr. Clark and wife are members of the M. E. Church. He is a Republican, and was elected President of the first City Council in Delmar; has beld various other church and school offices ; owns 136 acres of land.
WILLIAM B. CLARK, farmer, Sec. 9; P. O. Delmar; was born in Wentworth Co., Canada West, Dec. 1, 1837 ; he removed to Jackson Co., Iowa, with his parents, in 1855, where he married Miss Harriet Cotton April 19, 1865; she was born in Niagara Co., N. Y .; they have five children-Flora Adelle, Lavern B., Archie William, Fred Adelbert and Mr. C. has held the offices of Township Col- lector and Assessor, in both of which he gave general satisfaction to the public ; he owns 120 acres of land, well located and finely improved.
WILLIAM COOK, farmer, Sec. 19; P. O. Maquoketa; is a native of Lincolnshire, England, where he married Miss Jane Stutting, a native of the same place. In 1849, they emigrated to Dodge Co .. Wis .; removed thence to Fillmore Co., Minn .; upon leaving there, they came to Clinton Co., Iowa, in 1856. They have had five children, four of whom are living-Thomas C., George A., Mary A. (Mrs. L. Sta- mar) and William H. Mr. Cook owns 160 acres of land. Is a Republican.
LEVI DECKER ; P. O. Delmar ; has been a resident of Clinton Co. for over forty years ; is a native of Tioga Co., N. Y .; was born July 21. 1808. In 1829, he married Miss Eunice Crowl, in Genesee Co., N. Y .; she was born near Buffalo, N.
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Y., in 1812. They removed to Iowa in 1836; to Spring Harbor, Mich .; thence to Clinton Co., Iowa, in 1839, and have since been residents of the county. They have had four children, three now living-Benjamin C., Eunice (now Mrs. George Koons, of this township) and Lydia C. In the early history of the county, Mr. Decker held various offices. He is a Democrat. Feb. 4, 1879, Mr. and Mrs. Decker celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of their marriage. There were over 135 persons present, and it was a most pleasant occasion.
CALVIN H. DAVIS, farmer ; P. O. Delmar; Mr. Davis was born in Wolcott, Lamoille Co., Vt., Feb. 10, 1822; in 1844, he came to Iowa, and settled in what is now Bloomfield Township. Mr. D.'s first wife was Miss Betsy Clark, of Ticon- deroga, N. Y .; she was born in 1832; married in 1846; died in this township in 1870. Present wife is Mrs. Caroline Sleeper, nee Hatfield ; was born in Cattaraugus Co. in 1832; came to Clinton Co. in 1846. Mr. Davis is a member of the Presby- teri in Church, always taking an active interest in the educational and religious interests of Clinton Co .; he was formerly a member of the old 'Whig party, but, upon its decline, united with the Republicans, and has since remained a consistent member of that party. Ile owns 182 acres of land in this county, and 20 acres in Jackson Co.
O. E. DEEDS, M. D., Delmar, Iowa. IIis father, Philip Deeds, one of the pioneer settlers of Illinois and Iowa, came to the former State previous to the Black Ilawk war, in which he was actively engaged. Married, in Illinois, Miss Pauline Mills ; they moved to Lyons, Iowa, in 1836, where Dr. Deeds was born, Dec. 26, 1841. He received his education at Cornell College, and the Iowa State University ; also attended the Western Union Military College at Fulton, Ill. Dr. Deeds served in the 44th Regt. I. V. I. ; was enrolled June 1, 1864, at Davenport, and mustered out at the same place Sept. 14, 1864. He commenced the study of medicine at Rush College, Chicago, and finished at Bellevue Hospital, where he graduated in 1867. Returning to Lyons, Iowa, he commenced the practice of his profession ; in 1868, he went to Wapello, Lou- isa Co .; while here, he was appointed U. S. Pension Examiner ; was also Vice Presi- dent of the Medical Society of that county. In 1872, he again returned to Lyons and continued his practice until 1874, when he removed to Delmar. where he has obtained an extensive practice. In 1867, he married at Lyons, Miss Louisa E. Sloan ; they have five children-Grace N., Frederick H., Earnest V., Eva D. and Florence. Dr. Deeds is a member of the Masonic Fraternity at Delmar.
C. B. ESTY, farmer, Sec. 14; P. O. Delmar ; Mr. E. was born in Peru, Clinton Co., N. Y., March 9, 1827. Married at Crown Point, Essex Co., N. Y., Dec. 3, 1848, Miss Lucinda Pulsifer; she was born in Crown Point Aug. 26, 1828; they came West, and settled in Maquoketa, Iowa, in the autumn of 1854; remained until 1862, then removed to Bloomfield Township. They have six children living-Louise M. (married David E. Howell, of Muskegon Mich.), Loran Augustus and Loretta Augusta, twins, Marshall Grant, William Sherman and Minnie Lodema. Mr. Esty and wife are members of the M. E. Church. He is a member of the Republican party ; has held various local offices ; is a public-spirited and enterprising citizen. Owns 240 acres of land.
E. H. EYER, Postmaster and proprietor of drug store, Delmar ; was born in Whiteside Co., Ill., in September, 1854; in 1858, his parents removed to Brodhead, Wis. ; remained until 1861, then removed to Lee Co., Ill., thence to Jackson Co., Mich., in 1863; to MeHenry Co., Ill., in 1864; and from there to Stephenson Co., in 1866; they removed to Delmar in 1872. In July, 1875, Mr. E. H. Eyer married Miss Abbie J. Cadwell, of Clinton Co .; they have two children-Ralph H. and Fred. Mr. E. acts with the Republican party ; he was elected a member of the City Council in March, 1877, and in March, 1879, re-elected for a term of two years; also holds the offices of Township Clerk and Treasurer. In 1877, he engaged in the drug business, and has secured the confidence and patronage of the public generally. In 1872, he was appointed Postmaster at Delmar, a position he has since filled with credit to himself and satisfaction to the citizens.
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W. J. FITCH, farmer, Sec. 30; P. O. Maquoketa; Mr. Fitch was born in Montgomery Co., N. Y., Feb. 19, 1819 ; in 1847, he came to Iowa, and settled in Jack- son Co .; in 1854, came to this township. He married, in Jackson Co., Miss Cynthia M. Goodenow ; they have six children-Adelaide (wife of Milo Tubbs, of Maquoketa), Elmira E. (now Mrs. J. Nairn), Annie Eugenia (wife of B. Lowry), Gazelle, Edgar and John. Mr. Fitch and wife are members of the Free-Will Baptist Church. He has held various local offices, and has always taken an active part in everything pertain- ing to the advancement of religious, educational and other public interests. Mr. Fitch acts with the National or Greenback party. He owns 380 acres of land.
WILLIAM HANEY, farmer and stock-dealer, Sec. 33; P. O. Delmar ; a native of Miami Co., Ohio; was born in 1825; he came West with his parents to in Shelby Co., where he married Miss Sarah Forsythe; she was born in Clark Co., Ohio, 1837. They came to Bloomfield Township in 1865; in 1867, he again moved to South Fork, Jackson Co .; in 1869, he returned to Bloomfield Township, which place has since been his home. They have five children-Elbert A., William, Wallace, James, Tamar and Jennie. Mr. H. is a member of the Board of Trustees, and has also been Presi- deut of School Board a number of years. Ile owns 266 acres of land, and is exten- sively engaged in stock-dealing.
ELI HATFIELD, farmer, Sec. 8; P. O. Delmar ; was born in Genesee Co., N. Y., in 1818; when 7 years of age, his parents removed to Cattaraugus Co., where he married Miss Anna Thayer; they came West in 1844, and settled on the farm they now reside on. They have five children-Alphonso W., Rufus S., Eugene P., Charles E. and Carrie B. ; the three oldest children are married. Mr. Hatfield has always acted with the Republican party ; he has filled various local offices; was Town- ship Trustee a number of years. Owns 320 acres of land, finely improved, and is one of the well-to-do farmers of Clinton Co.
ELMER A. HESS, druggist. Delmar; born near Clinton, in 1853. His father, Daniel Hess, of Otsego Co., N. Y., was one of the pioneer settlers of this county ; came here in 1839 ; nearly forty years ago, he settled near Lyons, and has ever since lived in that vicinity ; he was the first Postmaster appointed at Lyons, which office he held several years ; he married Miss Francis Wright, a native of Indiana. Elmer A. completed his education at the Medical University of Iowa City ; in the spring of 1876, he came to Delmar and engaged in the drug business ; he is well estab- lished in that business, and has a fine stock of drugs, medicines, paints, oils, perfumery, toilet articles, etc.
ORAMILL J. HINCKLEY, farmer, Sec. 7; P. O. Delmar; Mr Hinckley is a native of Chatham, Middlesex Co., Conn .; was born Jan. 11, 1814; while a child. his parents removed to Brooklyn, Ohio, where he married, Aug. 23, 1838, Miss Anna E. Williams, a native of Winhall, Bennington Co., Vt., born Sept. 10, 1815 ; in 1844, they came to Iowa, and settled in South Fork Township, Jackson Co .; remained until 1846, then came to Clinton Co .; settled on and improved the farm where they now reside. They have had eleven children-Jerod M. (served in the 13th Regt. I. V. I. during the war as Sergeant), Madison (who served in 11th Regt. I. V. I. nearly four years; was severely wounded at Ft. Donelson ; returned to Illinois at the close of the war, and died at Wenona), Edward C. (served in 13th Regt. I. V. I. three years ; was wounded at Chickasaw Bayou and at Ringgold Pass, Chattanooga ; he is now engaged in the grain and stock trade in Delmar), Isaac S. (also in the grain and stock trade in Delmar), Albert O., Charles F., W. C., Emily S. (now Mrs. John Hodge), Sarah E. (now Mrs. William Valentine, of Belle Plain), Cynthia. Mr. Ilinck- ley has always been a Republican ; he has held various offices ; has been a member of the Board of Township Trustees over fifteen years, and is Chairman of the Board at present writing. He owns 135 acres of land, well improved.
ROBERT J. KIRKPATRICK, farmer, Sec. 24; P. O. Delmar ; Mr. Kirkpatrick was born in Dutchess Co., N. Y., in 1839 ; in 1853, he came to Ogle Co., Ill., with his parents ; in 1860, he went to Denver, Colo., thence to Nevada City, Gilpin Co., where he discovered a silver lode ; named it the American Flag; this
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proved to be one of the best paying lodes in that district ; in 1864, he sold the above mine, and discovered another mine, now known as the Kirkpatrick Lode, located in what is called the Illinois Central District, Gilpin Co., Colo. ; he still retains an interest in this mine. Oet. 15, 1864, he married Miss Mary J. Smith, in Denver; she was born in Indiana. In 1865, they came to Clinton Co., and located in Bloomfield Town- ship. They have four children-Eddie R., Lillie E., Elizabeth A., Rosetta, and an adopted child-John Brosnen. Mr. Kirkpatrick and wife are members of the Catholic Church ; he acts with the Democratic party. Owns 220 acres land, and considerable land in Delmar and also in De Witt, Clinton Co.
WESLEY B. KOONS, farmer, Sec. 13; P. O. Delmar; was born in Luzerne Co., Penn., Jan. 23, 1832; when he was about 5 years of age, his parents removed to Lee Co., Ill., where he remained until 1840, when he returned to Luzerne Co .. Penn. ; in 1852, he came to Clinton Co., and entered land in Bloomfield Township April 16, 1860, he married Miss Henrietta Ferguson, a native of Pennsylvania ; they have three children-Emily V., Reason V. and Leon V. Politically, Mr. K. is a Dem- ocrat ; has held the offices of Assessor and Collector three terms; was also elected a member of the Township Board of Trustees, and faithfully performed his duty in all. Owns 183 acres of land.
L. A. LEACH, farmer, Sec. 15 ; P. O. Delmar ; was born in Franklin Co., Vt., in 1819. On Dec. 18, 1843, he married Miss Sappho Burtram ; in 1857. they removed to Kane Co., Ill., thence to Jackson Co., Iowa, in 1865; removed to this county in 1868, and settled on the farm where he now resides ; they have two children -Nelson E., married to Miss Clara Skinner, and Charles A., married to Miss Emma Woodhurst. Mr. Leach and wife are members of the M. E. Church ; he is a Demo- erat. Owns 100 acres of land.
J. B. MCLAUGHLIN, M. D., Delmar ; a native of Greenville, Mercer Co., Penn .; was born in 1827 ; he attended the common schools until he was 17 years of age, when he entered the Greenville Academy ; after completing a course of study here, he went to Kinsman Academy, Kinsman, Trumbull Co., Ohio; he graduated in medicine in 1860, from the Eclectic Medical Institute, Cincinnati, Ohio; he practiced in Millerstown, Penn., and in Henry and Bureau Cos .. Ill., for several years ; came to Delmar, Clinton Co., in February, 1877, where he has successfully practiced since. He married his first wife, Miss Harriet McMillan. at Harrisville, Penn., her native place, in 1851 ; she died in this county ; they had fourteen children, ten of whom are living ; his present wife was Miss Elizabeth Marsh, of Delmar; they were married Sept. 13, 1878. He is a member of the M. E. Church ; Republican.
EDWARD McGONEGLE, farmer, Sec. 14; P. O. Delmar ; was born in County Donegal, Ireland, in 1825 : in 1827, he emigrated to St. John, New Bruns- wick ; thence to Boston, Mass., where he married in 1849, Miss Ellen Develin ; they remained in Boston until spring of 1856, when they removed to Clinton Co., and set- tled in Hampshire Township and removed to their present residence ; they have five children-Sarah (now Mrs. MeLaughlin), James, William, Susanna (now the wif: of T. H. Canty, merchant at Delmar), Edward. Mr. McGonegle and wife are members of the Catholic Church ; Democrat. His farm consists of 160 acres of land; he also owns twenty acres of timber land in Jackson Co .; he is a man of public spirit and enterprise.
LEWIS P. MEINZER, express and railroad agent on C., M. & St. P. R. R., Delmar ; born in Stephenson Co., Ill., March 19, 1851 ; educated at Davis and Freeport, Ill .; came to Delmar in 1872, as agent for Ashton & Co., of Illinois, in buy- ing grain ; he remained in their employ until April 1, 1873, when he accepted the position of express and railroad agent for the C., M. & St. Paul R. R., at Elwood ; remained nearly three years; in October, 1876, he returned to Delmar, as the com- pany's agent for this place ; he was engaged in the grain trade with Mr. Gould for two years. Is a Republican ; was elected Town Clerk in March, 1878, in which office he gives general satisfaction.
M. J. MULLETT, farmer, Sec. 34; P. O. Delmar ; was born in Wayne Co., N. Y., in 1833; in the fall of 1854, he came to this county and settled in this
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township. In 1855, he married in Lorain Co., Ohio, Miss Eliza A. Meeker, also a native of Wayne Co., N. Y., born in 1836; they have six children living-Mary E., Emma J., Carrie B., Ida A., Wallie R. and Rosalie. During the war, Mr. Mullett served in Co. F, 26th I. V. I .; he was enrolled at De Witt in September, 1862 ; he was a val- iant soldier and conscientiously performed his duty until the close of the war, when he was honorably discharged; after his discharge, he returned home and since has engaged in contracting and building, and overseeing his farm of 136 acres. Mr. Mullett and wife are members of the Seventh-Day Adventist Church ; Republican.
S. S. NORTON, one of Delmar's most prominent citizens, was born in the town of Wales, N. Y., in 1828; in 1853, came to Iowa and settled two and a half miles north of where the town of Delmar now stands ; was elected the first Township Clerk of Bloomfield Township, and it is probable that to S. S. Norton, who is regarded as the father of the town, more than to any other man, Delmar owes its existence, for it was through his untiring efforts that the Sabula, Ackley & Dakota R. R. was secured and the town started ; it is doubtful whether the other roads would have made a town where Delmar now stands, if the S., A. & D. had crossed elsewhere; Mr. Norton was a member of the first Board of Trustees elected in Delmar; he was also Postmaster a number of years. Mr. Norton married, in his native State, Miss Elsie J. Dustin ; they have seven children-Willie D., Mary E., George S., Fred S., Clara E., Harry, Scott S. Mr. Norton is a Democrat ; is a member of the Masonic, Odd Fellows and A. O. U. W. fraternities. He has always taken an active interest in enterprises tending to the prosperity of Delmar and Clinton Co .; his life has been spent in the interests of his fellow-men and has been marked by enterprise and energy.
JOHN O'MEARA, farmer, Sec. 26; P. O. Delmar ; was born in County Tipperary, Ireland, in 1852; when he was 3 years of age, his parents, Patrick and Catherine O'Meara, emigrated to Canada, thence to this county. Mr. O'Meara mar- ried Jan. 21, 1874, in this county, Miss Bridget, daughter of Richard and Mary Pow- ers, early settlers of Waterford Township, Clinton Co .; they have two children-John and Patrick, and an adopted child-Thomas E. Mr. O'Meara and wife are members of the Church of the Immaculate Conception, which is situated but a short distance from his farm. He owns 200 acres of finely improved land, possessing many natural advantages. Democrat.
J. H. ORCUTT, Principal of Delmar High School, Delmar; a native of Warren Co., N. Y .; was born in 1845; when about 4 years of age, his parents moved to Crawford Co., Penn., where he attended school until 1856, when they removed to Iowa and settled east of Maquoketa, Jackson Co .; he attended school at the academy of that place until his graduation, when he accepted a position as Principal of the Monmouth School, of Jackson Co., where he remained four years ; when the Delmar graded-school building was finished in 1875, he came there as its first Princi- pal, a position he has since filled with credit to himself and general satisfaction. Mr. Orcutt married at Maquoketa, Sept. 14, 1867, Miss Emma J., daughter of John and Mary Wade of that city; they have four children-Eve J., Etta E., Elsie A. and Albert N. Members of the M. E. Church ; Republican.
I. G. PARKER, Justice of the Peace and insurance agent, Delmar ; was born in Greenwich, Washington Co., N. Y., May 18, 1814; was engaged in banking business in Greenwich from 1861 until 1869, also, in manufacturing during the same years. Was elected Supervisor of Greenwich in 1861, which office he held until 1865 ; in early life he acted with the Whig party ; is now a Republican. Came to Delmar in 1876. Was elected Justice of the Peace in the fall of 1878. Mr. Parker has been married twice ; first wife was Miss C. M. Cornell ; present wife was Cornelia Gavett.
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