DeWitt County, Illinois
Friday, October 2, 1891
John PARKER, one of the oldest residents of DeWitt county, died at the home of his son, L. A. PARKER, five miles west of Clinton in Barnett township, last Sunday, aged 87 years, 1 month and 7 days. Funeral services were held at the residence Tuesday at 10:30 o'clock, and the interment was in the Barnett cemetery near Hallsville. Deceased was born in Virginia August 20, 1804. He had lived in this county for forty years and was well known in the western part where he made his home for so many years. For several years he had been very poorly, and his son had done all in his power to make his father comfortable during his declining years.
Courtesy of Judy Simpson
DeWitt County, Illinois
Friday, October 2, 1891
John PARKER, one of the oldest residents of DeWitt county, died at the home of his son, L. A. PARKER, five miles west of Clinton in Barnett township, last Sunday, aged 87 years, 1 month and 7 days. Funeral services were held at the residence Tuesday at 10:30 o'clock, and the interment was in the Barnett cemetery near Hallsville. Deceased was born in Virginia August 20, 1804. He had lived in this county for forty years and was well known in the western part where he made his home for so many years. For several years he had been very poorly, and his son had done all in his power to make his father comfortable during his declining years.
Courtesy of Judy Simpson
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