"Samuel W. Parker was born on September 9, 1805, near Watertown, Jefferson County, New York. He graduated from Miami University of Ohio and moved to Connersville, Indiana, in 1828. Parker was admitted to the bar in 1831, and married Susannah B. Watton in 1834. In addition to being a lawyer, Parker was also a newspaper editor, president of the Whitewater Canal Company, and president of the Junction Rail Road Company. He was prosecuting attorney for the sixth Circuit Court from 1836 to 1838. Parker served in the State House of Representatives (1839-1840 and 1843-1844), State Senate (1840-43), and U.S. House of Representatives (1851-1855). He died on February 1, 1859."
Source:
Shepherd, Rebecca A., Charles W. Calhoun, Elizabeth Shanahan-Shoemaker, and Alan F. January, comp. A Biographical Directory of the Indiana General Assembly, Volume 1, 1816-1899.
Indianapolis: The Select Committee on the Centennial History of the Indiana General Assembly, 1980.
Ref: http://www.in.gov/library
The information below was contribution by #46986571
Samuel was made an honorary member of the Sigma Chi Alpha Fraternity at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, in 1861. He graduated in 1828.
An entry in the Sigma Chi Directory in 1929 is as follows:
Alpha Chapter
Miami University
Oxford, Ohio
Established June 28, 1855
1861
Parker, Samuel W., (Honorary, Miami, Class of 1828), Railroad President and Whig Congressman, Connersville, Indiana. Deceased.
~ The Sigma Chi Directory, 1929, Page 1
Source:
Shepherd, Rebecca A., Charles W. Calhoun, Elizabeth Shanahan-Shoemaker, and Alan F. January, comp. A Biographical Directory of the Indiana General Assembly, Volume 1, 1816-1899.
Indianapolis: The Select Committee on the Centennial History of the Indiana General Assembly, 1980.
Ref: http://www.in.gov/library
The information below was contribution by #46986571
Samuel was made an honorary member of the Sigma Chi Alpha Fraternity at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, in 1861. He graduated in 1828.
An entry in the Sigma Chi Directory in 1929 is as follows:
Alpha Chapter
Miami University
Oxford, Ohio
Established June 28, 1855
1861
Parker, Samuel W., (Honorary, Miami, Class of 1828), Railroad President and Whig Congressman, Connersville, Indiana. Deceased.
~ The Sigma Chi Directory, 1929, Page 1
"Samuel W. Parker was born on September 9, 1805, near Watertown, Jefferson County, New York. He graduated from Miami University of Ohio and moved to Connersville, Indiana, in 1828. Parker was admitted to the bar in 1831, and married Susannah B. Watton in 1834. In addition to being a lawyer, Parker was also a newspaper editor, president of the Whitewater Canal Company, and president of the Junction Rail Road Company. He was prosecuting attorney for the sixth Circuit Court from 1836 to 1838. Parker served in the State House of Representatives (1839-1840 and 1843-1844), State Senate (1840-43), and U.S. House of Representatives (1851-1855). He died on February 1, 1859."
Source:
Shepherd, Rebecca A., Charles W. Calhoun, Elizabeth Shanahan-Shoemaker, and Alan F. January, comp. A Biographical Directory of the Indiana General Assembly, Volume 1, 1816-1899.
Indianapolis: The Select Committee on the Centennial History of the Indiana General Assembly, 1980.
Ref: http://www.in.gov/library
The information below was contribution by #46986571
Samuel was made an honorary member of the Sigma Chi Alpha Fraternity at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, in 1861. He graduated in 1828.
An entry in the Sigma Chi Directory in 1929 is as follows:
Alpha Chapter
Miami University
Oxford, Ohio
Established June 28, 1855
1861
Parker, Samuel W., (Honorary, Miami, Class of 1828), Railroad President and Whig Congressman, Connersville, Indiana. Deceased.
~ The Sigma Chi Directory, 1929, Page 1
Source:
Shepherd, Rebecca A., Charles W. Calhoun, Elizabeth Shanahan-Shoemaker, and Alan F. January, comp. A Biographical Directory of the Indiana General Assembly, Volume 1, 1816-1899.
Indianapolis: The Select Committee on the Centennial History of the Indiana General Assembly, 1980.
Ref: http://www.in.gov/library
The information below was contribution by #46986571
Samuel was made an honorary member of the Sigma Chi Alpha Fraternity at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, in 1861. He graduated in 1828.
An entry in the Sigma Chi Directory in 1929 is as follows:
Alpha Chapter
Miami University
Oxford, Ohio
Established June 28, 1855
1861
Parker, Samuel W., (Honorary, Miami, Class of 1828), Railroad President and Whig Congressman, Connersville, Indiana. Deceased.
~ The Sigma Chi Directory, 1929, Page 1
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