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Below is a family biography included in The History of Washington County, Arkansas published by Goodspeed Publishing Company in 1889. These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary. Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more. There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.
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Alexander Parker, whose birth occurred on Middle Fork, White River, Washington Co., Ark., November 22, 1858, is the son of Pleasant and Sarah (Jones) Parker. The father was born in West Virginia, but was reared in Tennessee. He moved to Arkansas in 1851, settling where he is now living, and has farmed all his life. The mother is also living. Alexander Parker was reared on the farm, and spent his youth in assisting his father on the same, and attending the common country schools. In 1885 he chose for his companion in life Mrs. Lucinda (Gilliland) Peerson, widow of John A. Peerson, and to them were born four children, two pairs of twins, Clarence and Clara, Homer and Virgil. Mrs. Peerson was the mother of five children by her former marriage: Paris, Powell, George, Robert and Laura. After his marriage Mr. Parker taught school for a short time, and then settled to farming on his present property, where he has continued ever since. He has made a success of farming and dealing in horses and other live-stock. He owns the fine thoroughbred Steel Dust, Bertram, running stallion, named “Burton, Jr.,” dapple bay, three years old. Mr. Peerson also owns an interest in the Peerson farm of 300 acres. Mr. Parker is a Republican in politics, but has never aspired to any official position, and is a respected young man.
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