William McCready Parker and Helen A. Innis

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Husband William McCready Parker ^{1 2 3}

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           Born: 19 Dec 1870 - Oil City, Venango Co, PA 1 2 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 1943
         Buried:  - Grove Hill Cemetery, Oil City, Venango Co, PA

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         Father: George Washington Parker (1841-1913) 1 4
         Mother: Rebecca McCready (1850-1909) 1 2

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       Marriage: 21 Apr 1898 - ? Venango Co, PA 1 2

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Wife Helen A. Innis ^{1 2}

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           Born: 1877 - Oil City, Venango Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: 1957
         Buried:  - Grove Hill Cemetery, Oil City, Venango Co, PA

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         Father: Warren O. Innis (1856-1956) 3
         Mother: Carrie E. Brodhead (1857-1927) 3

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Children

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1 F Helen Elizabeth Parker ^{1 2}

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           Born: 18 Jul 1899 1 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 1899
         Buried:  - Grove Hill Cemetery, Oil City, Venango Co, PA

         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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2 F Marian Parker ^{1 2}

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           Born: 14 Mar 1901 1 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 1956
         Buried:  - Grove Hill Cemetery, Oil City, Venango Co, PA

         Spouse: John Howard Johnson (1882-1958) 3
           Marr: 1928 - ? Venango Co, PA

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3 M Warren Innis Parker ^{1 2}

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           Born: 9 Sep 1902 1 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Marion Lammers (      -      ) 3
           Marr: 1927 - ? Venango Co, PA

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4 F Rebecca McCready Parker ^{1 2}

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           Born: 2 Sep 1905 1 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Harry E. Cummins (      -      ) 3
           Marr: 1939 - ? Venango Co, PA

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5 M William McCready Parker, Jr. ^{1 2}

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           Born: 14 Nov 1907 1 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 11 Sep 1992 - Oil City, Venango Co, PA
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Betty Rynd (      -      ) 3
           Marr: 1938 - ? Venango Co, PA

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General Notes: Husband - William McCready Parker

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He obtained his preparatory education in Oil City, PA, graduating from the Oil City High School. He took his collegiate course at Princeton, graduating A. B. in 1891, after which he returned to Oil City and took up the study of law with F. W. Hays and John L. Mattox, meanwhile teaching mathematics in the high school for two years. In 1895 he was admitted to the bar, and in May of that year formed an association with Judson D. Trax, Trax and Parker occupying a leading place among the legal firms of that part of the State. He was soon granted permission to practice in the other courts of the State and United States, and did notable work in his profession, he and his partner being intrusted with the conduct of many of the most difficult and particular cases brought into the local courts. Most of his energies were devoted to his practice, which became very extensive, and though a good Republican, he did not give much time to politics or other public affairs except in his capacity of private citizen. He took pride in his ownership of 180 acres of the original Parker tract in Butler County taken up by his great-grandfather, and which was in the family name since 1794. Socially he held membership in the Wanango Club and the Oil City Boat Club, being president of the latter, and his religious connection was with the Second Presbyterian Church. [CAB, 463]

In 1925 he was elected judge of the Court of Common Pleas and served on this bench from 1926 to 1931, bring­ing to his duties the experience gained in many years of practice and a wide knowledge of the law. In 1931 he was appointed judge of the Superior Court of Penn­sylvania to fill an unexpired term and in the general election of 1932 was elected to this office for a term of ten years and in December, 1940, he was appointed a justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
He was a member of the American Bar As­sociation, the Pennsylvania Bar Association and the Venango County Bar Association. He was active in the civic life of Oil City for many years and was prominently associated with a number of the principal community institutions. During the first World War he was chairman of the local Red Cross and was a “four-minute” speaker in behalf of the Liberty Loan drives. Judge Parker also headed the Community Chest organi­zation at that time. He was an honorary member of the Oil City Rotary Club, a member of the Wenango Coun­try Club and an elder of the Second Presbyterian Church of Oil City, which his father also served in the same capacity. In politics he was a Republican.

1 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 342.

2 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 463.

3 Joseph Riesenman, Jr., History of Northwestern Pennsylvania, Vol. III (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., Inc., 1943), Pg 90.

4 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 462.