George Washington Parker and Rebecca McCready

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Husband George Washington Parker ^{1 2}

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           Born: 22 Feb 1841 - Butler Co, PA 1 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 28 Mar 1913 - Oil City, Venango Co, PA 2
         Buried:  - Grove Hill Cemetery, Oil City, Venango Co, PA

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         Father: John Woods Parker (1800-1861) 1 2 3 4 5 6
         Mother: Margaret Perry (Abt 1798-Bef 1879) 1 2 4 7

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       Marriage: 4 Nov 1869 1 8

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Wife Rebecca McCready ^{1 8}

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           Born: 19 Jun 1850 - Lambertville, Hunterdon Co, NJ 1 8
     Christened: 
           Died: 8 Jan 1909 - Oil City, Venango Co, PA 1 8
         Buried:  - Grove Hill Cemetery, Oil City, Venango Co, PA

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         Father: William McCready (      -      ) 8
         Mother: Elizabeth Thompson (      -1854) 9

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Children

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1 M William McCready Parker ^{1 8 10}

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           Born: 19 Dec 1870 - Oil City, Venango Co, PA 1 8 10
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           Died: 1943
         Buried:  - Grove Hill Cemetery, Oil City, Venango Co, PA

         Spouse: Helen A. Innis (1877-1957) 1 8
           Marr: 21 Apr 1898 - ? Venango Co, PA 1 8

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2 F Edith Parker ^{1 8}

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           Born: 13 Jul 1874 1 8
     Christened: 
           Died: 1928
         Buried:  - Grove Hill Cemetery, Oil City, Venango Co, PA

         Spouse: John E. Fluke (      -      )
           Marr: 1907 - ? Venango Co, PA

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3 M Harold Thompson Parker ^{1 6 8}

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           Born: 23 Oct 1884 - Oil City, Venango Co, PA 1 8
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Mary E. Maxwell (1886-1926) 8
           Marr: 8 Oct 1913 - ? Venango Co, PA 9

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General Notes: Husband - George Washington Parker

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He received a good practical education, attending the home schools and later studying at a business college in Pittsburgh, and first came to Oil City, Pennsylvania, in 1861, though he did not make a permanent settlement then. During the Civil war he served a three months' term of enlistment with the 154th Pennsylvania Volunteers. In 1865, after the close of the war, he came back to Oil City and engaged in business as an oil shipper, first as a member of the firm of Parker, Castle & Co., and later as one of the firm of Parker, Thompson & Co., who had a wharf and enjoyed an extensive patronage. He was in this line until 1872, when he became connected with the Oil City National Bank as teller, and it was thereafter his principal interest, for he was promoted in time to cashier and eventually became president, retaining that office until his death. He was one of the directors of the bank for over fifteen years, and much of the prosperity of the bank might be attributed to his well known conservatism and sound judgment. Though careful and prudent in all his affairs, he was ever thoroughly progressive, and in nothing more so than in his ideas on community life and the responsibilities of citizenship. His attitude in such matters, and his public spirit in giving expression to them, was of so practical a turn, that he was often called upon to fill public positions, in which he acquitted himself with the greatest credit, showing the courage of his convictions and giving substantial evidence of his sincerity. When Oil City was incorporated as a city he was chosen a member of the first council, and served ten years in that body; for four years he was a member of the select council, and for fifteen years a member of the school board. Among his notable services as councilman may be mentioned his work as a member of the committee that secured the fine water supply which Oil City enjoyed. That and many other improvements in the city were brought about with his cooperation. [CAB, 462]

He died March 12. [HNWP, 59]

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 462.

3 J. H. Newton, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Columbus, OH: J. A. Caldwell Publishers, 1879), Pg 539.

4 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 975.

5 —, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 506, 972.

6 Joseph Riesenman, Jr., History of Northwestern Pennsylvania, Vol. III (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., Inc., 1943), Pg 59.

7 —, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 506.

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

9 Joseph Riesenman, Jr., History of Northwestern Pennsylvania, Vol. III (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., Inc., 1943), Pg 60.

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