Dr. William K. Parker was born in this county March 3, 1851. He was brought up on the farm, and attended the common schools. He farmed until twenty-one years of age, when he began to read medicine and also worked for railroad companies for about four years. He graduated from the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Keokuk, Iowa, in the spring of 1883. He at once began the practice of medicine at his home in Field Township, and is building up a good practice. His father James T. Parker (deceased), was born in Kentucky in 1824; came to this county with his parents when a child; was married to Mickey A. Hutcherson, by whom he has six children, viz., Mary C., our subject, Elsah E., Nettie V. (deceased), Charles F. and Wincey A. The father died December 14, 1864. He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church in good standing, a consistent Christian and a temperance worker.
 
 

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