PARKER MINOR, Farmer; Sec. 8; P. O. Kyte River; born Jan. 24, 1830, in Cortland Co., N. Y.; in 1836 came to Hillsdale, Mich., and in 1846 returned to N. Y.; during the 1850 United States Census, Minor T. Parker was living in the Worcester County, part of, Worcester, Maryland, United States, household of John T. Parker; in the Spring of '51 he went to California, engaged in mining and speculating, and returned to New York City in 1859; came to Ogle Co. in 1860; he owns 120 acres, valued at $50 per acre; married Abbie A. Smith Nov. 3, 1863; she was born Sept. 19, 1832, in New York City; had six children, five living: Ida E., born Jan. 21, '65, Lawrence A., Feb. 19, '69, Sarah C., Aug. 7, '70, Florence M., Nov. 24, '71, Margaret L., March 13, '74.
Minor passed away after 1978.
Sources
The History of Ogle County, Illinois, Containing A History of the County---Its Cities, Towns, Etc., A Biographical Directory of Its Citizens, War Records of Its Volunteers in the Late Rebellion, General and Local Statistics, PORTRAITS OF EARLY SETTLERS AND PROMINENT MEN, History of the Northwest, History of Illinois, Map of Ogle County, Constitution of the United States, Miscellaneous Matters, Etc., ILLUSTRATED, Chicago, H. F. Kett & Co., Times Building, 1878, pp. 667 & 670.
"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD4G-4L6 : 12 April 2016), Minor F Parker in household of John T Parker, Worcester county, part of, Worcester, Maryland, United States; citing family 141, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXK9-HDR : 15 September 2017), Minor Parker, Flagg, Ogle, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district ED 152, sheet 80A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0239; FHL microfilm 1,254,239.
1880 United States Census, Flagg, Ogle, Illinois, Family History Film 1254239, NA Film Number T9-0239, page 80A.
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