Walter Parker was born in Tennessee, but moved to Texas as a child. After moving to South Carolina, he worked as a foreman. He passed away at age 57.
Research Notes
The death certificates gives his birth place as South Carolina, This is the birth place of his older siblings. The census records gives it as Tennessee, where his family had moved before his birth.
Sources
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFNR-Z2S : 24 December 2015), William H Parker, Precinct 7, Lamar, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district ED 131, sheet 263C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1314; FHL microfilm 1,255,315.
"South Carolina Deaths, 1915-1965," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N9KK-7T5 : 18 April 2016), Walter Parker, 31 May 1928; citing , Parker, Walter, 1928, Department of Archives and History, State Records Center, Columbia; FHL microfilm 1,913,695.
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