Stafford Lightburn Parker (1838 - 1912)

Born 5 Feb 1838 in Athens, Fayette, Kentucky, United States

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Burial

Burial:

Place: Athens Cemetery, Athens, KY

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Note

Note: The biography of Stafford L. Parker from HISTORY OF FAYETTE COUNTY

KENTUCKY, by Robert Peter, ed. by William H. Perrin, O. L. Baskin Co.,

Chicago, 1882, Page 771 follows:

Stafford L. PARKER, M. D., Athens, bears a name which has attained a

considerable degree of distinction in the annals of Fayette County.

His father, John E. PARKER, was born in Caroline County, Va., October

6, 1795, and was thrice married. His first two wives, whose maiden

names were Powers and Sale, died in Virginia. His third marriage was

with Miss Rebecca Shepherd, a native of Virginia, and the mother of

our subject. He came to Fayette County about the year 1831, and for

some twelve months lived at Walnut Hill, whence he removed to Athens,

and there filled the office of Postmaster for a number of years,

continuing to reside there to the day of his death, in August, 1881.

He was a soldier in the war of 1812-15, a member of the Baptist

Church, a Mason and a Democrat. His wife died in 1850. Of the children

born to him, two are dead. Those living are Mary, Lucy (married),

Martha, Sarah (married), and Virginia C., Alexander and Stafford L.

The latter graduated in the medical class at Louisville University in

1864 and since then has been engaged in the active practice of his

profession at Athens, where he is a useful member of the Masonic

fraternity, as well as of the community at large.