Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 2nd ed., 1885,
Hancock Co.

J. H. PARKER was born November 11, 1830, in Woodford County, Ky., to Thomas
and Elizabeth (Floyd) Parker.  The father was born in King and Queen
County, Va, in August 19, 1800.  Subject's grandfather was also born in
Virginia, and was of Irish and Dutch descent.  His grandfather and father
were both soldiers in the war of 1812, the latter being quite young.
Thomas Parker came to Kentucky when eighteen years of age, went into the
fort which stood where Harrodsburg now is, and remained there about two
years with his father.  Both then settled in Anderson County, near
Lawrenceburg; the grandfather purchasing a farm of 600 acres for a rifle.
In 1820 the father married Miss Floyd, of Anderson County.  This lady was
born in Stanford, Lincoln Co., Va., in 1803.  Soon after his marriage he
settled in Woodford County.  Here he followed farming and also engaged in
stilling until a short time before the war, and then moved to Shelby
County.  At the breaking out of the war he equipped a company, of which his
son was captain, and also assisted the Confederate cause in other ways.  He
was finally compelled to leave the country and emigrated to Texas.  There
he died in 1881.  The mother died in 1859; she was a member of the
Christian Church.  The father was a member of No. 41, Landmark Lodge, A.F.&
A.M., of Versailles.  Our subject was the second of six children, of whom
four are now living: William W., James H., Mary, wife of John Satterwhite,
and John.  Subject was educated at St. Joseph College, at Bardstown, also
attended the University of Lexington and the college at Georgetown.  When
eighteen he was made deputy clerk at Williamstown, Grant County, served
about three years and then went to Alexandria, Campbell County, and served
as deputy under county clerk Benjamin Bell.  At the end of three years the
office was made elective, and he was elected three consecutive terms.  He
then removed to New Liberty, Owen County, where he engaged in the
manufacture of woolen goods, and also practiced law.  At the breaking out
of the war he quit the practice of law and devoted his attention to the
mill for three years, as superintendent, under Col. A. P. Grover; then went
to Carrollton, Carroll County, and engaged as traveling salesman for John
Howe & Son, for about eleven years.  In 1879 he removed to New Albany and
traveled for Dunham, Buckley & Co., New York.  In 1880 he came to Hancock
County, and settled on the farm where he now resides.  Mr. Parker was
married in 1852 to Miss Caroline, daughter of Edmund Arnold.  Three
children blessed this union, all of whom have since died.  This lady died
in 1861.  Mr. Parker was next married, in 1863, to Miss Abel L. Miner, a
daughter of Edmund Miner, of Virginia.  This union has resulted in two
children: William and Lucy.  This lady died in 1871.  Subject's third
marriage was May 11, 1874, to Miss Sallie E., daughter of Winston and
Louisiana M. (Helm) Lowry.  The father was born near Fredericksburg, Va.,
in 1797, and when sixteen years of age, with his father, came to
Breckinridge County, Ky.  In 1856 he settled in Hancock County on the farm
now owned by Mr. Parker.  Here he died in 1863.  Mrs. Lowry was descended
from the famous Helm family, all of the most noted in the early history of
Kentucky.  Her father was John Helm.  The ancestors of this family came to
Virginia, from England, with Lords Baltimore and Fairfax, in the early
settlement of the early dominion.  John Helm was born in Prince William
County, Va., November 29, 1761, and was the eldest son of Thomas Helm, a
soldier in the Revolution.  The latter landed at the Falls of the Ohio in
1780.  This was then known as Paul's settlement, and his family, together
with the Roberts and Floyd families, founded the present city of
Louisville.  Thomas Helm resided there only about a year, and then made a
settlement near where Elizabethtown now stands.  Here he built a fort,
which was called Helm's Fort, where he resided until his death.  The farm
was inherited by his eldest son, George.  There Gov. Helm, a grandson of
the latter, lived and died.  John Helm came to Kentucky when he was
nineteen years of age.  He was well educated and followed the profession of
a surveyor, traveling over Kentucky from the mouth of the Salt River to the
mouth of the Green River.  While making one survey, his party was attacked
by the Indians, and he was the only one who escaped.  In 1791 he went out
with Gen. St. Clair under Col. Oldham, serving as staff officer under the
latter.  A sword carried by him during this conflict is still in possession
of his grand-daughter - Mrs. Parker.  Returning from the war, Mr. Helm
engaged in surveying, being associated with John Lewis, another surveyor of
that day.  He received a large amount of land as his fees in this and other
counties.  A part of this land is now owned by Mr. Parker.  His death
occurred April 3, 1840, at Elizabethtown; Mrs. Parker was born March 30,
1834.  She is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.  Subject is a
member of the Masonic fraternity, being identified with the Blue Lodge at
Williamstown, Royal Arch Degree at Newport, and Commandery at Covington.

Since the above was placed in type the following notice has been received:
J. H. Parker died at his home, the Loury place, September 1, 1885, of
typhoid flux.  He was a splendid historian, both sacred and profane.  An
appointment was ready for him at Washington when his death was heard of at
that city.

Parker Floyd Satterwhite Bell Grover Arnold Miner Lowry Helm Roberts Oldham
Lewis
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Hancock-KY Woodford-KY King_and_Queen-VA Anderson-KY Lincoln-VA Shelby-KY 
Grant-KY Campbell-KY Owen-KY Carroll-KY Breckinridge-KY VA England 
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