Biography of Clark Parker, page 49, Atlas DeKalb County, Indiana, J. H. Beers & 
Co., Chicago, Ill., 1880

Clark Parker, P.O. Waterloo; a son of Seth C. Parker and Jane Ammerman; was 
born in Peru, Huron Co., Ohio, April 29, 1827. Mr. Parker, at the age of twenty-
one, left home and began life for himself, and for five years was engaged in farm 
labor at from $13 to $18 per month. February 9, 1854, he married Sarah J., 
daughter of Elijah and Sarah Waterman, of Franklin Township, who bore him six 
children-Frank H., Helen G., Clara Bell, Walter E., Edgar C., and Gracie.  For 
four years after his marriage, Mr. Parker worked his father’s farm; then moved to 
DeKalb county and worked the farm of Mr. Waterman one year.  About this time 
he purchased 100 acres of land, on which he now lives, it being at that time a 
dense forest, but, by hard work, energy and perseverance, he has made great 
improvements. Of his children, Frank H. is a carpenter in Hesperia, Mich.; Helen 
G. married Dr. J. Stough and resides in Hudson, Steuben County; Clara Bell is at 
home and take charge of the family; Walter E. is attending school at Fort Wayne; 
Edgar C. is at home and attends the district school, and Gracie is the baby and is 
entitled to a place with the rest of the children.  This family were sadly bereaved 
on December 10, 1879, when the wife and mother was called from earth to 
heaven. She had been an amiable and loving companion, a respected and 
benevolent neighbor, and the memory of such a Christian will long be cherished 
in the hearts of those who knew her.  Mr. Parker’s father was a minister of the 
Free-Will Baptist Church, having been ordained in December, 1839. In 1850, he 
was elected by the General Assembly of Ohio as one of the Associate Judges of 
Huron County. As a friend of freedom, temperance, Sabbath schools, the Bible, 
and missions of all denominations, he was always found a zealous and hearty 
colaborer. In his connection with the Fire Lands Historical Society he was best 
known, and at the organization, May 20, 1857, at Norwalk, Ohio, he was chosen 
on of the Vice Presidents.  After a long and painful illness, a patient sufferer, he 
quietly and peacefully passed away October 19, 1868. His widow still survives 
him, and now, at the ripe age of seventy-four, is residing in Norwalk, Ohio, still 
hale and hearty.



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