P. L. Parker

Preston Lorenzo Parker

Full Name: Preston Lorenzo Parker
Date of birth: March 4, 1851
Date of death: April 12, 1925

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Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District
H 28 Jan 12, 1915 - Jan 9, 1917 34th   Democrat Chandler / Henderson   Henderson, Smith

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House District 28
Jan 12, 1915 - Jan 9, 1917
Legislatures: 34th  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Chandler / Henderson
Counties in district: Henderson, Smith

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Other Resources

  • Preston Lorenzo Parker, birth date 3/4/1851 in Greene County, Georgia; death date 4/12/1925 in El Paso, El Paso County. Deanna Maxfield Family Tree. Ancestry.com.
  • Obituary, "Preston Parker Died at His El Paso Home," 4/24/1925, p. 1. "P.L. (Preston) Parker, former representative from Henderson county . . . served one term in the legislature from Henderson county." Parker's original home was in Walton, in southern Van Zandt county. Canton Herald.
  • Census of 1880 - Preston L. Parker, Van Zandt County, born circa 1851 in Georgia, farmer, spouse Almira C.
    Census of 1900 - Preston L. Parker, Henderson County, born March 1851 in Georgia, farmer, spouse Miram C.
    Census of 1910-1920 - Preston L. Parker, Henderson County, born circa 1851-1852 in Georgia, farmer, spouse Almira C. FamilySearch. 1880 1900 1910 1920
  • Preston L. Parker, age 74; birthplace Texas; death date 4/12/1925 in Alameda Acres, El Paso County; retired farmer, residence and burial in Tyler, Texas [sic]. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976.
  • Preston L. Parker (1851-1925), burial in Concord Cemetery, Chandler, Henderson County, with Almira G. Parker (1853-1923). Find a Grave.
  • 34th Legislature (1915) - P.L. Parker, postoffice Chandler, age 64 (born circa 1851), 63 years in Texas, Democrat, nativity and occupation not listed. Texas Legislative Manual.
  • Listed in "History of Legislative Representatives From This County [Henderson] Compiled," from Athens Weekly Review, 11/10/1938. Henderson County, TXGenWeb Project.
  • Occupation and religious affiliation, 34th Legislature. "Occupations of Members of Legislative House," 3/14/1915, p. 4. Galveston Daily News.

Photographs

  • Photograph. P. L. Parker, 34th Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

Committee Information top

34th R.S. - 1915
Agriculture  
Education  
Liquor Traffic  
Revenue and Taxation (Vice Chair) 
Roads, Bridges and Ferries  
Stock and Stock Raising  

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