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Robert L. Parker

R.L. Parker
Full Name: Robert L. Parker
Birth date: March 10, 1830
Death date: May 10, 1916

Terms of Service

  • House, 15th (1) Legislature
    4/18/1876 - 1/14/1879
    Democrat
(1) Representative apportionment - Ordinance adopted by Constitutional Convention of the State of Texas, 1875. "Eighth District - The counties of Panola and Shelby shall elect one representative; Panola to be the returning county." University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History. Apportionment Laws of Texas, 1836-1950 1950.

Biographical Notes and Resources

Photographs

Other Resources

  • Census of 1860 - R.L. Parker, Truit Store post office, Shelby County, age 30, born circa 1830 in Alabama, farmer, living in household with S.A. Parker.
    Census of 1870 - R.L. Parker, Center post office, Shelby County, age 40, born circa 1830 in Alabama, district clerk, living in household with Sarah A. Parker.
    Census of 1880 - R.L. Parker, Center, Shelby County, age 50, born circa 1830 in Alabama, clerk in store, wife S.A. Parker.
    Census of 1900 - R.L. Parker, Center, Shelby County, age 70, born March 1830 in Alabama, real estate, wife M.E. Parker.
    Census of 1910 - Robert L. Parker, Center, Shelby County, age 80, born circa 1830 in Alabama, wife Martha E. Parker. FamilySearch . 1910 1900
    • 1880 1860 1870
  • R.L. Parker, birth date 3/10/1830, death date 5/10/1916, portrait, burial in Methodist Cemetery, Shelby County. Find a Grave .
  • Death notice, "Judge Parker Died," The Houston Post, 5/12/1916, p. 2.
    Obituary and photo, "Judge R.L. Parker Passes Away," The Champion (Center, Shelby County), 5/17/1916, p. 1, crediting Fannie Brown Booth Memorial Library. Member of the 15th Legislature of Texas. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) . 5/17/1916 5/12/1916
  • Mentioned in "History of Shelby County Courthouse": "In 1866, county records were held at the site of the future courthouse after being secretly taken from Shelbyville by R.L. Parker and Sam Weaver following a contested election naming Center as the county seat of Shelby County." Shelby County Chamber of Commerce 2010.
  • R.L. Parker, birth date 3/10/1830, death date 5/10/1916, interment in Methodist Cemetery, M.E., Center, Shelby County, Texas. Wife Sallie A. (Mrs. S.A.) Parker, birth date 4/30/1834, death date 5/9/1887; son Matt C. Parker, birth date 12/5/1861, death date 2/1/1871. Shelby County Historical Society Museum & Library 2002.
  • Biographical sketch, pp. 66-67. Native of Alabama. "He is 46 years old, has resided in Texas 34 years, and during all of this time at Center, in Shelby county." Sketches of Legislators and State Officers, Fifteenth Legislature, 1876-1878 1876.
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