Parker, James Leonard (1862-1927)
ALLEN, ANDERSON, BARRICKMAN, DARROW, LOGAN, PARKER, SHAKLEE
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Date: 10/21/2018 at 10:51:44
The Atlantic News Telegraph
Atlantic, Iowa
Tuesday, July 19, 1927
Page 1, Column 3LONG TIME LOCAL RESIDENT PASSES AWAY YESTERDAY
James Leonard Parker, County Resident for Forty Years, Dead. Funeral Thursday.
James Leonard Parker, 64, resident of this county for forty years and of Atlantic for the last twenty-five years, died at his home at 205 Poplar street yesterday morning at 11:30, death resulting from heart trouble.
Deceased, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Parker, was born in Madison county, Ia., Oct. 25, 1862. He came to Cass county forty years ago, settling on a farm near Marne, where he lived until coming to Atlantic.
Four Children.
He is survived by his widow and four children, Mrs. Vera Anderson of Harlan and Mrs. Emma Darrow, Cecil and Miss Dorothy Parker of Atlantic. Two children, Harold and Genevieve, died in infancy. There are six grandchildren and three sisters and four brothers. The sisters are, Mrs. Mahelia Allen of Murray, Ia., Mrs. Cora Barrickman of Minneapolis, Minn., Mrs. Jenney Logan of Atchinson, Kans., and the brothers are John Parker of Harlan, Charles of Winterset, William of Mt. Etna, and Sam of Fort Pierce, S. D.
Deceased was married twice, his first wife dying some years ago.
Funeral services will be held Thursday afternoon at 2 o’clock at the local Church of Christ, the Rev. Ross Williams officiating. Interment will be made in the Atlantic cemetery.
NOTE FROM CONTRIBUTOR: James Leonard Parker was born October 25, 1862 and died July 18, 1927. The Shelby County 1895 Iowa State Census lists James L. Parker, born in Madison County. Various records have different spellings for his mother's maiden name: "Shaklee", "Sharkley", "Shackley", and "Shakel". Believe "Shaklee" is correct. His grandparents were William Hardy Shaklee & Margaret Wilson.
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