Cephas Parker, of Coon Rapids, is one of the well-known pioneers of Carroll County, having settled here in 1868. He first located on section 17, Union Township, where he improved the farm and lived one year. He then removed to Audubon County, and three years later returned to Carroll County, settling on section 16, Union Township. In 1875 he purchased the flouring mill of Coon Rapids, and removed to that place. He owned the mill about ten years, then sold to George W. Foreman, the present proprietor. Mr. Parker built his new and beautiful residence in 1882. He was born in Holmes County, Ohio, in 1831, and lived in the Buckeye State until 1852, when he came to Cedar County, this State. In the fall of that same year his father, Asa L. Parker, settled in the same county, and in 1874 came to Carroll County, where he died in 1882. The mother died two years previous. Mr. Parker has usually been engaged in agricultural pursuits, and is an enterprising citizen. He married Adeline Hupp, daughter of John Hupp, who settled in Cedar County in 1853. The father is now deceased and the mother lives with Mrs. Parker.

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