Charles Lucius Parker
Charles Lucius Parker was born on August 1, 1859 in Fayette, Iowa. At that time his father Charles Coleman Parker was 35 and his mother Sarah Maria Lakin was 30. He married Violet E. Truman on August 20, 1884 in Decorah, Iowa.
Charles graduated from Upper Iowa University in 1881 and began farming and banking at Bathgate, North Dakota from 1882-1889 and then mining in Montana from 1890-1893. He graduated from the University of Michigan Law School in 1894. He later moved to and lived in Seattle, Washington from 1894-1905 and worked as lawyer.
Charles died on February 7, 1924 in Seattle, Washington at the age of 64.
Charles had five siblings:
- William Lakin Parker, 1855-1855
- Daniel Mason Parker, 1856-1934
- Sarah Priscilla Parker, 1863-1870
- Caroline Ritchey Parker, 1865-1880
- James Donaldson Parker, 1868-1947
