Daniel Mason Parker

Daniel Mason Parker

Daniel Mason Parker was born on October 29, 1856 in Fayette, Iowa. At that time his father Charles Coleman Parker was 33 and his mother Sarah Maria Lakin was 27. He married Sarah Emeline Sherman McDonald on June 21, 1887 in New Hampton, Iowa.

In 1879 he graduated from Upper Iowa University and received a Masters degree 1882. He was a Methodist minister and Professor of Philosophy and Biblical Literature at Upper Iowa University in 1908-1915 and 1928-1933.

Daniel died on June 6, 1934 in his hometown at the age of 77. He was buried at Grandview Cemetery in Fayette, Iowa. His epitaph on his tombstone read “PREACHER TEACHER LOVER OF MEN”.

Daniel and Sarah had three children:

• William Lakin Parker, 1855-1855
• Charles Sherman Parker, 1888- ?
• Sarah Blythe Parker, 1897- ?
• Laurice Daniel Parker, 1902-1954

Daniel had five siblings:

• James Kennedy Parker, 1817-1894
• Susanna Everts parker, 1819-1890
• William Lakin Parker, 1855-1855
• Charles Lucius Parker, 1859-1924
• Sarah Priscilla Parker, 1863-1870
• Caroline Ritchey Parker, 1865-1880
• James Donaldson Parker, 1868-1947