James Donaldson Parker

James Donaldson Parker

James Donaldson Parker was born on February 11, 1868 in Fayette, Iowa. At that time his father Charles Coleman Parker was 44 and his mother Sarah Maria Lakin was 38. He married Nellie R. Klemme on August 23, 1892 in Ridgeway, Iowa.

James graduated from Upper Iowa University in 1889 and received his M.D. from the University of Michigan in 1892. He worked as physician in Fayette until his death in 1947.

James died on April 18, 1947 at the age of 79 and was buried at Grandview Cemetery, Fayette, Iowa.

James and Nellie Parker had three children:

• Hugh Klemme Paker, 1894-1974
• Dorothy Lakin Paker, 1896-1966
• Eleanor Bolles Parker, 1904-1988

James Donaldson Parker had 5 siblings:

• William Lakin Paker, 1855-1855
• Daniel Mason Paker, 1856-1934
• Charles Lucius Parker, 1859-1924
• Sarah Priscilla Paker, 1863-1870
• Caroline Ritchey Parker, 1865-1880