Sarah Maria Lakin
Sarah Maria Lakin was born on April 8, 1829 in Ohio. At that time her father William P. Lakin, was 37 and her mother Sarah Bretney was 31. She married Charles Coleman Parker on October 4, 1853 in Ohio and studied at the Clermont Academy in Point Pleasant, Ohio.
Sarah died on December 5, 1888 in Fayette, Iowa at the age of 59 and was buried in the Grandview Cemetery in Fayette, Iowa.
Sarah and Charles Coleman Parker had six children:
- William Lakin Parker, 1855-1855
- Daniel Mason Parker, 1856-1934
- Charles Lucius Parker, 1859-1924
- Sarah Priscilla Parker, 1863-1870
- Caroline Ritchey Parker, 1865-1880
- James Donaldson Parker, 1868-1947
Sarah had ten siblings:
- George Tobias Lakin, 1817-1843
- Elizabeth Sinnard Lakin, 1818-1891
- Nancy Bretney Lakin, 1821-1866
- Rebecca Jane Lakin, 1823-1903
- Solomon N. Lakin, 1825- ?
- John Solomon Lakin, 1826-1861
- William Benjamin Lakin, 1831-1910
- Martha Ann Lakin, 1833-1837
- Joseph Henry Lakin, 1836-1837
- James Henry Lakin, 1838-1922
