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 460 PARKER. PARKER. His interest in the manufacture of do- mestic woolens of the finer quality has secured for him a deserved recognition, and he has been called to the presidency of Georges River Woolen Mills, in War- ren, Me., a corporation extensively engaged in that business. Mr. Parker is a descendant of pure New- England stock, his paternal ancestors hav- ing come to this country from England in 1628. The farm on which he was born was in the possession of the family for over one hundred and fifty years. Mr. Parker is a conspicuous example of the successful, representative, self-made business men of New England. PARKER, GEORGE G., son of Asa and Ann Margaret (McCorristine) Parker, was 'born in Acton, Middlesex county, June 19, 1826. He obtained a common school education, and then prepared for college in Ashby Academy, Lawrence Academy, Groton, and Appleton Academy. New [ps- wich, N. H. He was graduated from Union 1 **m GEORGE G PARKER. College, New York, in the class of 1852 ; studied law in the Albany law school, New York, and practiced law at Piqua, Miami county, Ohio, and at Westfield, New York. He removed to Milford, Mass., in 1S56, and has since been a member of the Wor- cester county bar. Mr. Parker was married in Milford, De- cember 26, 1854, to Augusta, daughter of Rev. James T. and Augusta (Porter) Woodbury. Of this union was one child : Margaret Augusta Parker (since deceased). He has an adopted daughter, Lillian Blanche. Mr. Parker is senior warden of Trinity church, Milford ; has been ten years chair- man of the Milford school board ; secre- tary of the Milford Mutual Fire Insurance Company twenty-five years, and was a member of the House of Representatives in 1876. PARKER, George Judson, son of Samuel W. and Charlotte B. (George) Par- ker, was born in Reading, Middlesex county, February 10, 1850. He attended the public schools of Read- ing until thirteen years of age ; on his removal to Boston, in 1863, he entered the Dwight school, from which he graduated in 1865, and the same year entered the English high school. When seventeen years of age he began work in one of the departments of piano-forte manufacture in the employ of George M. Guild, at eighteen remov- ing to Leominster, and engaging with Allen &: Jewett in the same industry. At twenty-one he returned to Boston, entering the employ of Henry F. Miller, at the same time beginning the study of music with Joseph P. Cobb, and continuing later with J. W. Tufts and John Hodsdon. He went to Europe in 1882 ; studied in Lon- don with Shakspeare, Randegger, and Behnke ; in Milan with San Giovanni ; at Nice with Lamperti (pere), and in Paris with Sbriglia. He has been a member of the Boylston and Cecilia clubs. He is at present a member of the Apollo Club, and is en- gaged as oratorio and concert soloist (tenor), having sung for the principal mu- sical societies of Boston, and at Washing- ton, Chicago, Philadelphia, and the leading musical centres of the United States and Canada. His present vocation is tenor soloist and vocal teacher. PARKER, HENRY G., was born in Plymouth, Plymouth county, March 19, 1836. His father, Ebenezer Grosvenor Parker, was born in Falmouth, in 1796. The grandfather of Colonel Parker, Dr. Henry Parker, was also born in Falmouth, and was a surgeon in the LTnited States navy. The mother of Colonel Parker was Rebecca