| Date of Conference Journal Memoir/Obituary | April 4-8, 1934 |
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| Deceased Person | Eben E. Parker |
| Birth | 11/17/1842 at Vienna, Dorchester County, Md. |
| Death | 9/5/1933 at home of daughter, Mary A. Parker 1510 N. Opal St. Philadelphia. Funeral service at Tindley Temple M. E. Church, Philadelphia, Pa. |
| Church Service, Charges Served, Affiliated Locations, and Other Biographical Information | Converted 1858 at Vienna, Md. Joined Salem Church on Church Creek charge. Deprived of school but acquired education allowing him to join Delaware Conference in 1879. Charges: Talbot Circuit, Md; Fairmount, Md.; Salisbury, Md; Ezion, Wilmington, Del; Salem, N. J.; Millington, Md; Bainbridge St. M.E. Church, Phil; Merchantville, N. J.; Cambridge District; Ferry Ave, Camden N.J.; Cape May; Sommerville, Pa; Darby, Pa; Springtown, N.J.; Berlin, N. J.; Ocean City, N. J. Retired in 1929. |
| Family and Other Information | Parents: Robert & Millie Parker Spouse: Patience Lavinia Hughes of Blackwater, Dorchester County, Md. - 12 children: E. Otho Parker (now minister in Del. Conf. & pastor at Ezion M. E. in Wilmington), Cornelius B. Parker (Philadelphia), Eben W. Parker (clerk in post office in Phila.); Prof. Theophilus R. Parker (principal of Addison High School at Roanoke, Va), Everett Q. Parker (Brooklyn, N. Y.) & Samuel Morgan Parker (deceased), Mary A. Parker, Mrs. Emma C. Pipes (deceased), Mrs. Addie G. Waters (Phila), Olevia Dora Parker (deceased), Mrs. Jeanette Jenkins (Richmond, Va, wife of Rev. Joseph H. Jenkins, Washington Conf. M. E. Church), Mrs. Cecie P. Henry (pharmacist, wife of Dr. W. M. M. Henry, physician Dover, Del.) Mrs. Reiter Emmerson, Phila). |
| Online PDF Page Number (if available) | pdf pg 128 |
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