Joseph Thrasher Parker
b. 24 December 1883, d. 18 August 1959
Joseph Thrasher Parker, 1883-1959
- Father: Phillip Henry Parker b. 14 September 1852, d. 30 September 1887
- Mother: Emera Mitchell Thrasher b. 3 November 1855, d. 28 February 1935
- Joseph Thrasher Parker was born on 24 December 1883 in Wetumpka, Elmore County, Alabama.
- Joseph Thrasher Parker appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Santuck, Elmore County, Alabama, living in the household of R. Williams.
- He was a farm laborer, according to the 1900 census.
- A photographic portrait was made of Joseph Thrasher Parker about 1900. He is pictured on the right, and the fellow on the left is as yet unidentified.
- Emera Mitchell Thrasher appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama, at 54 Union Street. Other members of the household included Joseph Thrasher Parker, Riley Marvin Walkley and Annie Emera Parker.
- He was employed by the city of Birmingham police, according to the 1910 census.
- He married Jessie Elizabeth Wood, daughter of Edmund Nicholas Wood and Nancy Asenath Montgomery, on 29 June 1911.
- Joseph Thrasher Parker registered for the draft on 12 September 1918 in Jefferson County, Alabama, while living with his wife Jessie at 5516 4th Avenue South in Birmingham, and self-employed there as a dairy man.
- Joseph Thrasher Parker and Jessie Elizabeth Wood appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama, at 5516 4th Avenue South. Other members of the household included Itara Elizabeth Parker and Martha Louise Parker.
- He was an independent dairyman, according to the 1920 census.
- Joseph Thrasher Parker and Jessie Elizabeth Wood appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in Huffman, Jefferson County, Alabama, at Martin Wood. Other members of the household included Itara Elizabeth Parker, Martha Louise Parker and Jessie Asenath Parker.
- He was employed by the county as a road overseer, according to the 1930 census.
- Joseph Thrasher Parker died on 18 August 1959 at age 75 in Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama.
- His wife Jessie Elizabeth Wood became a widow at his death.
- Last Edited: 27 Feb 2012
Family: Jessie Elizabeth Wood b. 7 August 1886, d. 13 March 1961
- Itara Elizabeth Parker+ b. 13 July 1912, d. 26 March 1950
- Martha Louise Parker b. 10 March 1914, d. 20 June 1935
- Jessie Asenath Parker+ b. 5 February 1920, d. 28 October 2003