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Andrew J. Parker, farmer and stock raiser, was born in Morgan County, Tenn., about 1828, and is a son of Anson and Olivia (Hatfield) Parker, natives of Alabama, who died when he was but a child. He accompanied a half-brother to Arkansas when but ten years old, and was reared in Carroll and Marion Counties. When twenty years old he was married, in Crawford County, to Eliza Johnson, and then farmed in Crawford County until the death of his wife, eight years later. His second marriage occurred in Franklin County, Mrs. Keziah Shepherd, a widow, becoming his wife. This lady died in August, 1866, and the present wife of Mr. Parker, whom he married in this county, was Miss Hannah Johnson, daughter of John Johnson, now deceased, but formerly of Kentucky, where Mrs. Parker was born. By his first marriage Mr. Park had four children: Mary C., wife of James Rankin; William, John, Ollie, wife of Irving Fugett. By his second marriage he had the following children: Andrew, James, Frankie A., wife of Frank Vaught; and by his third: Elizabeth, Samuel, Thomas, Pleasant, Delila, Mahala, Jane and Elmira. In 1861 Mr. Parker bought his present home place, which was somewhat improved. He now owns 200 acres of land in two tracts of 160 and forty acres each, and has about seventy acres of his land well cleared and improved. During the latter part of the war Mr. Parker served in the Union army, in the Second Arkansas Cavalry, under Col. Phelps, and participated in a number of skirmishes. He was discharged at Memphis, and immediately returned home and resumed his farm labors. Although Mr. Phelps was left an orphan at a tender age, and inherited no property, he has become one of the well-to-do and substantial citizens of Morgan Township. Himself and wife belong to the Christian Church, and he is a member of the Knights of the Horse.