Daniel Parker (general)

Daniel Parker
Daniel Parker
	From The Inspectors General of the United States Army, 1777-1903
Born	January 29, 1782; Shirley, Massachusetts
Died	April 5, 1846 (aged 64); Washington, D.C.
Place of Burial	Congressional Cemetery
Allegiance	United States of America
Service / branch	United States Army
Years of service	1814–1822
Rank	Brigadier General
Commands	Adjutant General of the U.S. Army; Inspector General of the U.S. Army; Paymaster General of the U.S. Army
Other work	Chief Clerk of the War Department

Daniel Parker (January 29, 1782, Shirley, Massachusetts^[1] – April 5, 1846, Washington, D.C.^[2]) made his career in the United States Department of War and the United States Army.

Biography

He was the son of Lieutenant James Parker and Sarah Dickinson.^[1] He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1801, read law, and was admitted to the bar in Charlestown, Massachusetts. He became chief clerk in the U. S. War Department in 1810. On 22 November 1814, he became adjutant general and inspector general of the U.S. Army. In 1821, he became paymaster general. In 1841 he returned to the War Department as chief clerk.^[3]

His remains were buried 7 April 1846 in the Historic Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C.^[4]

Notes

^ ^a ^b Vital Records of Shirley, Massachusetts to the Year 1850, New England Genealogical Society, Boston, Mass., 1918, p. 74. "PARKER, Daniel, s. James and Sarah (Dickinson) B.R., Jan. 29, 1782."
^ Daniel d. 5 April 1846, Washington, D.C. ["Gen. Daniel Parker; Chief Clerk; War Department; Washington; Sunday"] (News Article) Date: 1846-04-09; Paper: Morning News "Gen, Daniel Parker, an officer of the last war, and for a time Chief Cleck of the War Department of Washington, died in that city on Sunday last."] ...also" [The National Intelligencer, April 5, 1846 "On Sunday evening, the 5th instant, in this city, after an illness of several weeks, General Daniel Parker. His friends and acquaintances are invited to attend his funeral from his residence on F street, at half past 3 o'clock this day (Tuesday), the 7th instant. General Parker was a native of Massachusetts. He came to this city before the commencement of the late war, to fill the responsible post of Chief Clerk of the War Department. From this arduous office, in the times in which he filled it, and where his signal services and extensive capacity for business were justly appreciated by the administration of the excellent Madison, Gen. P. was transferred to the office of Adjutant and Inspector General of the Army, with the rank of Brigadier General, which he held to the year 1821. In late years he was again in the chief clerkship of the Department of War. In every public office he was distinguished by exemplary devotion to official duty. In his last painful illness he possessed all his faculties to the end, and met death with a fortitude and resignation to which human nature, however sustained by courage and piety, is rarely equal".]
^ Wilson, J. G.; Fiske, J., eds. (1900). "Parker, Daniel" . Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. New York: D. Appleton.
^ Interments in the Historic Congressional Cemetery, Washington, District of Columbia, Range 45, Site 45. "Parker, Gen. Daniel L. b. 29 Jan 1782 - d. 5 Apr 1846 R45/4'5"

References

"Parker, Gen. Daniel L." Interments in the Historic Congressional Cemetery. Association for the Preservation of Historic Congressional Cemetery. August 13, 2006. Retrieved 2009-05-07.
Heitman, Francis B. (1903). Historical Register and Dictionary of the United States Army, Volume 1. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office.

External links

The Daniel Parker Papers, including incoming and outgoing correspondence with several presidents, are available for research use at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania.
Parker, Daniel. "[Letter] 1813 Sept. 5, War Office, [Washington, D.C. to] the Governor of Georgia / Daniel Parker". Southeastern Native American Documents, 1730-1842. Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries, Digital Library of Georgia. Retrieved 21 February 2018.^{[permanent dead link]}
Daniel Parker at Find a Grave

Military offices
Preceded by William H. Winder	Adjutant General of the U. S. Army November 22, 1814-June 1, 1821	Succeeded by James Gadsden
Preceded by William H. Winder	Inspector General of the U. S. Army November 22, 1814-June 1, 1821	Succeeded by vacant
Preceded by Nathan Towson	Paymaster General of the U.S. Army 1821-1822	Succeeded by Nathan Towson

[vital-1] Vital Records of Shirley, Massachusetts to the Year 1850, New England Genealogical Society, Boston, Mass., 1918, p. 74. "PARKER, Daniel, s. James and Sarah (Dickinson) B.R., Jan. 29, 1782."

[2] Daniel d. 5 April 1846, Washington, D.C. ["Gen. Daniel Parker; Chief Clerk; War Department; Washington; Sunday"] (News Article) Date: 1846-04-09; Paper: Morning News "Gen, Daniel Parker, an officer of the last war, and for a time Chief Cleck of the War Department of Washington, died in that city on Sunday last."] ...also" [The National Intelligencer, April 5, 1846 "On Sunday evening, the 5th instant, in this city, after an illness of several weeks, General Daniel Parker. His friends and acquaintances are invited to attend his funeral from his residence on F street, at half past 3 o'clock this day (Tuesday), the 7th instant. General Parker was a native of Massachusetts. He came to this city before the commencement of the late war, to fill the responsible post of Chief Clerk of the War Department. From this arduous office, in the times in which he filled it, and where his signal services and extensive capacity for business were justly appreciated by the administration of the excellent Madison, Gen. P. was transferred to the office of Adjutant and Inspector General of the Army, with the rank of Brigadier General, which he held to the year 1821. In late years he was again in the chief clerkship of the Department of War. In every public office he was distinguished by exemplary devotion to official duty. In his last painful illness he possessed all his faculties to the end, and met death with a fortitude and resignation to which human nature, however sustained by courage and piety, is rarely equal".]

[3] Wilson, J. G.; Fiske, J., eds. (1900). "Parker, Daniel" . Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. New York: D. Appleton.

[4] Interments in the Historic Congressional Cemetery, Washington, District of Columbia, Range 45, Site 45. "Parker, Gen. Daniel L. b. 29 Jan 1782 - d. 5 Apr 1846 R45/4'5"

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