Lowell Holden Parker

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Lowell Holden Parker (1848-1937) was an American attorney, banker and manufacturer from Beloit, Wisconsin who served a single term as a Republican member of the Wisconsin State Assembly in 1899. His father, Charles H. Parker, had held the same Assembly seat, first as a Republican, but later as a Greenback.

Born in Belvidere, Illinois, on November 30, 1848, Parker went to Beloit College and then graduated from the University of Michigan in 1875. He practiced law in Beloit, Wisconsin. Park served on the Beloit School Board. He was involved with manufacturing of harvesters and binders. He was also in the banking business.[1] Parker died on December 12, 1937, in San Francisco, California at age 89.[2][3]

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  1. ^ 'Wisconsin Blue Book 1899, Biographical Sketch of Lowell Holden Parker, pg. 785
  2. ^ 'University of Michigan Official Publication-The President's Report for 1937-1938,' vol. 40, no. 77. March 25, 1939, University of Michigan: Ann Arbor, Michigan, Death Notices, pg. 10
  3. ^ 'Commemorative Record of the Counties of Rock, Green, Grant, Iowa and Lafayette Counties, Wisconsin, 1901, Biographical Sketch of L. Holden Parker, pg. 86-87