ISAAC DUKE PARKER. Isaac Duke Parker, who came
to Texas in 1837 from Illinois, was one of the first representatives from
Tarrant county in the State Legislature, an uncle of Cynthia Ann Parker,
who was captured by the Indians at the Parker’s Fort massacre in 1836 and
recaptured by Capt. (later Gen. and Gov.) L. S. Ross in December, 1860,
died at his home in Tarrant county, Wednesday morning, October 29, 1902,
aged 81 years.
He was a prominent figure in the Populist State
convention in 1902, on which occasion he delivered a notable speech. He
was an historic figure in Texas.
Year Book for Texas:
party conventions, election returns, inauguration of Governor
Lanham and Lieutenant-Governor Neal, legislative work, public
officials and current reports of departments and state
institutions, important events, obituaries of distinguished dead,
industrial development, statistics, biographical sketches, and
historical manuscripts never before published. Raines, Cadwell
Walton, Austin, Tex.: Gammel-Statesman Pub. Co., 1903, page 43.
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