Biography of Henry Parker

From From HISTORY OF BILLERICA by Rev. Henry A. Hazen, A.M.
A. Williams & Co., Boston, 1883

Section 2, page 107

PARKER, Henry, son of John, b. 1784, Aug. 28; m. 1809, Jan. 26, Lydia Matthews. He d. 1820, July 28, and she d. 1825, Aug. 22, aged 35. Ch. Lydia Ann, b. 1810, May 21; d. July 5. Gustavus, b. 1814, Jan. 25; d. March 9. Francis James, bap. 1815, Jan. 8; was in the Mexican War under Gen. Taylor, and in the Union Army under Gen. Banks; lives in Brownsville, Texas; and has been Mayor and is Judge of Circuit Court. At Santa Rosa, he owns a ranch of 54,000 acres, and has herds of 6000 to 10,000 cattle; unmarried. Henrietta, bap. 1819, Aug. 20; m. 1842, Nov. 24, Rufus Lapham of Lowell.