Los Angeles County, CA, Biographies

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P. W. PARKER 
 
is one of the pioneers of Eagle Rock Valley. He is a native of London, England, 
and came to America in 1860. He first located in Chicago, where, for a period of 
ten years, he carried on the grocery business. His father, Charles Parker, died 
in 1888, and his mother, Susan Parker, died in 1885. They had eight children, 
all living and married, the subject of this sketch being the only one of the 
family who ever came to America. He was married in Chicago in 1868 to Miss Ruth 
M. Orchard, of Steuben County, New York, the daughter of Thomas Orchard, an 
Englishman. To Mr. and Mrs. Parker the following children have been born: Alice 
E., wife of Prof. William Frackelton; Arthur, Etta May, Ruth Susan and Edith. 
Mr. Parker has a most beautiful tract of fifty-five acres in Eagle Rock Valley, 
which he has brought to almost a perfect state of cultivation. He has a fine 
orchard and fruits of all kinds, and makes a specialty of rose culture. He has 
1,000 rose trees, representing 100 different varieties, all in full bloom, 
presenting a sight most beautiful to behold, and has proved it to be a very 
profitable as well as pleasant industry. From his residence one has a most 
magnificent view over this beautiful and rapidly improving valley, from the 
Eagle Rock itself on the east to the ocean on the west. A few more men having 
the energy and enterprise which Mr. Parker has brought from Chicago will soon 
make Eagle Rock Valley one of the richest and prettiest places in Los Angeles 
County.
 
An Illustrated History of Los Angeles County, California �  Chicago, The Lewis 
Publishing Company, 1889   Page 586
Transcribed by Kathy Sedler