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Size | 0.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 50 items) |
Abstract | Luther Rice Parker (1879-1933) was born in McColl, Marlboro County, S.C., and wrote letters from Clio, S.C., Morriston, Fla., Clearwater, Fla., and Williston, Fla. He worked as a brick mason and later as an accountant for businesses in Florida and South Carolina. He served as clerk and treasurer for Morriston, Fla., in 1904. In 1905, he moved eastern North Carolina. Cora Lillian Parker (1880-1971) was born in Averesboro, Harnett County, N.C., where she worked as a school teacher. Luther Rice Parker and Cora Lillian Parker courted, 1902-1907, and married in Dunn, N.C., in 1907. The collection includes correspondence between Luther Rice Parker and Cora Lillian Parker during their courtship, 1902-1907. There are also two letters from Bessie Walton Parker, Cora Lillian Parker's sister, to Luther Rice Parker. Letters deal chiefly with courtship, thoughts on marriage, and church services, including Sunday School. Topics also include teaching; brick masonry; accounting; Luther Rice Parker's work for D.B. Morrison and Company, manufacturers of yellow pine lumber and rosin barrel staves in Morriston, Fla.; his election as clerk and treasurer for that town; and early 1900s technology, including the advent of the telephone and additional railroad lines in the South. |
Creator | Parker family/ |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language | English |
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Luther Rice Parker was born on 28 May 1879 in McColl, Marlboro County, S.C. He was the son of Joseph Parker (10 March 1849-27 Febraury 1921) and Isabel Permelia (also spelled Pamela) David (3 September 1845-15 June 1886). Luther Rice Parker wrote letters from Clio, S.C., Morriston, Fla., Clearwater, Fla., and Williston, Fla. He worked as a brick mason and later as an accountant for businesses in Florida and South Carolina. He served as clerk and treasurer for Morriston, Fla., in 1904. In 1905, he moved eastern North Carolina. Cora Lillian Parker was born on 13 August 1880 in Averesboro, Harnett County, N.C. She was the daughter of Festus Alfonso Parker (7 January 1854-6 February 1897) and Margaret Delaney Ennis (11 March 1854-12 May 1939). Cora Lillian Parker worked as a school teacher in Harnett County. Luther Rice Parker and Cora Lillian Parker courted, 1902-1907, and married in Dunn, N.C., in 1907. Luther Rice Parker died 7 October 1933 and Cora Lillian Parker died 18 August 1971.
Back to TopThe collection includes correspondence between brick mason and accountant Luther Rice Parker of Cleo, S.C., Morrison, Fla., and Clearwater, Fla., and teacher Cora Lillian Parker of Harnett County, N.C., during their courtship, 1902-1907. There are also two letters from Bessie Walton Parker, Cora Lillian Parker's sister, to Luther Rice Parker. Letters deal chiefly with courtship, thoughts on marriage, and church services, including Sunday School. Topics also include teaching; brick masonry; accounting; Luther Rice Parker's work for D.B. Morrison and Company, manufacturers of yellow pine lumber and rosin barrel staves in Morriston, Fla.; his election as clerk and treasurer for that town; and early 1900s technology, including the advent of the telephone and additional railroad lines in the South.
Back to TopArrangement: chronological.
Folder 1 |
1902 |
Folder 2 |
1903 |
Folder 3 |
1904 |
Folder 4 |
1905 |
Folder 5 |
1906 |
Folder 6 |
1907 |