A. S. PARKER, M.D., and proprietor of the Weekly News, Kendallville, is a son of Rial and Achsah (Snow) Parker, both natives of New York, and married in Huron County, Ohio, where they resided until their death. The senior Parker being a farmer, the early impression and education of A. S. were received under the influences of that occupation. He was afforded good school opportunities of which he made valuable use. After his maturity, he attended the Homeopathic College in Cleveland, Ohio. In 1857, he began the practice of medicine in Kendallville; continued until 1862, when he went to Iowa, remaining there two years, engaged in his profession. Returning to this State he entered the hardware trade in Ligonier' this, together with the foundry business, he followed until 1871, when he resumed the practice of medicine in Kendallville. In the meantime, the Doctor attended lectures at Cleveland, where he graduated at the Homeopathic College. In 1875, he went to Garrett and entered upon his practice, but subsequently purchased the Garrett News, which he conducted there until the fall of 1877, when he returned to Kendallville, bringing with him the paraphernalia of his printing office and started the Weekly News. This venture has proved a success, financially and otherwise. A profitable job trade has been maintained in connection with the paper. In 1868, the Doctor served as School Examiner of Noble County, and has been a member of the City Council in Ligonier. In 1869, he was married to Miss Chloe E. Wadsworth, daughter of Elihu Wadsworth, a pioneer in Allen Township. She was the first white female born in that township. They have four children living--Maud P., Wadsworth A., May G. and Wilson B.
Counties of La Grange and Noble, Indiana, Historical and Biographical, Chicago: F. A. Battey & Co., Publishers, © 1882, Part 2, p. 312-313.
Transcribed by Denise Wells, May 2013.