Parker, James P.

Born: 1793-01-20 Lexington, Kentucky

Died: 1860-06-14 Mississippi

Flourished: Mississippi

Mary Lincoln's maternal uncle, James P. Parker was a physician, planter, large landowner, and owner of enslaved people. Dr. Parker moved to Claiborne County, Mississippi, where in 1828, he married Mary Jane Milliken, with whom he had five children. In 1830, he owned seven enslaved people. In 1850, he was practicing medicine, owned $14,000 in real property, and nine enslaved people. By 1860, Dr. Parker had amassed $10,000 in real property, with a personal estate of $25,000, and owned fifteen enslaved people.

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