William Henry Parker – Captain, United States Army, Member of Congress

DEADWOOD, SouthDakota June 26, 1908 – After an illness of three weeks, Congressman William H. Parker of Deadwood died today of dropsy and liver trouble.  Burial will be in the Arlington National Cemetery.

William H. Parker was born at Keene, New Hempshire on May 5, 1847.  In 1874 he was appointed by President Grant, Collector of Internal Revenue of Colorado Territory.  Later he wasappointed United States Attorney of the sameState.

PARKER, William Henry, a Representative from South Dakota; born in Keene, Cheshire County, N.H., May 5, 1847; served in the Union Army from June 24, 1861, to October 16, 1866; was graduated from the law department of Columbian College (now George Washington University), Washington, D.C., in 1868 and was admitted to the bar of the supreme court of the District of Columbia the same year; appointed collector of internal revenue of Colorado Territory by President Grant June 24, 1874; resigned in July 1876; appointed United States attorney of Colorado; moved to Deadwood, Territory of Dakota (now South Dakota), in July 1877 and practiced law; member of the constitutional convention of the proposed State of South Dakota June 30, 1885; elected a member of the State house of representatives in 1889; prosecuting attorney of Lawrence County 1903-1907; elected to the Sixtieth Congress and served from March 4, 1907, until his death in Deadwood, Lawrence County, S.Dak., on June 26, 1908; interment in Arlington National Cemetery.

Michael Robert Patterson

Michael Robert Patterson was born in Arlington and is the son of a former officer of the US Army. So it was no wonder that sooner or later his interests drew him to American history and especially to American military history. Many of his articles can be found on renowned portals like the New York Times, Washingtonpost or Wikipedia.

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