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Died of disease in second year of the war [11] Asa W. Farr: October 6, 1863 42 Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly (1856–57) Democrat: Union: Lawyer Killed at the Battle of Baxter Springs [12] Daniel E. Frost: July 19, 1864 45 Member of the West Virginia House of Delegates (1861–62) Member of the Virginia House of Delegates (1859–61 ...
Colonel Thomas Andrew Parker (born Andreas Cornelis van Kuijk; June 26, 1909 – January 21, 1997) [1] was a Dutch-American talent manager and concert promoter, best known as the manager of Elvis Presley. Parker was born in the Netherlands and entered the United States illegally when he was 20 years old. He adopted a new name and claimed to ...
Colonel Parker founded the Francis W. Parker School in 1901, with the support of benefactor Anita McCormick Blaine. Parker was born in Bedford, New Hampshire in Hillsborough County. He was educated in the public schools and began his career as a village teacher in New Hampshire at age 16.
One of Parker's company, many years later, recalled Parker's order at Lexington Green to have been, "Stand your ground. Don't fire unless fired upon, but if they mean to have a war, let it begin here." During the skirmish, Parker witnessed his cousin Jonas Parker killed during a British bayonet charge. [8]
Colonel Tom Parker (left) and Elvis Presley are captured in this photo from 1960, as the musician was wrapping up two years in the Army. His military service was pushed by the colonel, who wanted ...
Sifakis, Stewart, Who Was Who in the Civil War. Facts On File, New York, 1988. ISBN 0-8160-1055-2. United States War Department, The Military Secretary's Office, Memorandum Relative to the General Officers in the Armies of the United States During the Civil War, 1861–1865, (Compiled from Official Records.) 1906.
Ely Samuel Parker (1828 – August 31, 1895), born Hasanoanda (Tonawanda Seneca), later known as Donehogawa, was an engineer, U.S. Army officer, aide to General Ulysses Grant, and Commissioner of Indian Affairs, in charge of the government's relations with Native Americans.
Nash, a veteran music journalist, published “The Colonel: The Extraordinary Story of Colonel Tom Parker and Elvis Presley” to acclaim in 2010 and her book has just been reissued with a new ...