Charles Edward Parker

1826 - 1890  (64 years)

• Name	Charles Edward Parker
  Birth	27 Feb 1826	Keene, Cheshire, NH
  Gender	Male
  Death	26 Oct 1890	Boston, Suffolk, MA
  Burial		St Mary's Cemetery, Newton Lower Falls, MA
  Person ID	I17030	Family Tree
  Last Modified	31 May 2018

  
  

  Family	Ellen Louisa Perkins,   b. May 1825, Cabot, Washington, VT d. 23 Apr 1857, Auburndale, Middlesex, MA (Age ~ 31 years)
  Marriage	1846
  Notes	Charles E Perkins, age 25, architect, and Henry E Perkins, age 1, in house in 1850. Likely Charles E Parker, husband of Ellen and their son Henry.
  Family ID	F6550	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 May 2018

  
  

• Notes

  from "The Boston Journal", 28 Oct 1890 (genealogybank.com) Mr. Charles Edward Parker, who was for many years one of Boston's prominent architects, died at Newport News on the 26th inst., at the age of 64. He was the supervising architect of the new part of the Boston Post Office, of the Shawmut Congregational Church, on the corner of Tremont and West Brookline streets, of the First Eliot Church of Newton (destroyed a few years ago), and of many other churches, as well as town halls and private residences in outlying towns and cities. Mr. Parker's ability was such that he was prominently mentioned as the successor of Supervising Architect Bell of the Treasury Department. He succeeded Thomas Brown in 1883 in the superintendence of the construction of the Post Office, and his work won many commendations. Mr. Parker came to Boston at the age of twenty, having previous to that time made his home in Keene, N.H. He was a brother of Horatio G. Parker, one of Boston's lawyers, and of Prof.r Henry E. Parker, of Dartmouth College. He married first, Miss Perkins of Newton Lower Falls, and second, Miss Jennings of Newton Centre. A widow and seven children survive him. Though Mr. Parker's modest retiring disposition kept him somewhat from public view, he was yet regarded with high esteem by those who knew him and who appreciated his business qualifications.