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of old-fashioned neck stocks. After a
dozen or more years in this business, he
added the manufacture of shirts. From
the outset, Mr. Parker was successful in
his undertaking, and consistent with the
years was his development and growth
in the manufacturing line. At first his
business was conducted under the name
of Julius Parker, which in 1872, on the
admission of his son as a partner, became
the Julius Parker & Son Company. Later
the business was incorporated as the
Parker Shirt Company, and at this time
Mr. Parker became president of the cor-
poration. Upright and straightforward
in all his business dealings, Mr. Parker
gained a position of well deserved respect.
He was one of the leading citizens and
business men of New Britain for many
years, and during the years he was a resi-
dent there, from 1834 to 1898, he took an
active interest in civic affairs. Mr. Parker
married Lucinda Warner, of Wilbraham,
Massachusetts, and with his wife was
long an attendant of the First Congregational
Church of New Britain. Mr. and
Mrs. Parker were the parents of a son
and a daughter : Charles Julius, of fur-
ther mention ; and Ellen W., who died in
1874.
Charles Julius Parker was born in New
Britain, Connecticut, October 18, 1849,
and received his education in the public
schools of his native city, and after completing
a few years of high school work,
he left the school to assist his father in
business. An only son, Mr. Parker was
accustomed from his early boyhood to assist
and aid his father in many ways, and
in 1872, when the responsibilities of the
business founded by the latter fell largely
upon his shoulders, the son was ready to
assume it and carry it on, upholding the
same high standard attained. Naturally
possessed of business acumen, through
his tact and judgment Mr. Parker has
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attained an enviable position in the business
world. The Parker Shirt Company,
which was incorporated May 21, 1896, of
which he is both president and treasurer,
has been his main source of interest, although
Mr. Parker has found time to
take more than a passive interest in the
welfare of his city and State, and has held
office several times. He has been a mem-
ber of the Common Council three times,
and in 1898 was a representative in the
State Legislature. A most efficient legis-
lator, he rendered good service as chairman
of the Committee on Railroads.
Other institutions with which he is con-
nected are : The
Young Men's Christian
Association, of which he has been a direc-
tor almost from its organization, and has
served as president of the association for
three terms ;
Savings Bank ;
a director of the New Britain
the New Britain Charity
Organization ; the New Britain Machine
Company, and the New Britain General
Hospital ; a trustee of the New Britain
Trust Company ; also a member of the
New Britain Club, and twice elected its
president ; and a member of Centennial
Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons.
Mr. and Mrs. Parker belong to the
First Congregational Church of New
Britain, where Mr. Parker is active in
committee work, and has served the
church as chairman of the Societies' Com-
mittee for over twenty years.
Mr. Parker married, in 1875, Sarah Cor-
nelia Eno, born in Simsbury, Connecticut,
November 20, 185 1, daughter of- Salmon
Chester and Sarah Cornelia (Goodwin)
Eno, and a direct descendant of James
Eno, the immigrant.
FEDERKIEWICZ, Stanislaw Peter,
Clergyman.
There is something courageous and
sublime in the character of one who, born