The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-10-04
PARKER MEMORIAL
Z SERVICES HELD

TO the Honorable Preston s. Davis,
Judge of the District Court for the
,Twenty-third Judicial District of the
State of Oklahoma.
Your committee heretofore appoint
ed for the purpose OF taking suitable
action in regard to recent death of
Honorable Luman F. Parker, Jr., do
most respectfully report the follow
ling:
Il IN MEMORIAM.
. Honorable Luman F. Parker Jr.,
was born August 23rd, 1872 at Rolla,
Missouri, and died August 14th, 1912,
lat St. Louis, Missouri. He was a son
of the late L. f. Parker of st. Louis,
who had been for a number of years,
and was at the time of his death, Gen
eral Solicitor of the st. Louis and San
Francisco Railway company His
mothers maiden name was Sarah
Maupin.
Although brief in number his years
and life were full of activity, useful |
ness, and honor. Educated in the |
common schools of Missouri, the
School of Mines at Rolla, and the law
department of the Washington Uni |
versity at st. Louis, he early went into
the west and spent number of years
in New Mexico and Oklahoma terri
tories, forming close ties of friendship
with many of the more noted men of |
which friendship was retained and
manifested in many ways throughout
his life. He was for several years
stenographer TO the Court of Private
Land Claims established by Congress
to settle conflicting claims growing
out of Spanish grants of land in New
Mexico and was private secretary to
Governor Seay of Oklahoma Territory.
In 1897, after graduating with honor
from the law department of Washing
ton University, he was admitted as a
member of the bar.
In that year he located at Vinita,
and on November 2nd, 1898, married
Miss Ludie Scott Hall, daughter of
y. o. Hall and Mary Hall, of Vinita,
Indian Territory Here he made his
home for the remainder of his life, en-
joying the esteem of his fellow citi-
zens and business prosperity and
honors at the hands of the public
He was successfully Assistant Unit
ed States Attorney for the Northern
District of Indian Territory, Master in
Chancery, Mayor of Vinita, Attorney
for the Cherokee Nation, successfully /
establishing the status Of the Inter-
married White Citizens Then came
his appointment as United States
Judge for the Northern District of the
Indian Territory made in 1906 by Pres
ident Theodore Roosevelt, which posi-
tion he held until the coming of state
hood. In all OF these stations he ac-
quilted himself with credit and honor
In 1908 he renewed the practice of
the law at Vinita as senior member OIL
the firm of Parker & Rider and later,
Parker, Rider & Brown, and at his
death was actively engaged in con-
Quoting a large and lucrative real es-
tate loan business built up largely by
his personal efforts. and was also con-
neeted with a number Of other com
mercial and financial enterprises.
He was member of ST Johns Epis-
copal church of Vinita, an Ancient
Free and Accepted Mason and a mem
Der of Vinita Lodge No. ). and was a
Knight Templar and Noble Of the
Mystic Shrine and a member Of the v
Benevolent and Protective Order of f
Elks, Lodge No 1852, at vinita. n
Judge Parker was always interested n
in any enterprise that stood for big t
ger and better Vinita His influence t
brought about the acquiring of the h
Auditorium and the beautiful park, il
called after his father, Parker Plaza, Il
and many drink daily of the whole \
some artesian water from the bubble q
at the corner of Illinois 1
avenue and Wilson street, donated by 8
.he deceased fs
lie was a great student and fond of t,
he society Of cultured and intellectual fl
people
As lawyer Judge Parker was well
grounded in principles and showed
himself able to cope with its most diff CT
'ult and complex question AS a Judge g
lie was fair and conscientious, strictly sc
to set foundations of the law, tn
'et ready, to extend its mercies in OF
'articular cases where mercy might st
'e advantageous to individual and al
al
As a citizen, ever courteous and pro-
ressive, his advice and assistance W
fere always found ready for and con- lit