The Parker Reunion

A family tree comes to life within the following pages, telling its own story through years of memorable collections. Over 800 family names as, Butler, Brackett, Upton, Cleaver, Parker, Brown, Skaggs, Utterback, and more within this journal. "The Parker Reunion" opens doors to the Parker and related families, from Upton, Hardin County, Kentucky to Newton, Jasper County, Illinois and beyond. The past to a renewed life found within inherited boxes of original newspaper clippings of family events, old photographs, scrapbook pages, handwritten notes and pages from the family Bible collected over the years by Martha Elizabeth Butler Parker, April 19, 1886, Hardin County, Kentucky, December 9, 1965, Independence, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Burial, Honey Cemetery, Newton, Jasper County, Illinois. Sam (Parker) Cardinal and Elaine Cardinal share these treasures, as a tangible memory, for present and future generations to know their heritage.