Joseph Fletcher Parker was born 30 August 1880 in Grand Rapids, Michigan. His parents were Charles Edward Parker (1837-1914) and Mary Jane Hogan (1846-1888). He married Elinore Emily Russell (1881-1962), daughter of Hugh Russell and Mary Theresa Conan, in 1912 in Superior, Wisconsin. They had three children. He died in 1962 in Duluth, Minnesota. Ancestors, descendants and relatives lived mainly in Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Minnesota.

William LeGrande Swayer was born 23 Sept. 1870 in Edmeston, New York to James Swayer and Phidelia Emma Gates. He married on 29 Dec. 1896 in Bloomfield, Delaware Co., New York, Elinor Jane Mathews, born 13 June, 1874 in Davenport, New York, the daughter of James Riddle Mathews and Elinor Francelia Osborn. They were the parents of four children: Ruth Mathews Swayer, Elinor Swayer, Robert William Swayer and Margaret Swayer. Descendants have lived throughout the United States.

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