EDWARD WEST PARKER SR. AND ANNIE GALT JOHNSON PARKER MOODY

Parents of Virginia Parker Reid


Edward West Parker Sr.


Born in slavery in Virginia, moved to San Francisco sometime before the end of the Civil War, established a bootmaking business on Third Street, delegate to the State Convention of Colored Citizens of California, October, 1865, registered to vote in 1870 on the first day possible for African-Americans in California, married to Annie Galt Johnson Parker Moody


Advertisement For Edward Parker's Bootmaking Business
414 Third Street, San Francisco
The Elevator Newspaper
San Francisco, California
June 9, 1865


The State Convention of Colored Citizens of California, October 25-28, 1865, Sacramento, California

Letter Concerning 1870 Voter Registration of Edward West Parker Sr.


Annie Galt Johnson Parker Moody



Born in slavery in the Norfolk area of Virginia, migrated to San Francisco just prior to the Civil War with her father and mother, sister, and brother, married Edward West Parker Sr. as her second of three husbands