Background
Parker, James I. was born on April 22, 1857 in Tipton, Indiana, United States. Son of Isaac and Jane (Rittenhouse) Parker.
Parker, James I. was born on April 22, 1857 in Tipton, Indiana, United States. Son of Isaac and Jane (Rittenhouse) Parker.
Public schools and Northwestern Christian University, Indianapolis (now Butler University, Irvington, Indiana).
Admitted to bar, 1883. City attorney, Tipton, 1883-1886. Admitted to practice before Supreme Court of the United States by motion of Honorary William F. Vilas, of Wisconsin, 1889.
Member Indiana House of Representatives, 1887.
Principal examiner of land claims and contest, General Land Office, Washington, 1888-1889. Mayor of Tipton, 1890-1892.
Assistant attorney in assistant attorney-general’s office, Interior Department, Washington, 1893-1895. Chief of Lands and Railroad Division, Secretary’s office, Interior Department, 1895-1907.
Private secretary to Secretary of the Interior, 1907-1908.
Assistant attorney to same, 1908-1909, assistant to same, March 6-May 4, 1909. Law examiner Forest Service since May 4 1909.
Member Church of the Disciples.
Married Frances U. Guffin, of Tipton, October 28, 1880.