Background
Parker, Junius was born on September 24, 1867 in Smithfield, North Carolina, United States. Son of Edward S. and Ellen C. (Northam) Parker.
Parker, Junius was born on September 24, 1867 in Smithfield, North Carolina, United States. Son of Edward S. and Ellen C. (Northam) Parker.
Student academic and law departments, University of North Carolina, 1885-1889 (non-graduate).
Practiced at Durham, North Carolina, 1890-1894, Knoxville, Tennessee, 1894-1899. Moved to New York as assistant general counsel American Tobacco Company and its allied companies, 1899. Became general counsel same, 1912, Chairman of the Board, 1925.
Resigned 1929.
Member American Bar assosiation, New York State Bar Association, Association Bar City of New York (chairman of the executive committee, 1922-1923), New York Southern Society (president, 1922-1923).
Married Mary W. Locke, April. Children: Edward L., Frances.