Historical Marker

Granville Parker

Guyan Street, Guyandotte section of Huntington · Guyan Street · Cabell

West Virginia marker

Inscription

Born January 1809 in Massachusetts, he was a lawyer who came to Cabell County shortly before the Civil War. A Unionist, he fled when A. G. Jenkins called for his arrest. From 1861 to 1863, he was a delegate to the constitutional convention for the new state, and he supported emancipation. Parker published his wartime accounts of WV statehood in 1875.

He died 1881 in Wellsburg.

Location

AddressGuyan Street, Guyandotte section of Huntington
CityGuyan Street
CountyCabell

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