Goodspeed’s Biography of Joshua B. Parker
Source: Goodspeed’s History of Lawrence, Wayne, Perry, Hickman, and Lewis Counties Tennessee, published 1886
Joshua B. Parker, attorney at law, of Lawrenceburg, Tenn., and a native of Giles County, is a son of John A. and Nettie (Baker) Parker, both natives of Giles County, Tenn. The father removed to this county from Giles in 1882, and now follows farming in the Fourteenth District. Our subject was born December 12, 1863; received his education in his native county, and finished in Giles College, at Pulaski, in 1883. In 1878, however, he began reading law in a desultory manner, as he had to support himself and assist in supporting his family. He was a student or protege of Hon. Noble Smithson, and also received some assistance from Col. Solon E. Rose. Our subject came to this county in 1884, and in December of that year was admitted to the bar. He has continued ever since in the practice here, having met with merited success. In November, 1885, he was sworn into practice in the Federal court in Northern Mississippi, and in December of the same year was sworn into practice in the Federal and supreme courts of Tennessee, enjoying the distinction of being not only the youngest legal practitioner of the county, but one of the youngest attorneys admitted to practice in the Supreme Court of Tennessee. He is a Democrat in his political views, not of the younger and more progressive class. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and is one of the promising young lawyers of the county.
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