Milas Roberson "Burney" Parker
Prairie Lea Cemetery, Prairie Lea and 6th Sts., marker in SW corner of cemetery, Brenham., Brenham, TX, USA
Texas, USA
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1908
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HISTORIC PRESERVATION at Milas Roberson "Burney" Parker.
The Texas Historical Commission Atlas records this marker as in situ at the listed location. It remains part of the state marker inventory; the placement description and coordinates in this row follow the current official Atlas record and should be field-verified before publication.
About Milas Roberson "Burney" Parker
Burney Parker, grandson of a Nueces County sheriff, worked fourteen years as Washington County Road Superintendent before his election as county treasurer in 1908. He resigned that post in 1914 to become sheriff, an office he held through the First World War and Prohibition. He and his family moved to Houston in 1926, and he died there in 1932.
HISTORY HAPPENED HERE at Milas Roberson "Burney" Parker
A native Texan and the grandson of a pioneer Nueces County sheriff, Milas Roberson "Burney" Parker grew up in Lee and Washington counties. He served as Washington County Road Superintendent for fourteen years before he was elected county treasurer in 1908. He resigned that office in 1914 to run for sheriff, a position he held during the difficult period of World War I and Prohibition. In 1926 Parker and his family moved to Houston, where he died in 1932. Source: https://atlas.thc.texas.gov/Details/5477008377
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