The History of Hendricks County (Chicago: Interstate Publishing, 1885)--Middle Township, pages 710-711
Dudley H. Parker was born in Hendricks County, Ind., March 16, 1844, a son of James M. and Maria Parker, natives of Kentucky. In 1834 his parents moved to Jefferson County, Ind., and thence in 1835 to Hendricks County, where the father died in November, 1882, and the mother in July, 1884. But two of their five children are living--Sallie F. and Dudley H. They were prominent members of the Christian church. Dudley H. Parker was reared in his native township, receiving his early education in the district schools. In the fall of 1859 he entered the Northwestern Christian University, at Indianapolis, an institution he attended till June, 1862, when he enlisted at Company A, Fifty-first Indiana Infantry. He participated in the siege of Nashville, battle of Dalton, and others of minor importance. In July, 1865, the Fourth Corps, of which the Fifty-first formed a part, was sent to Texas, where they remained till mustered out in January, 1866. Sept. 14, 1868, Mr. Parker was married to Maria A. Procter, daughter of William and Sallie Procter. To them have been born seven children, five of whom are living--Oscar S., Aggie, Nettie, Ettie and an infant unnamed. Mr. Parker remained in Hendricks County a year after his marriage and then moved to Johnson County, Kas., where for about three years he worked at the carpenter's trade. Thence to McPherson, Kas., and was associated with Wallace Gleason in the drug business eight months. In 1874 he returned to Hendricks County, where he now has a good farm of eighty acres. Mr. Parker is a member of the Masonic fraternity.