Breed's Hill Family Descendent Byron Parker
Although Byron Parker, Sr. did not fight in the American Revolution, his mother was a member of the Breed family, and her patriot ancestors owned the land where most of the famous Battle of Bunker Hill of the American Revolution took place, Mr. Parker secured employment at age 15 on a boat on the Hudson River and pursued that life for 20 years, becoming one of the best known engineers on the river, including on a boat owned by Captain John Haviland.
He then started a steam fitting business with L. W. Nelson in Hudson, which evolved after Mr. Nelson's death in 1866 and became one of the most prominent plumbing companies in the area. He lived at 436 Warren Street, where Byron Parker Plumbing & Heating still resides - although under the ownership of the Finkle family.
"MR. BYRON PARKER--Plumber, Gas and Steam Fitter. No. 436 Warren Warren Street. In a general review of Hudson and its progressive institutions, it is quite necessary to make honorable mention of that "old reliable" plumber and gas fitter, Mr. Byron Parker."
Illustrated Hudson, N.Y. 1905, City of Hudson Collection, Hudson Area Library
