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Growing at Gilman and Grinnell
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Growing at Gilman and GrinnellRob was born on October 23,1876 on a farm a few miles southwest of Gilman, in Jasper County. His father was William E. Parker and his mother was Hannah Lavender Parker. He was their first child. His sister, Edith was born three years later and a brother, William E, followed in another two years. Rob’s father was a son of Robert and Susanna Parker, who came from Ireland with twelve of their sixteen children. Hannah’s family, the Lavenders, also came from Ireland. So you would definitely call my grandfather an Irishman. Young Rob was a cheerful, friendly and gregarious kid. He was of only average height and weight, but was well-coordinated. Rob and his parents were close, and he was helpful to his father on the farm. He took part in school activities, and was a good student. Their farm was about half way between the towns of Gilman and Newburg, Iowa where Rob was active in young people’s groups at the Congregational Churches in both Gilman and Newburg. After high school, he enrolled in Iowa College, now known as Grinnell College, in Grinnell, Iowa. He graduated in 1900, with a degree in History and Political Science. College records from that year show that at commencement he was awarded a prize for excellence in extemporaneous speaking; a very good skill for a future salesman. He got to know his future wife, Annie Elizabeth Carney, whom everyone called Bess, at a young persons’ Christian Endeavor party. 
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