History, Links,
and Images related to the John Parker House and Ripley Ohio

History | Links | Images

It should be noted, there are no known
photographs of John P.Parker!

There is one intriguing photograph, which
can be viewed here, which shows the dedication
of a monument to John Rankin (1793-1886) and his wife, Jean Lowrey
(1795-1878), “Freedom’s Heroes”, on the grounds of the Cemetary
in Ripley, Ohio, May 1892. Note the African-American man on the
far right. Could this be John Parker?

The links below tell and show John P Parker’s and Ripley Ohio’s
history.

Articles and History

• Ripley’s Keepers of Freedom’s
  Flame by Judge Thomas Zachman

Images

• Photograph
  of the John P. Parker house at Ripley, Ohio. The photograph
  is dated May 1910.
  
• Photograph
  of the dedication of a monument to John Rankin (1793-1886)
  and his wife, Jean Lowrey (1795-1878), “Freedom’s Heroes”,
  on the grounds of the Cemetary in Ripley, Ohio, May 1892.(Is this
  John Parker on the far right?)

• Photograph
  of exterior of the Ripley Foundry which was founded, owned, and managed
  by John Parker (1827-1900).
• Interior
  Photograph of the machine shop of the Ripley Foundry
  which was founded, owned and managed by John Parker
  (1827-1900).
• Another
  Interior Photograph of the machine shop of the Ripley Foundry
  which was founded, owned and managed by John Parker
  (1827-1900).
• Photograph
  of the “freedom stairway”, the steps leading
  from the Ohio River to the John Rankin House,
  Ripley, Ohio.
• Photograph
  showing the raising of the lantern on the flagpole
  at the John Rankin House in Ripley, Ohio. The
  lantern was a signal to fugitive slaves to cross
  the Ohio River.
• Photograph
  of Captain Richard C. Rankin (1821-1899), son of the Reverend John Rankin and
  guide of fugitive slaves at Ripley, Brown County,
  Ohio.
• Photograph
  of Aunt Polly Jackson, an African-American resident of Ripley,
  Ohio, who according to legend fought off slave catchers with a kettle
  of hot water and a butcher knife.
• Photograph
  of Rhoda Jones, the oldest resident of Africa (a settlement of free African-Americans
  established on a hillside above Ripley,
  Ohio), who was a conducted on the Underground Railroad. The photograph
  is dated May 1910.

Links

The following links contain articles, stories and information about
John Parker. (all open in a new window)

• The Autobiography of John Parker An On-line Archival Collection (the official JOHN PARKER AUTOBIOGRAPHY site,
  maintained by the Special Collections Library at Duke University).
• John P. Parker, Conductor, on the Underground Railroad
• John P. Parker, abolitionist and inventor