I have a letter from Charles Parker's thirteen year old daughter, Annie Dryden Parker, to a family friend, discussing her 1867 summer vacation plans. One of her chores for the summer was to visit "Decky" at the USMA where he was most likely a member of the freshman class. The only surviving daughter of Charles Parker would marry William H. Lyon in 1880 at age 26. Lyon was a "Snow", a family that had been involved with Charles Parker in the gun business during the Civil War. I assume Annie knew Mr. Lyon from her very early childhood. They were the same age. Lyon held various positions with the company from 1886, becoming president when Dexter Parker died in 1925. Since William Lyon was so close to the family Parker, maybe he accompanied Annie on her trip to West Point in the summer of 1867.
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