Businessman. He was a co-founder of Parke-Davis Pharmaceutical Company in 1868 in Detroit, Michigan. The company started standardizing medications and built the first modern pharmaceutical laboratory. They also developed a method of clinical tests for new drugs. They were the first to produce a bacterial vaccine, and phenytoin, which is used to treat seizures and epilepsy. (bio by: Ginny M)  Family links:  Parents:  Ezra Smith Parke (1793 – 1846)  Rhoda Sperry Parke (1795 – 1846)  Spouses:  Frances Anna Hunt Parke (1831 – 1868)*  Mary Melinda Mead Parke (1849 – 1915)*  Children:  Mary Eliza Parke Clark (____ – 1942)*  James Hunt Parke (1868 – 1951)*  Siblings:  Cornelia Lucintha Parke Kelsey (1822 – 1850)*  Francis Ashbury Parke (1824 – 1882)*  Hervey Coke Parke (1827 – 1899)  Ira Sperry Parke (1829 – 1882)*  Sarah Abrigail Parke French (1831 – 1892)*  Lyman Curtiss Parke (1834 – 1899)* *Calculated relationship