Luther was raised by his unmarried natural mother Mollie's Baxley parents, John Christopher and Martha Jane Sherouse Baxley, so he took the Baxley surname. His biological father was a Reason Albert Parker (see 1880 census Alachua County Florida) but he was identified as the son of John Christopher Baxley, even in many family and military records, so we do not think he ever knew the correct facts himself, as the grandparents protected him into adulthood.
Luther was raised by his unmarried natural mother Mollie's Baxley parents, John Christopher and Martha Jane Sherouse Baxley, so he took the Baxley surname. His biological father was a Reason Albert Parker (see 1880 census Alachua County Florida) but he was identified as the son of John Christopher Baxley, even in many family and military records, so we do not think he ever knew the correct facts himself, as the grandparents protected him into adulthood.