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Sylvester PARKER

Sylvester PARKER

Male 1847 - 1920  (~ 73 years)

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  • Name Sylvester PARKER 
    Census 1870, 80, 1900, 10  Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Born CA 1847  Ritchie Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Male 
    Census 1860  Ritchie Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Census 1920  Vinton Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Died 8 Aug 1920  Vinton Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Notes 
    • 1870 Census, Ritchie Co, WV (Union District), enumerated in Jun 1870:
      Sylvester Parker, 23, farmer; Mary J, 26; Josephine, 5 months; Thomas Pritchard, 12.

      1880 Census, Ritchie Co, WV (Union District), enumerated on Jun 9 1880:
      Sylvester Parker, 33, farmer; wife Mary J, 36; dau Josephine, 10; son Isaac N, 9; dau Nancy A, 5; son Benj. F, 3; dau Etta, 1.

      1900 Census, Ritchie Co, WV (Union District), enumerated in Jun 1900:
      Sylvester Parker, 42 (sic), b. Mar 1858 (sic), farmer, married 4 yrs; wife Christina, 40, b. Aug 1859, married 4 yrs, mother of 10 children (7 still living); dau Cretie D, 3, b. Nov 1896; stepson Hezakiah Leeson, 10, b. Nov 1889.

      1910 Census, Ritchie Co, WV (Union District), enumerated on Apr 19 1910:
      Sylvester Parker, 63, farmer, married 13 yrs (second marriage); wife Christena, 50, married 13 yrs (1st marriage), mother of 2 children (both still living); dau Crete D, 12; dau Rosatte, 6.

      1920 Census, Vinton Co, Ohio (Eagle Township), enumerated in Feb 1920 on Pike Run Road:
      Sylvester Parker, 72, b. W.Va, farmer, unable to read or write; wife Christine, 63, b. W.Va, able to read & write.
      The next two households in the enumeration were those of Sylvester and Christine's two daughters:
      Willie Adkins, 25, b. Kentucky, farm laborer; wife Rosie, 19, b. W.Va; both able to read & write.
      and
      Coda Merret, 34, b. W.Va, farmer; wife Creta, 23, b. W.Va; son Lester, 5, b. Ohio; son Ira, 1y 6m; both adults able to read & write.
      NOTE: Minnie Kendall Lowther's "History of Ritchie County," published in 1911, incorrectly indicates on p. 344 that Sylvester Parker was already deceased.
    Person ID I34230  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 21 Aug 2010 

    Father John PARKER,   b. 1 Oct 1821,   d. 10 Dec 1895  (Age 74 years) 
    Mother Nancy SNODGRASS,   b. 14 Mar 1827,   bur. (NO DEATH DATE), Pullman Cemetery, Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F15216  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Mary Jane PRITCHARD,   b. CA 1845, Ritchie Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef Jun 1890  (Age ~ 45 years)  [4] 
    Married 19 Mar 1869  Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Children 
     1. Josephine PARKER,   b. Dec 1869, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Isaac Newton PARKER,   b. CA 1871, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. Nancy Ann "Annie" PARKER,   b. 29 Nov 1875, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Mar 1953, Grafton, Taylor Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years)
     4. Benjamin F. PARKER,   b. CA 1877
     5. Etta PARKER,   b. CA 1879
    Family ID F13435  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Sarah M. MEALEY,   b. CA 1848, Ritchie Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef Jan 1896  (Age ~ 47 years) 
    Married 9 Jun 1890  Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Family ID F27849  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 3 Christina GAINON,   b. Aug 1859, Gilmer Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Jan 1923  (Age ~ 63 years) 
    Married 23 Jan 1896  Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Children 
    +1. Cretie Dell PARKER,   b. Nov 1896
     2. Rosatte PARKER,   b. CA 1904
    Family ID F25189  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
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  • Sources 
    1. [S1630] Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985)).

    2. [S2068] 1860 Census, Ritchie County, (W)VA.

    3. [S2395] Ohio Death Records 1908-1932, 1938-2018 (database online), (Ancestry.com and Ohio Department of Health).

    4. [S293] History of Ritchie County, Minnie Kendall Lowther, (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, http://McClainPrinting.com), p. 421.

    5. [S1821] Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV, MR p. 20.
      Identified as Sylvester Parker, 21, b. & res. in Ritchie Co, son of John & Nancy; and Mary Jane Pritchard, 24, b. & res. in Ritchie Co, dau of John M. & Sarah. Married Mar 19 1869.

    6. [S1821] Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV, MR p. 71.
      Identified as Sylvester Parker, widowed, 43, b. & res. in Ritchie Co; and Mary M. Mealey, single, 42, b. & res. in Ritchie Co. Married Jun 9 1890.

    7. [S1821] Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV, MR p. 91.
      Identified as Sylvester Parker, widowed, 48, b. & res. in Ritchie Co; and Christina Leeson, widowed, 36, b. Gilmer Co, res. Ritchie Co. Married Jan 23 1896.