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Festus Worthington PARKER

Festus Worthington PARKER

Male 1856 - 1934  (77 years)


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  • Name Festus Worthington PARKER
    Birth 26 Dec 1856  Marion Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Gender Male
    Census 1870, 1880, 1900  Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1910  Clallam Co, WA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation blacksmith, now farmer  [4] 
    Occupation farmer  [5, 6] 
    Residence (SETTLED)  Washington State Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Death 30 Aug 1934  Port Angeles, Clallam Co, WA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Burial Ocean View Cemetery, Port Angeles, Clallam Co, WA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Person ID I66063  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 3 Jul 2024

    Father George Washington PARKER,   b. CA 1832, Virginia (now West Virginia) Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1885, Chevauxdefrise, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 53 years)
    Mother Mary BOONE,   b. 20 Dec 1832, Marion Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Jul 1909, Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years)
    Family ID F21075  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Mary Jane MATHENY,   b. 4 Oct 1845, Barbour Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Feb 1887 (Age 41 years)
    Marriage 28 Mar 1878  Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Notes 
    • 1880 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Union District), enumerated on June 25, 1880:
      Festus W. Parker, 26, farmer; wife Mary Jane, 33, cannot write; dau Henrietta, 1; brother-in-law Ruben Matheny, 21, single. All born in West Virginia.
    Children 
     1. Henrietta PARKER,   b. CA 1879, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Leeman Pearly PARKER,   b. 15 Sep 1881, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Jul 1952, Clallam Co, WA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years)
    Family ID F27687  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Cora Blanche WAGGONER,   b. 16 Mar 1867, West Virginia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Nov 1931, Port Angeles, Clallam Co, WA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 64 years)
    Marriage CA 1892  [6] 
    Family ID F50385  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    2. [S638] Headstone (year only).

    3. [S1821] Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV, MR p. 37, Line 24 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11539391&Type=Marriage.

    4. [S1813] 1910 Census.

    5. [S2192] 1880 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Union District).

    6. [S2053] 1900 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Union District).

    7. [S293] Minnie Kendall Lowther, History of Ritchie County, (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, http://McClainPrinting.com), p. 344.

    8. [S1821] Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV, MR p. 37, Line 24 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11539391&Type=Marriage.
      Identified as Festus Parker, single, farmer, 23, b. Marion Co, res. Ritchie Co, son of Washington & Mary; and Mary Jane Mathena (sic), single, 30, b. Barbour Co, res. Ritchie Co, dau of Rueben & Nancy. Married Mar 28 1878 in Ritchie County, officiated by Philip A. Wood.