William PARKER

1800 - 1894  (93 years)

• Name	William PARKER
  Birth	16 Oct 1800	Fayetteville, Cumberland, North Carolina, United States
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1850	Clay, Morgan, Indiana, United States   [1]
  Residence	1870	Clay Township, Morgan, Indiana, United States   [1]
  _FSFTID	MR82-HLQ
  _FSLINK	https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/MR82-HLQ
  _UID	E11F99ACCACF4211A59C0E519070E5B268E6
  Death	25 Mar 1894	Decatur, Clay, Indiana, United States
  Burial	Williams Cemetery in Morgan County, Indiana
  Person ID	I594779610	Carney Wehofer July 2025
  Last Modified	4 Oct 2024

  
  

  Father	Moses PARKER,   b. 1775, North Carolina, British Colonial America d. 1842, Jackson Township, Jackson, Indiana, United States (Age 67 years)
  Mother	Mary Ann,   b. Abt 1776, North Carolina, United States d. 1844, Jackson County, Indiana, United States (Age ~ 68 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1795	North Carolina, United States   [2]
  Family ID	F536732192	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Delilah RAY,   b. 1 Nov 1800, Crab Orchard, Lincoln, Kentucky, United States d. 19 Dec 1895, Decatur, Clay, Morgan Co., Indiana (Age 95 years)
  Marriage	25 Dec 1823	Ripley, Indiana
  Children	1. Joseph PARKER,   b. 1826, Morgan, Indiana d. 18 Mar 1880, Morgan, Indiana (Age 54 years)   2. Moses PARKER,   b. 16 Feb 1828, Morgan, Indiana, United States d. 27 Jan 1891, Near Wilbur, Morgan Co., Indiana (Age 62 years)   3. William H. PARKER,   b. 9 Oct 1830, Centerton, Morgan County, Indiana d. 8 Nov 1916, , Morgan, Indiana, USA (Age 86 years)   4. Pvt. Mitchell PARKER,   b. 1839, Martinsville, Morgan, Indiana, United States d. 22 Mar 1865, Nashville, Tennessee (Age 26 years)   5. Thomas PARKER,   b. Abt 1841, Morgan, Indiana, United States d. Abt 1865, Libby Prison, Richmond VA (Age ~ 24 years)   6. Rebecca PARKER, Fultz Collins,   b. 24 Jan 1843, Morgan, Indiana, United States d. 12 Jul 1928, Washington Township, Morgan, Indiana, United States (Age 85 years)   7. Benjamin PARKER,   b. Abt 1850, Indiana d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F536732191	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	4 Oct 2024

  
  

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• Notes

  William was born in 1800 in North Carolina. Pioneers of Morgan Co Indiana. They had been married 66 years and have been apart only three consecutive days and two nights since their marriage. There were born to them 26 children (single births), 13 girls and 13 boys. Seven of these lived to adult age; the others all died in infancy. Only 3 of the 26 are living (at time of writing), 2 sons and one daughter. Three sons went into the army. One was captured near Vicksburg and died in a Rebel prison. One died in the Union Hospital at Nashville. The other one came home and died of consumption not long afterward. The old father and mother are quite sad when speaking of the deaths of their sons, particularly of the one who was made a prisoner, for, like Benjamin, he was the youngest? William married Delilah Ray. Their known children are Joseph 1826-1880, Moses 1829-1891, William H 1830-1916, Mitchell 1839-1865, Thomas 1841-1865 Rebecca 1843-1928 and Benjamin the youngest born around 1845. William's wife's name was Delilah Ray, born in Crab Orchard, Kentucky the first of November, 1800. Mr. Parker came to Indiana in 1819, stopping near Madison for a short time. Delilah and William married on Christmas day, 1823. William was tall and slender. A tough, wiry man, with the powers of endurance to sustain him at hard work from dawn to dark. He was a great axman, and cleared year after year acres of land in the White River bottoms. He was of light complexion and singuine temperament. He and his wife were members of the Christian church since 1845 according to "The Pioneers of Morgan County," by Noah J. Major and Logan Esarey, Indiana Historical Society Publications, Volume V Number 5, Copyright 1915. William died in 1894 and is buried at Williams Cemetery in Morgan County, Indiana.

  
  

• Sources

  [S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 4 Oct 2024), entry for William PARKER, person ID MR82-HLQ. (Reliability: 3). [S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 4 Oct 2024), entry for Moses Parker, person ID LTRP-M72. (Reliability: 3).