Genealogy for
Mary Elizabeth Parker
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Mary Elizabeth Parker
7/12/1826 - 3/2/1891
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Mary Elizabeth Parker was born on July 12, 1826 in Gadsden County, Georgia and died on March 2, 1891 in Blountstown, Florida. She lived to be 64 years old.
Although her birth date is listed as 7/12/1836 on her grave stone. The census reports she is about eight to ten years older. She states in most of the census she was born in GA, she also states that her parents were from North Carolina or in some census South Carolina.
She had eleven children with husband Thomas:
- Julia Ann (1/1/1846 -8/28/1860 )
- John Harris (3/2/1847-7/25/1920) married Easter Jane Yon(11/25/1948),
- Thomas Marshall Jr.(11/16/1848-1/2/1926)
- Margaret Matilda (10/8/1850-5/25/1862 )
- James Wiley (5/3/1852-10/15/1865)
- Mary Charlotte (4/25/1854 -10/23/1899)
- Sarah Elizabeth (1/8/1856 - 11/30/1931)
- Rhoda Eleanor (11/12/1857 -2/7/1879)
- Flora Vandalia (2/25/1859 - 10/29/1861)
- William Wyatt (1862 -1913)
- Nancy Jane (4/6/1867-8/31/1931)
- Robert Stanford (12/14/1869-5/14/1893)
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 | Census | 1/1/1840 | FL (Jackson County) | 13 yrs old |  Joseph Parker one male (under 5), one male (5-10) one male (10-15) one male 920-30) one male (30-40) one female (10-15) one female (40-50)-
Possibly Mary Elizabeth's parents
| Additional information about Jackson County, FL around 1840: , is the largest town and soon begins to battle Marianna (founded in 1827) for the position of county seat. The battle grew so intense, Webbville lobbied and won the creation of a new county from the eastern half. Lafayette was formed in 1932 and takes a large portion of the votes. Two years later and the county is absorbed back into Jackson county and Marianna becomes the county seat. Click here to see a map from this timeperiod. | |
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| Census | 1/1/1840 | GA (Baker County) | 13 yrs old | page 10, line 7 - John Parker: one male (under 5), three males (5-9), one male (10-14), one male (20-29) and one female (20-29)
Possibly Mary Elizabeth's parents |
| Marriage | 12/29/1844 | GA (Decatur County) | 18 yrs old | | Thomas M. Parish married Mary Parker on 12/29/1844 |
| Census | 10/30/1850 | Distict 7 FL (Gadsden County) | 24 yrs old | | family # 138,Thomas M. Parish (age 36), Mary (age 22), Julia (6), John (3), & Thomas (1)Thomas was born in Georgia, estimates the value of his property to be $300 and his occupation is farming. Mary, his wife, was born in Georgia. The children were born in Florida. Thomas states he can not read or write. |
| Census | 11/26/1850 | Distict 7 FL (Gadsden County) | 24 yrs old | family # 418 - Lyttlebury Parker (age 47),
Mary Parker (45),
William Parker (23),
Richard Parker (21),
Nancy Parker (15),
Mary Parker (11),
Willis Parker (10),
Lyttlebury Parker (8) &
Eliza Parker (4). All were born in GA, eccept Lyttlebury Jr. and Eliza. Lyttlebury is a farmer, his home is valued at $1000.
Possibly Mary Elizabeth's relative |
| Census | 7/25/1860 | West Wynnton Bend FL (Calhoun County) | 34 yrs old | Listed as dwelling #127, family #128: Thomas Parish (age 48), Mary (age 35), Julia (18), John (13), Thomas (11), Matilda (9), James (8), Charlotte (7), Elizabeth (6), Eleanor (5), Flora (3), Mary (1) and Henry Monsford (laborer, age 30). Thomas was born in Georgia, estimates the value of his property to be $600 and his occupation is farming. Mary, his wife, was born in North Carolina. The children between 8 and 18 have been attending school and all were born in Florida.
| Additional information about Calhoun County, FL around 1860: Click here to see a map from this timeperiod. | |
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| Census | 7/1/1870 | Marianna FL (Calhoun County) | 44 yrs old | Dwelling #153, household #110: Thomas Parish (age 57) Mary (age 45, keeping house), Mary C. (age 17), Sarah E. (age 15), Ellen R. (13), William W. (10), Jane (3) and Robert S. (eight months old). All indicate they were born in Florida. Thomas is a farmer with an estimated personal estate value of $300, and he was born in Georgia. The children 10 yrs old and older indicate they were attending school.
| Additional information about Calhoun County, FL around 1870: Click here to see a map from this timeperiod. | |
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| Census | 6/1/1880 | Pippins Mills FL (Calhoun County) | 53 yrs old | Family #5: Thomas Parrish (age 66, farmer, born in NC, father born in NC and mother born in VA); Mary (age 52, wife, keeping house, born in GA, father/NC, mother/NC); William (age 18, son, working on farm); Jane (age 15, daughter, attending school); Robert (age 10, son). All of the children were born in FL and they cannot read or write.
The family living next door (family #4) is the Levi Yon family.
| Additional information about Calhoun County, FL around 1880: Blountstown was declared the seat of Calhoun County in 1880. Prior to that, Abe Springs had been the county seat. Click here to see a map from this timeperiod. | |
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| Census | 1/1/1885 | FL (Calhoun County) | 58 yrs old | 173,195 - Thomas Parish (age70), Mary (58) and Robert (15). Thomas is a farmer, he was born in NC, father in NC and mother in VA. Mary was born in GA, parents in SC. Robert born in FL.
| Additional information about Calhoun County, FL around 1885: The principle towns in Calhoun County were Blountstown, Marysville, Chipola, Selman, Ocheesee, and Abe Springs. In 1884 railroads in Florida were bought out by one company and placed under central management. River Junction, located at the junction of the Chattahoochee and Flint Rivers, is the closest railroad and the primary hub of land transports. The photo on the right shows the iron bridge than spans the Chattahoochee River about a mile from the Depot at River Junction where wharves, storage, steamboats and hotels bussel with activity. Click the photo for a larger view. Click here to see a map from this timeperiod. | 
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| Graveyard/Tombstone | 3/2/1891 | Blountstown FL (Calhoun County) | 64 yrs old | Nettle Ridge Cemetery - Mary PARISH - 7-12-1836 to 3-2-1891 sec.3A lot.21
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| Death Certificate | 8/31/1931 | Dothan AL (Houston County County) | 40 yrs after death | Mrs. Jane Brown, a 66 year old widow, dies in Frasier-Ellis Hospital Dothan (Houston County), AL on August 31, 1931. She was a resident of Blountstown, FL. Her doctor gives her cause of death as 'carcultma of liver' and says he attended her from 8/26 until 8/31 at 4:35 pm when she passed. She had been sick with this condition since April. She was born about 1865 in Florida to parents Tom Parrish of AL and Mary Parker of Gadsden County, FL. Burial at Christian Home on 9/1/1931. J.H. Brsuen of Blountstown, FL provided the information on her death certificate:
Name: Jane Parrish Brown,
Birth Date: abt 1865,
Death Date: Aug.31, 1931,
Death Place: Dothan, Houston County, Alabama,
Burial Date: Sept.1, 1931,
Burial Place: Christian Home,
Cemetery Name: Christian Home,
Death Age: 66,
Occupation: Domestic,
Race: White,
Marital status: Widowed,
Gender: Female
Residence: Blountstown, Florida
Father Name: Tom Parrish,
Father Birth Place: Alabama,
Mother Name: Mary Parker,
Mother Birth Place: Gadsden County,
FHL Film Number: 1908491 |
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Mary, her family, and friends. For example, Mary is 4 years old when Indian Removal Act signed and the moving of eastern Indians west of the Mississippi begins.
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1835 |
The Second Seminole Indian War keeps the United States and Seminoles Indians fighting in North & Central Florida. |
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1837 |
NEWS HEADLINES: In October, Chief Osceola of the Seminole Indians is captured when he arrives for supposed truce negotiations at Fort Payton. He is imprisoned at St. Augustine, FL where he refuses to eat and attempts to escape several times. In December he is moved to a prison in SC where he dies on January 20, 1838. At the time of his death, Osceola was the most famous American Indian. |
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1842 |
Second Seminole Indian War ends and some of the Seminole Indians living in FL are moved to the Indian Territory |
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1842 |
Congress passes the Armed Occupation Act of 1842. It entitles persons willing and able to bear arms against the Indians and establish themselves in villages along the borders of Indian territory ownership of their land after 5 years. |
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1845 |
Florida becomes the 27th state to join the United States. William Moseley becomes the first governor and David Yulee the first senator. |
| 24 |
1850 |
Florida's total population has grown to 87,445. This includes about 39,000 slaves and 1,000 free blacks. Indians were not counted. |
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1855 |
Third Seminole Indian War begins and war breaks out with most of the battles occurring in Central Florida. It ends three years later when Chief Billy Bowlegs and his band are forced to move from Florida. |
| 35 |
1861 |
No Floridian's voted for Lincoln during the 1860 election. On Jan. 10, 1861, Florida seceded from the U.S. and joined the Confederate States of America a few weeks later. |
| 38 |
1864 |
Battle of Olustee is a Confederate victory. Union troops pull back |
| 39 |
1865 |
May 10th -- Union troops occupy Tallahassee. While Tallahassee was the only Confederate state capital east of the Mississippi River that had not been captured, Union troops occupy the capitol following the surrender of the major Confederate armies in the east. |
| 39 |
1865 |
Battle at Natural Bridge (Wakulla County) is a Confederate victory. |
| 44 |
1870 |
During the 1870s, the remaining Seminole Indians begin establishing trading posts and other economy with local settlers. |
| 56 |
1882 |
The Florida Central and Western Railroad Company was created. It combines the Florida Central, Jacksonville, Pensacola, and Mobile railroads. |
| 57 |
1883 |
Three railroad companies are merged to form the Florida Transit and Penisular Railroad Company. Thee are: Florida Transit Railroad Co., Peninsular Railroad Co, and the Tropical Florida Railroad Co. |
| 58 |
1884 |
Most railroads in Florida are passed into the hands of a single company owned and operated by a single management, under the name of The Florida Railway and Navigation Company. It has more that 500 miles of main track in operation and about 300 miles of track under construction. The longest route was the "Western Division" which ran from Tallahassee to Jacksonville - 209 miles. |
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1827 |
December 14, - Harris, Marion, Meriwether and Talbot. |
| 4 |
1830 |
Cherokee, Heard, and Stewrt Counties are formed. |
| 5 |
1831 |
Sumter County is formed. |
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1832 |
December 3 - Bartow, Cobb, Crawford, Floyd, Forsyth, Gilmer, Lumpkin, Murray, Paulding, and Union Counties formed. |
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1833 |
Walker County is formed. |
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1836 |
Seminoles massacre Major Francis L. Dade and his 103 man command. This starts the second Seminole War.
February - Battle of Hitchity.
March 27 - Colonel J.W. Fannin and his Georgian's executed by order of Santa Ana at Goliad on Palm Sunday.
July - Battle of Brushy Creek.
July 3 - Battle of Chickasawachee Swamp.
July 27 - Battle of Echowanochaway Creek. |
| 11 |
1837 |
Mcon and Dade Counties are formed. |
| 12 |
1838 |
Chattooga County formed |
| 21 |
1847 |
Atlanta, Georgia is incorporated. Formally Marthasville |
| 24 |
1850 |
Gordon and Clinch Counties are formed. |
| 25 |
1851 |
Clay, Howell, Polk, Spalding, and Whitfield Counties are formed. |
| 26 |
1852 |
Taylor County formed. |
| 27 |
1853 |
Catoosa, Pickens, Hart, Dougherty, Webster, Flton, and Worth Counties aare creaated. |
| 28 |
1854 |
Fannin, Coffee, Chattahooche, Charlton, and Calhoun Counties formed. |
| 30 |
1856 |
Haralson, Terrell, Berrien, Colquit, Miller, and Towns Counties formed. |
| 31 |
1857 |
Dawson, Milton, Pierce, Glascock, Mitchell, Schley, White, and Wilcox Counties formed. |
| 32 |
1858 |
Clayton, Quitman, Banks, Brooks, Johnson, and Echols Counties formed. |
| 44 |
1870 |
Douglas, McDuffie, Rockdale, and Dodge Counties formed. |
| 49 |
1875 |
Oconee County formed. |
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| 4 |
1830 |
The first railroad is constructed between Liverpool and Manchester, England |
| 13 |
1839 |
Goodyear invents vulcanized rubber, opening the door for tires and other rubber products. |
| 18 |
1844 |
The first telegraph message is sent by Morse, who later invents the Mores Code |
| 27 |
1853 |
The process of creating steel is invented by Besermer in Britain and Kelly in the U.S. |
| 30 |
1856 |
The first Neanderthal fossils are found near Germany |
| 33 |
1859 |
Charles Darwin publishes "Origin of Species" and begins the evolution theory. |
| 39 |
1865 |
Mendel publishes his papers on genetics and introduces the concept to the public. |
| 43 |
1869 |
Cro-magnon Man fossils are found in France |
| 51 |
1877 |
Edison invents the phonograph permitting music and voices to be recorded and replayed. |
| 53 |
1879 |
Edison invents the electric light bulb. |
| 63 |
1889 |
The first calculating machine is invented and uses punch cards |
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1828 |
Gold is discovered in Georgia. |
| 8 |
1834 |
July 9 - The S.S. John Randolph, the first successful iron steamship, is launched in Savannah |
| 35 |
1861 |
NEWS HEADLINES: American Civil war begins at Ft. Sumter, located in Charleston Harbor, VA. |
| 36 |
1862 |
NEWS HEADLINES: May 20, 1862 the US government passes the Homestead Act to provide cheap land for settlement of lower Southeast and West. |
| 56 |
1882 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Edison creates the first large power station in New York City, making it the first place in America to have electricity. |
| 59 |
1885 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Eastman invents the box camera. For the first time photography becomes affordable for the average citizen. |
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1830 |
Indian Removal Act signed and the moving of eastern Indians west of the Mississippi begins. |
| 9 |
1835 |
Second Seminole Indian War begins. |
| 11 |
1837 |
The trickery used to capture Seminole Indian Chief Osceola (Assi Yohola) creates a public uproar and U.S. General Jesup is publicly condemned. |
| 14 |
1840 |
Oregon Trail is established |
| 16 |
1842 |
Second Seminole Indian War ends and thousands of Seminole Indians are forced to move west of the Mississippi. |
| 29 |
1855 |
Third Seminole Indian War begins. It ends three years later when Chief Billy Bowlegs and his band are forced to move from Florida. |
| 34 |
1860 |
Presidential election puts Abraham Lincoln in office. The campaign has heated the issues regarding slavery in the south. |
| 36 |
1862 |
May 20, 1862 the US government passes the Homestead Act to provide cheap land for settlement of lower Southeast and West. |
| 37 |
1863 |
Abraham Lincoln issues the "Emancipation Proclamation" freeing slaves. |
| 39 |
1865 |
American Civil war ends with General Lee's surrender at Appomattox, VA. Reconstruction begins in the "old South" |
| 42 |
1868 |
An eight-hour work day is established for federal employees. |
| 49 |
1875 |
Tennessee enacts Jim Crow law. |
| 50 |
1876 |
The National League of Baseball is founded |
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| 7 |
1833 |
Santa Anna is elected President of Mexico |
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Marriages
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| Thomas Parish
Born on August 8, 1812 and died on June 16, 1895.
They were married 12/29/1844.
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The Children of Mary Elizabeth Parker
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John Harris Parish
Born in Gadsden County, Florida on March 2, 1847 and died in Calhoun County, Florida on July 23, 1920. He was 73 years old.
He married Ester Jane Yon
Children: Thomas Marshall (1867-1870) William Jesse (2-9-1870 - 12-5-1957) John Dennis (11-19-1868 - 5-5-1954) John Harris Jr. ...
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Thomas Marshall Parish Jr.
Born in Gadsden Co., Florida on November 16, 1848 and died in Calhoun Co., Florida on January 2, 1926. He was 77 years old.
In the Civil War he served in the Home Guards and fought in the Battle of Natural Bridge and the battle of Marianna.
He married Elizabeth "Betsey" Spears. She had one son named William "Bill"...
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Mary Charlotte Parish
Born in Blountstown, Florida on April 25, 1854 and died in Blountstown, Florida on October 23, 1899. She was 45 years old.
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Rhoda Eleanor Parish
Born in Blountstown, Florida on November 12, 1857 and died in Blountstown, Florida on February 7, 1879. She was 21 years old.
Married about 1874 in Blountstown, FL. Died the day her daughter, Annie Laura, was born (in child birth ? ) ...
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43 years old
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Sarah Elizabeth Parish
Born in Calhoun County, Florida on January 8, 1860 and died in Blountstown, Calhoun County, Florida on November 30, 1931. She was 71 years old.
She was called "Lizzie" or "Betsey". She married Newton Yon on Jan. 14, 1875.
Children:
John Ellis (10/25/1876 - 7/9/1950)-married Belle and their children were John, Ella and Annie. |
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38 years old
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William Wyatt Parish
Born in Calhoun Co., Florida on February 25, 1862 and died in Blountstown, Florida on February 1, 1913. He was 50 years old.
He married Nancy in Calhoun Co. FL. He was a circuit - riding Freewill Baptist Minister and served as County Commissioner and as School Board Member. He was a member of the Dixie Masonic Lodge in Blou...
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Nancy Jane Parish
Born in Calhoun Co., Florida on April 6, 1867 and died in Dothan, Houston County, Alabama on August 31, 1931. She was 64 years old.
She married Charles Wesley Brown, Jr.(7/12/1859-11/8/1928) on March 1, 1885 in Calhoun Co. FL.
Children are:-
Thomas Wesley Brown(5/6/1884 Calhoun Co, FL) ma...
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Robert Stanford Parish
Born in Calhoun County, Florida on December 14, 1869 and died in Calhoun County, Florida on May 14, 1893. He was 23 years old.
He married 5/22/1890 to Susey Halley. They had one son named Jim....
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