Benajah or Benjamin Parker was born in 1783 in North Carolina to Jacob and Rhoda Parker.[1]
He is listed with his wife (Grace (Patton) Parker) and two children on the 1850 Census in Center Township, Rush, Indiana.[2]
He passed away in 1857 at the age of 74 and is buried in Raysville Friends Cemetery in Henry County, Indiana.[3] His wife and five children are linked to his find a grave memorial.
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Children
1. Nathan Parker b: 30 NOV 1810 in Ohio
2. Emma Parker b: 15 DEC 1812
3. Hannah Ann Parker b: 3 DEC 1815
4. Philip Draper Parker b: 21 APR 1818 in Ohio
5. Charity Parker b: 10 MAY 1821
6. Isaac Parker b: 1 MAY 1823 in Jefferson Co, Ohio
7. Benjamin Parker Jr b: 11 SEP 1825 in Jefferson Co, Ohio
↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHVQ-K9R : 19 December 2020), Benajah Parker, Center Township, Rush, Indiana, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 22 January 2021), memorial page for Benajah Parker Sr. (22 Mar 1783–27 Aug 1857), Find a Grave Memorial no. 43191550, citing Raysville Friends Cemetery, Henry County, Indiana, USA ; Maintained by susan clemons (contributor 46940011) .
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This person was created through the import of Parker 9.ged on 23 January 2011.
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