Lemuel Parker (1790 - 1856)

Born 4 Apr 1790 in Beaufort County, North Carolina

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Carpenter) Parker — married 1819 in Anson County, North Carolina

Descendants

Died 10 Mar 1856 at age 65 in Dale County, Alabama

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Biography

Story from Parker Reunion Booklet 1995 by Alan Parker but was originally taken from research by either W L Andrews of Ozark, Dale County, or a granddaughter of Henry Z. Parker, Lois Yelverton, or both.

Lemuel Parker acquired a most liberal education in his native state, having gone to college. He taught school for a number of years and also engaged in farming. He was very devout and sober minded, and only read such books as the Holy Bible and "Pilgrims Progress", having read the former through nine times. Lemuel served in the Indian Uprising of 1818 and is said to have refrained from ever owning slaves. In 1819, Lemuel Parker married Elizabeth Carpenter of Anson County, (North Carolina), daughter of William, Sr. and Susan (Allen...inserted by Kathy Jo Bryant)Carpenter. Elizabeth was born on July 9, 1799. Lemuel's younger brother, Israel, was married to Elizabeth's younger sister, Catherine Carpenter. After moving to Dale County, Alabama in 1851, Lemuel and Elizabeth Parker acquired 400 acres of land near the confluence of Big Claybank and Bear Creeks, located in Township 5, Range 23, Section 11. Lemuel purchased this acreage from Burt Byrd and lived there almost four years when he sold it and purchased the John R. Matthews place, where he lived the rest of his life. About four years before his death, he became paralyzed and it became necessary for his youngest son, Joseph, who was then eleven years old, to feed him with a spoon. He died on March 10, 1856. Elizabeth died on November 15, 1870, while living at the home of her son Lemuel, Jr., before he moved to Sweetwater, Texas. Both are buried in Old Hopeful Cemetery near Ozark, Dale County, Alabama.

Sources

• This person was created through the import of Parker 9.ged on 23 January 2011.

See also:

• "Alabama Deaths, 1908-1974," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JDPW-RFS : accessed 9 May 2015), Lemuel Parker in entry for Joseph Parker, 18 Jan 1933; citing reference cn 0382, Department of Health, Montgomery; FHL microfilm 1,908,506.

• https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LHW9-RTS
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/13697809/lemuel-parker

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Lemuel Parker (born 4 April 1790, died 10 March 1856) & Elizabeth Carpenter----Northampton County, North Carolina, Henry County, Georgia, Butts County, Georgia, Russell (Lee) County, Georgia, Dale County, Alabama

1. Penelope Parker (born 20 September 1820, died 2 March 1900) & John Lewis Deloney----Anson Co., NC?, Dale Co., AL

2. Betsy Parker died at age 7 born abt 1821-1825----GA?

3. Amos Parker (born 29 March 1826, died 31 July 1891) & Frances ?-------GA, Dale Co., AL

4. Henry Zachariah Parker (born 26 October 1828, died 1 August 1900) & Ellen Harris, Sarah Carroll------GA, Dale Co., AL

5. John William Parker (born 5 December 1831, died 5 February 1909) & Mary Ann McDonald-----------GA, Dale Co., AL

6. Lemuel Parker, Jr. (born 25 September 1835, died 19 July 1908) & Nancy Jane Godwin-------GA, Dale Co., AL, Nolan Co., TX

7. Thomas Jefferson Parker (born 1837 and died 6 July 1862 serving the Confederate Army)---GA, MS

8. David Parker (born 1840, died 11 October 1862 serving the Confederate Army)----Russell (Lee) Co., AL, Dale Co., AL

9. Joseph Parker (born 27 October 1844, died 18 January 1933) & Hannah McDonald-----------Russell (Lee) Co., AL, Dale Co., AL (See the picture above). Participant P37 is a descendant of Joseph Parker and Hannah McDonald.