Matthew Arnold Parker (1801 - 1862)

Born 17 May 1801 in Nail Creek, Franklin, Georgia, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Mary Isabelle (Isaacks) Parker — married about 1821 (to 18 Jan 1845) in Sabine County Texas, USA

Husband of Elizabeth (Low) Parker — married 1846 (to 19 Mar 1862) in Sabine County Texas, USA

Descendants

Died 19 Mar 1862 at age 60 in Nordheim, De Witt, Texas, United States

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Biography

Birth: May 17, 1801 Franklin County Georgia, USA Death: Mar. 19, 1862 Nordheim DeWitt County Texas, USA

Handbook of Texas Online

PARKER, MATTHEW (1801–1862). Matthew Parker, early Sabine County settler and official, was born in Franklin County, Georgia, on May 17, 1801, the son of Sarah (Wiley) and Jesse Parker. He moved to Texas about 1822 and received a league and a labor of land in what is now Sabine County. Parker's name appears on a July 8, 1836, roll of Capt. A. E. Collins's Company of Sabine Volunteers. He received an additional grant of land for this service, as well as several other grants, which conveyed to him land in Shelby, Harrison, and Cherokee counties. He was appointed chief justice of Sabine County by President Sam Houston on December 20, 1836. In 1840 he was elected by the legislature to serve with three other men on a Sabine County land board that was established to verify local land claims. On July 13, 1846, he was elected a county commissioner for Sabine. Parker married Mary Isaacks about 1821 and they had fourteen children. Mary died in 1845, and in 1846 Matthew married Elizabeth Lowe (or Low); they had four children in Cherokee County between 1847 and 1854. The family moved to the area of Nordheim, in DeWitt County, about 1855. Parker died on March 19, 1862, and was buried in the Nordheim Taylor Cemetery, southeast of Nordheim, Dewitt, Texas.

Family links: Parents: Jesse Parker (1776 - 1849)

Spouses: Mary Isabelle Isaacks Parker (1806 - 1845) Elizabeth Low Parker (1811 - 1894)*

Children: Mahala Jane Parker Lindsey (1825 - 1882)* Perry Parker (1828 - 1854)* Washington Lafayette Parker (1832 - 1917)* Wiley Jefferson Parker (1832 - 1907)* Andrew Jackson Parker (1835 - 1866)* Alexander Hamilton Parker (1837 - 1915)* Sarah Elizabeth Parker Caddell (1839 - 1896)* Willis Houston Parker (1841 - 1911)* Amanda Eunice Parker Ussery (1842 - 1919)* Mary Samantha Parker Brown (1844 - 1919)* Rebecca Parker (1847 - 1855)* Susan Parker Middleton (1849 - 1887)* Isaac Low Parker (1852 - 1921)* Margaret Ann Parker Talk (1854 - 1925)*

Siblings: Matthew Arnold Parker (1801 - 1862) Rebecca H Parker Brown (1838 - 1920)* Isaac Newton Parker (1841 - 1916)* Nancy T. Parker McMillian (1843 - 1914)* Samuel David Parker (1848 - 1912)*

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Inscription: IN MEMORY OF MATTHEW PARKER BORN MAY 17, 1801 DIED MAR. 19, 1862

Burial: Nordheim Taylor Family Cemetery Nordheim DeWitt County Texas, USA

Maintained by: Carolyn Originally Created by: Emma (Shrum) Butler Duke Record added: May 23, 2009 Find A Grave Memorial# 37418516

Burial

Burial:

Place: Nordheim, DeWitt County, Texas, USA^[1]

Sources

https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=37418516

1. ↑ Source: #S7

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