Napoleon
Parker
Born in Millidgeville, Georgia, United States
Ancestors 
Son of Moses Parker
and Mary Lee (Brinson) Parker
Husband of
Benjamin C. (Parrott) Parker
— married
15 Jan 1882 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Died
at age 64
in Beckville, Panola County, Texas, USA
Profile last modified
| Created 27 May 2015
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Biography
Napoleon Parker was third of nine children born to Moses and Mary Lee Parker. His obit shows Millidgeville, Georgia as his place of birth. He was shown in 1860 census with his parents in Alabama, and in 1870 the family was in Lumpkin County, Georgia, on their way west to Texas. His adult life was spent in Beckville, Panola County, Texas as he married Bennie Parrott, January 15, 1882 in the Rehobeth Church, Panola County, Texas. They then bought into and operated a general store in Beckville, an area chosen by Bennie. Later a son joined the parents in the store and it was then named "N.Parker and Son". The store was all things to the citizens of Beckville for years, in the old part of the town. Napoleon served as a Steward in the Methodist Church for 40 years.
Napoleon and Bennie's family grew to ten children:
- Moses Lee Parker 1883
- Benjamin Jabe Parker 1885-1925
- Homer Napoleon Parker 1887-1888
- Bishop Linus Parker 1889-1960
- Augustus Fox Parker 1892-1961
- Ola Maye Parker 1894
- Lillie Brinson Parker 1898-1900
- Hardy Ward Parker 1901-1905
- Lou Sue Parker 1904-1904
- Pauline Parker 1905-1997
plus they raised the younger half brother Harrison, who was born to the second marriage of Moses.
At the death of his father, Napoleon applied to the Court and received the guardianship of his minor siblings, during this time he "bought the father's land which had been left to the minors". By 1890, Napoleon was shown on Texas Tax rolls for Panola County as owning 1320 acres.
Sources
- Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 18 February 2018), memorial page for Napoleon Parker (28 Feb 1859–13 Dec 1923), Find A Grave Memorial no. 6345819, citing Youngblood Cemetery, Beckville, Panola County, Texas, USA ; Maintained by billye schulle (contributor 47177174) .
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Napoleon by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Napoleon by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
- David Parker
:
AncestryDNA Paternal Lineage (discontinued)
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~6.25%
~12.50%
Claudia Whelchel :
23andMe
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~0.78%
Karen (Ritchie) Shihadeh :
23andMe
+
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member kshihadeh
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~0.39%
Mickey (Brinson) Hooks :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch UJ4053442 [compare], Ancestry member mickey_hooks
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