Benjamin and his son Anderson went into the lumber business together while they were living in Central Mississippi. They were instrumental in constructing several of the first buildings in the area, including the courthouse and school in Hinds County, Mississippi.
Burial
Horne Cemetery, Leake County, Mississippi, USA [1]
Sources
↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 29 July 2020), memorial page for Anderson Peyton Parker Sr. (23 Mar 1808–1 Jan 1862), Find A Grave: Memorial #35815503, citing Horne Cemetery, Leake County, Mississippi, USA ; Maintained by Ken Keeling (contributor 47600082) .
"United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHTM-NXR : 15 August 2017), Anderson Parker, Ouachita, Louisiana, United States; citing p. 130, NARA microfilm publication M704, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 127; FHL microfilm 9,689.
"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4LF-LSX : 12 April 2016), Anderson Parker, Scott county, Scott, Mississippi, United States; citing family 35, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
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