William J Parker (1845 - 1915)

Born 9 Feb 1845 in Haywood County, North Carolina, United States of America

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Died 14 Aug 1915 at age 70 in Whittier, Jackson County, North Carolina, United States of America

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Biography

William J. ‘Billy’ Parker, Caney Fork Confederate Soldier (1845-1915), [1] Billy Parker was the firstborn son of John A. Parker, and his second wife, Nancy Phillips.1 John married Nancy on 18 November 18442 in (what was then, still) Haywood county. Billy followed less than 3 months later being born on 18 February 18453 in Caney Fork. Although Billy was the firstborn in his family, it is likely that he didn’t enjoy the typical privileges of a firstborn, given that there were at least five of his eight older half brothers and sisters growing up with him4:

• Jane Parker, b. 1824. aft 1850, d (md. Thomas A. Brown, (1824-bef 1850)
• Melvina ‘Lavinia’ Parker, b. 1827, d. 1893 (md. Hugh Rogers (1817-1896)
• Pleasant Parker, b. 18295, d. 1895 (md.. Rachel Phillips (1832-1903)
• Hugh A. Parker, b. 1829, d. 1902 (md. 1st, Mary ‘Polly’ Hawkins, (1833-ca 1873, 2nd Martha J., (1832- bet 1900-1910)
• John P. Parker, b. 1831, d. 1864 (md.. Nancy Queen, (1829-bet 1880-1900) *Mary Parker, b. 1833, d. 1900 (md.. Archibald Nelson ‘Arch’ Price, (1830-1915) *Jefferson Davis Parker, b. 1837, d. bef 1850
• Elizabeth Tabitha Parker, b. 1840, d. 1911 (md. James A. Moore, (1830-1910)

• Name:William ParkerResidence:Jackson County, North CarolinaEnlistment Date:31 Aug 1861Enlistment Place:Jackson County, North CarolinaSide Served:ConfederacyState Served:North CarolinaSources:16 [2]

William was born in 1845. He passed away in 1915.

Sources

• 1850

Name: William Parker Age: 5 Birth Year: abt 1845 Birthplace: North Carolina Home in 1850: Haywood, North Carolina, USA Gender: Male Family Number: 807 Household Members: Name Age John Parker 47 Nancy Parker 35 P M Parker 20 Q A Parker 20 John Parker 19 Mary Parker 16 Elizabeth Parker 10 William Parker 5 Thomas Parker 3 Alfred Parker 1

• 1860

Name: W J Parker [William J Parker] Age: 14 Birth Year: abt 1846 Gender: Male Birth Place: North Carolina Home in 1860: Jackson, North Carolina Post Office: Webster Dwelling Number: 60 Family Number: 60 Attended School: Yes Household Members: Name Age Jno Parker 57 N Parker 45 W J Parker 14 T H Parker 12 A M Parker 10 J A Parker 8 R Parker 6 P Parker 4 H Parker 3 R Parker 4/12

• looking for 1870 Census

• 1880

Name: Wm. J. Parker Age: 33 Birth Date: Abt 1847 Birthplace: North Carolina Home in 1880: Jackson, North Carolina, USA Dwelling Number: 106 Race: White Gender: Male Relation to Head of House: Self (Head) Marital Status: Married Spouse's Name: Jane Parker Father's Birthplace: North Carolina Mother's Birthplace: North Carolina Occupation: Farmer Cannot Read: Yes Cannot Write: Yes Neighbors: View others on page Household Members: Name Age Wm. J. Parker 33 Jane Parker 28 Samantha I. Parker 11 Alice Parker 9 Aurilla Parker 7 Erastus S. Parker 4 Andrew T. Parker 2

• 1900

Name: William Parker [Willaim Parker] Age: 55 Birth Date: Feb 1845 Birthplace: North Carolina Home in 1900: Caney Fork, Jackson, North Carolina Sheet Number: 1 Number of Dwelling in Order of Visitation: 4 Family Number: 4 Race: White Gender: Male Relation to Head of House: Head Marital Status: Widowed Father's Birthplace: North Carolina Mother's Birthplace: North Carolina Occupation: Farmer Attended School: 2 Can Read: Yes Can Write: Yes Can Speak English: Yes House Owned or Rented: O Home Free or Mortgaged: F Farm or House: F Neighbors: View others on page Household Members: Name Age William Parker 55 Jessee Parker 2

• 1910

Name: William J Parker Age in 1910: 64 Birth Year: abt 1846 Birthplace: North Carolina Home in 1910: Qualla, Jackson, North Carolina Street: Soco Road Race: White Gender: Male Relation to Head of House: Head Marital Status: Widowed Father's Birthplace: North Carolina Mother's Birthplace: North Carolina Native Tongue: English Occupation: Farmer Industry: Home Farm Employer, Employee or Other: Employer Home Owned or Rented: Rent Farm or House: Farm Able to Read: Yes Able to Write: Yes Out of Work: N Number of weeks out of work: 0 Survivor of Union or Confederate Army or Navy: CA Neighbors: View others on page Household Members: Name Age William J Parker 64 William B Morris 34 Aurilla E Morris 37 Roy B Morris 9 Fay E Morris 7 Jesse O Parker 22 Bessie V Parker 23

• North Carolina Deaths

Name: William Parker Gender:Male Race:White Age:70y 6m 10d Marital Status: Widowed Occupation: Merchant And Farming Birth Date:9 Feb 1845 Birth Place: Jackson, N. C.Death Date:14 Aug 1915 Death Place: Whittier, Jackson, North CarolinaBurial Date:15 Aug 1915Cemetery:Coward CemeteryFather:John ParkerMother:Nancy PhilippsReference ID:fn 120 cn 473FHL Film Number:4215237 [3]

• Cowarts Cemetery

Name:William J Parker Death Date:14 Aug 1915 Cemetery:Cowaits Cemetery Location:Cowarts, North Carolina [4]

• Sargent William J. Parker in the U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current

Name: Sgt William J. Parker Birth Date: 9 Feb 1846 Birth Place: North Carolina, United States of America Death Date: 14 Aug 1915 Death Place: Jackson County, North Carolina, United States of America Cemetery: Lower Coward Cemetery Caney Fork Burial or Cremation Place: Cullowhee, Jackson County, North Carolina, United States of America Has Bio?: Y S Lower Coward Cemetery, Caney Fork, Jackson County, North Carolina [5]

• N.C. State Board of Health

Bureau of Vital Statistics Certificate of Death

1. 473, certificate no. 14

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/128126834/william-j-parker : accessed 29 November 2021), memorial page for Sgt William J. “Billy” Parker (9 Feb 1845–14 Aug 1915), Find a Grave Memorial ID 128126834, citing Lower Coward Cemetery, Cullowhee, Jackson County, North Carolina, USA ; Maintained by Cyndee (contributor 47820196) .