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Marriage Simeon Willis Parker (1835-1861) Fact Details 7 Apr 1857 Texas, United States Spouse Catherine Nixon 1838–
Simon Willis Parker
Birth: 1835
Lumberton
Robeson County
North Carolina, USA
Death: 1861
Grapeland
Houston County
Texas, USA
~SIMON WILLIS PARKER~ The son of Ralph & Sarah Hodge Parker Married to Catherine "Kittie" Nixion on April 7, 1857 Simon Willis4 Parker 'Willis' (Ralph3, Francis2, John1). Simon was born in 1835 at Robeson County, NC. He married Catherine Nixion on 7 Apr 1857. Simon died before 1894 at Houston County, TX. His body was interred at Parker Cemetery at Houston County, TX. He lived near Palestine, TX in 1857. He was listed in the 1860 census for Elkhart, Houston County, TX. The Historical Marker at the Parker Cemetery reads: Willis Parker arrived in this area from North Carolina in the 1850s. Many of his relatives later joined him in Texas. Upon Willis Parker's death about 1857, his parents Ralph R. and Sarah C. Hodge Parker set aside land on their farm for a family cemetery. Although Willis Parker's grave is believed to be the oldest here, his grave bears the earliest tombstone (1861). Of the more than four hundred marked and unmarked graves, most are interments of the Parker and related families, including Civil War, World War I and World War II veterans. There is a marker at the front of the cemetery which reads: PARKER In Memory of: Ralph Regan and Wife Sarah C. Hodge Parker Married July 4, 1834 Lumberton, North Carolina Dedicated May 19, 1991. Catherine Nixion. Catherine was born circa 1835. Catherine died. Her body was interred. Children of Simon Willis4 Parker 'Willis' and Catherine Nixion were as follows: + 97 i. Sarah Caroline5 Parker Sarah was born 6 Apr., 1858. She married Jesse Walling 30 Oct., 1881 at Houston County, TX. at Woodland Hall in Sarah C. Parker's house. Sarah died in 1933. 98 ii. Estell Parker. Estell was born say 1860. Estell died. Family links: Parents: Ralph Regan Parker (1802 - 1861) Sarah Caroline Hodge Parker (1817 - 1899) Children: Sarah Parker Walling (1858 - 1933)* Siblings: Simon Willis Parker (1835 - 1861) Francis Haywood Parker (1837 - 1913)* Amelia M. Parker Powell (1838 - 1924)* Ann Elizabeth Parker Baxley (1840 - 1918)* Josiah Singletary Parker (1842 - 1900)* John Nelson Parker (1844 - 1914)* Dennis Hawkin Parker (1845 - 1871)* Ralph Delaney Parker (1848 - 1932)* William W. Parker (1848 - 1873)* Catherine C. Parker Metcalf (1852 - 1908)* Simeon Theodore Parker (1855 - 1933)* David M. Parker (1862 - 1867)*
Inscription: (inscriptions unreadable) Note: Photo Taken & Added by, Tom Streetman, 02/05/ 2011 Burial: Parker Cemetery Grapeland Houston County Texas, USA Created by: MYates Vandver Record added: Jan 02, 2010 Find A Grave Memorial# 46243204 Simon Willis Parker Added by: Tom Streetman
In loving memory of my 2nd cousin... - Cynthia Fondren Added: Nov. 17, 2015 ~In memory of Simon Willis Parker~ - MYates Vandver Added: Jan. 2, 2010
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