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• Wiley Jefferson Parker March 7, 2011 at 9:29am

  Jeff,

      The only conflict I've found on your info onmy Grandfather's birthdate

  as 1834 is from what I've gotten from the Southeast Texas Regional

  Ged-Com ID # 108145 whichlists his birthdate as Dec. 29,1830 and

  death Dec. 28, 1907. I have no info on where he was buried but will

  checkout your tip on the Confederate Cemetary if I can find records.

  I have been unable to determine whether Jesse's parents were Robert

  Parker and Pricilla Reddick or Joshua Parker and Saphronia Muskrat.

     I'll keep looking.

                                                                                  Wiley J.
• Wiley Jefferson Parker March 1, 2011 at 5:15pm

  Jeff

     According to the 1870 cesus records for Precint *1 Gatesville, Coryell Co.

  Texas P-3 *281, my Grandfather, Wiley Jefferson Parker (enumerated as Jeff)

  who was married to Frances Catherine Moore had 2 children, Jane and Wiley

  ages 2 and 3 months respectively.

     In search of abstracts of land titlles in Coryell Co. Texas, W.J. Parker was

  listed as grantee and patentee of110 and 6/10 acres dated 16 Feb. 1876.

     Then the1880 census for DeWitt County show the family on Manahvilla

  creek and shows Jeff and Frances with 7 children, along with what my Dad

  told me about his birthplace, I would say that he and Mattie were born in Gatesville. I don't know where she and James P. were married however.

     Thanks for the fill-in on where Aunt Mattie is buried.            

                                                                          Wiley J.
• Wiley Jefferson Parker February 27, 2011 at 12:44pm

  Jeff,

     I was glad to see your comment on my Aunt Mattie who came west to New

  Mexico to visit my Dad, Bonner in the mid 1930's.  My cousin Douglas, the youngest of  the family also came out to visit a couple of times in the late

  '30's or early '40's.  According to my census records research,Aunt Mattie's

  children were: Oswald. Hazel,Carmen,Daphne and Douglas.

     In some of my searches.I also tried to find out how my uncle (by marriage)

  J.P, wound up in Texas.  Since a lot of the early immigrants came from

  Germany. I was wondering if he was off of one of the ships that brought

  German immigrants to the country. Searching ship passenger lists is time consuming so I suspended that for a while.

      I hope you can add some more data on the family tree.

                                                          Thanks. Wiley J.Parker
• Annette Parker Flanigan September 17, 2010 at 7:01pm

  Hello Jeff,
  My grandfather was Mattie's twin brother, Bonner. I never met him, but my father has told me stories about Mattie. I've been in touch with Sharon (McGaugh) Bonn who was kind enough to share stories of Mattie as well.