Hello and good to meet all of you. I am stuck and I am hoping you can help me out. I am trying to find the parents and siblings of Bunyan Parker.
My GGG is Bunyan Parker, born Feb 21, 1776 in New Jersey according to Census Records. I have not been able to locate a birth certificate or any other confirmation otherwise.
He died 22 OCT 1875 • Rensselaer, Jasper, Indiana, USA
I was told by a cousin that he died in a farming accident, although I do not have any documentation of that.
He was married first to Sarah Asher on May 6, 1818 in Urbana, Ohio. She was born in 1800 • New Jersey, USA, and died 3 AUG 1826 • Jefferson, Ohio. They had three sons:
Solomon Watkins Parker (1820-1881) who married Matilda Ann Noggle (1820-1871)
William Webb Parker (1822-1890) who married Anna Mary Darlington (1829-1895)
John Parker (1824-1881)
After she passed away at the age of 26, he married Mary "Polly" Sharp Haines in on November 2, 1826 (Wow, he did not wait long, now did he?). They had the following children:
Ezra Parker (1827-1866) who married Sarah Peterson (died in 1867)
Rebecca Parker (1829-1908) who married William C. Clouse (1830-1914)
**Nathan Allen Parker (1831-1883) who married **Amelia Flemming Henkle (1833-1925)
(** these are my GG Grandparents)
Elmira Parker (1833-1866) married John Clouse (1824-1899)
Sarah Elizabeth Parker (1835-1875)
Isaac Newton Parker (1837-1890) who married Sarah C Morgan (1832 -?)
Mary Haines Parker (1839-1902) married Issac Newton McCurtain (1836-1905)
Henry Jackson Parker (1841-1910)
Francis Marion Parker (1843-1927) married Mahala Jane Walker (1841-1913)
and
Jasper Dewitt Parker (1846-1867)
Here is what I know about him, however I have nothing else to go on:
Bunyan Parker
Posted 1916 by GigiHudnall
FRANCIS MARION PARKER.It is now nearly seventy years since the Parker family became identified with Jasper County. They were pioneers in the true sense of the word. When a consideration is had of the effective forces which brought about the county of the present time, a large share of credit must be given to such families as the Parkers. They were here in the log cabin stage of development. There were few roads when they came, and they helped to make highways, develop cultivated tracts of land, build better homes, establish schools and churches, and in every way they used their influence to promote what is good and uplifting in a community.
Bunyan Parker, who was the leader of this family into the wilderness of Jasper County, arrived during the late fall of the year 1847 and settled in Gillam Township. With him came his wife and five sons and four daughters. One son had died in infancy in Ohio. Bunyan Parker and wife were both natives of Pennsylvania, were substantial farming people, and had come from the vicinity of Urbana, Ohio, to Indiana. Bunyan Parker was born February 21, 1796, and about 1825 he married Mary Haines, who was born July 27, 1805. When still a boy Bunyan Parker enlisted and served as a soldier in the War of 1812.
After spending one winter in Gillam Township the family moved in the spring of 1848 to Barkley Township, where Bunyan Parker spent the rest of his days until his death on October 22, 1875. He and his family had accomplished the journey from Ohio to Jasper County by horses and wagons. He had always lived in a wooded country, and like many of the early settlers he could not believe that the prairie land was equal in fertility and other advantages to that which was covered by a heavy forest growth. Therefore on settling in Barkley Township he located in the midst of the woods, and cleared off many acres to convert it into a farm. He was a typical pioneer, hard working and thrifty. He had an inherent horror of debt, and what he could not buy he usually did without. Honest to the cent, as was the usual case of most of the early settlers, he commanded universal respect. He was in ideal neighbor and was helpful in every form of individual distress in the community. Of his children only one is now living. One of the sons, Henry Jackson, served in the Union Army during the Civil War and was fatally wounded at Chickamauga. He was in Company A of the 87th Indiana Volunteer Infantry.
Francis Marion Parker, of Rensselaer, the only surviving child of the late Bunyan Parker and wife, has spent his active career as a prosperous farmer, and has a range of recollection and experience in Jasper County such as is possessed by few living citizens. He was born in Ohio October 20, 1843, and was only four years of age when the family moved to Jasper County. His boyhood days were spent in an intermittent attendance at such public schools as were kept up in this county during the decade of the '50s, but he developed his capacity for hard work by helping to grub, clear, plant and harvest. At the age of twenty-one he started out for himself as a farm hand, but after about a year he returned home owing to the advanced age of his father, and assumed most of the responsibilities about the old homestead.
He continued in that way until he was twenty-five, and then on November 23, 1868, he married Mahala J. Walker. She was born September 20, 1841, daughter of Samuel Walker. Soon after his marriage, Mr. Parker began farming on his own responsibility. That has been his steady vocation down to the present time, though his prosperity and the fruits of many years of well directed labor have enable him to take life somewhat leisurely. He now owns 413 acres of Jasper County lands, divided into two separate farms. In 1893 Mr. Parker moved to the northern suburbs of Rensselaer, and has since lived there, enjoying the comforts and conveniences of town life and at the same time supervising his farming interests.
Mrs. Parker died December 14, 1913. She was a member of the Christian Church. To their marriage were born five children: Laura, who died in infancy; Korah A., who died April 11, 1906, married Miss Bessie Makeever and had two children; Oren F., a merchant at Rensselaer; Clara E. is the widow of John Andrus, who died November 29, 1912, and their only son, John Francis, died March 14, 1913; and Wayne Dee died February 27, 1906, when still a young man and while pursuing his studies preparatory to a professional career. Mr. Parker is a member of the Christian Church and in politics is stanchly aligned with the prohibition cause.
A Standard History of Jasper and Newton Counties Indiana
The Lewis Publishing Company - Chicago and New York - 1916
Any information you can give me would be appreciated!!!!
Thanks, Sincerely,
Gigi Parker Hudnall
Comments
Hope our paths cross soon,
JamesDavidParker P376 of PG5
I don't have more info than what you have. I've been searching for Bunyan Parker for several years now and I haven't found siblings or parents listed anywhere. I am also his direct descendant through Nathan Allen Parker & Amelia Fleming as well!! Their son, William Henry Parker to Eldora Louise Brown, their daughter, Hazel Iva Parker to Hosea Sinclaire Martindale, Their son, Herschel Martindale to Mardean Bruns, their son, Stephen Martindale is my father! Which line are you related through? I'm following this post in case others have information!