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Francis Marion Parkman

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Francis Marion Parkman

Birth
Columbus, Muscogee County, Georgia, USA
Death
3 Dec 1921 (aged 81)
Shelby County, Texas, USA
Burial
Tenaha, Shelby County, Texas, USA Add to Map
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3rd Cpl. Co I 5th GA Inf C.S.A.
Proud Confederate Soldier

Parents: William Henry Parkman and Susan Ann BLACKBURN Parkman

Private, Company I, 5th Regiment, Georgia Infantry
Enlisted May 11, 1861, Macon, Georgia; ranked Corporal
Husband of Sarah Parkman

Marian Parkman was born on April 15, 1840, in Columbus, Georgia. He came to Texas immediately after discharge from the army in the Civil War, settling first at Jefferson, where he lived a couple of years. He moved from there to the Ramah community, where he lived the rest of his life.

Mr. Parkman was married twice. Survivors included his wife and 4 sons: Cliff Parkman of Tenaha, W. D. Parkman of Center, J. B. Parkman of Port Arthur, and Howard Parkman of Paxton. His daughter, Mrs. Johnson, died in 1906. Mr. Parkman was a member of the Baptist Church. He was known affectionately as "Uncle Marion."

Biography compiled by Sheron Smith-Savage.

Sources:

Obituary, The Champion, December 14, 1921, reprinted in Mildred Cariker Pinkston, Obituaries of Early Pioneers, Shelby County, Texas, Center: Center Printing Co., 1983, I:168-169

Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System, http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.cfm, accessed July 11, 2008
3rd Cpl. Co I 5th GA Inf C.S.A.
Proud Confederate Soldier

Parents: William Henry Parkman and Susan Ann BLACKBURN Parkman

Private, Company I, 5th Regiment, Georgia Infantry
Enlisted May 11, 1861, Macon, Georgia; ranked Corporal
Husband of Sarah Parkman

Marian Parkman was born on April 15, 1840, in Columbus, Georgia. He came to Texas immediately after discharge from the army in the Civil War, settling first at Jefferson, where he lived a couple of years. He moved from there to the Ramah community, where he lived the rest of his life.

Mr. Parkman was married twice. Survivors included his wife and 4 sons: Cliff Parkman of Tenaha, W. D. Parkman of Center, J. B. Parkman of Port Arthur, and Howard Parkman of Paxton. His daughter, Mrs. Johnson, died in 1906. Mr. Parkman was a member of the Baptist Church. He was known affectionately as "Uncle Marion."

Biography compiled by Sheron Smith-Savage.

Sources:

Obituary, The Champion, December 14, 1921, reprinted in Mildred Cariker Pinkston, Obituaries of Early Pioneers, Shelby County, Texas, Center: Center Printing Co., 1983, I:168-169

Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System, http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.cfm, accessed July 11, 2008

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