Inscribed on marker: "Builder & 1st Pastor of De Soto Baptist Church, Builder of 1st School, De Soto, MS"

Son of Samuel Parker (1765-1840) and Mary Polly Parker (1774-1861)(Cousins)

Wife Nancy Blackshear Parker (1808-1901)

!. Elijah J. Parker
1st wife: Mary Jane Johnston Martin
a. George Beverly Parker
2nd wife: Clara Evangeline Cato
a. Clara Annie Pearl Parker

2. Martha Jane Parker
James Calvin Walters Jr
a. Nancy Louisiana Walters
b. Lulu Herring Walters

3. Elisha Jefferson Parker
Mary Ann Salley
a. Frances E. Parker
b. Cora Parker
c. Johnnie L. Parker
d. Bester E. Parker

4. Mary Ann Parker
William Marshall Rogers
a. Willie Orelvis Rogers (female)
b. Aurora Lenora Rogers
c. Edgar Marshall Rogers
d. Alabama Rogers
e. Ann Rogers

5. Malinda Lord Parker (died at birth)

6. Nancy Frances Parker (died at age 18)

7. Sarah Catherine Parker
George Washington Gavin
a. Foster Gavin
b. Infant (female died at birth)
c. George E. Gavin
d. Warren Gavin

8. Jeptha Elisha Parker
Alice Virginia Bethea
a. Minnie Parker
b. Esther Parker
c. Peter James Parker
d. Grace Parker
e. Luther E. Parker
f. Mamie Parker
g. Dora Elvira Parker
h. Norah Sarah Parker
i. Nancy Jane Parker
j. Edith Olive Parker
k. Ruth Hall Parker
l. Jeptha Elisha Parker, Jr.
m. Daniel J. Parker

9. Peter James Parker
1st wife: Sara B. Stephens/Stevens
a. Ashley Stevens Parker
2nd wife: Mattie Olivia Blackshear
a. Ila Parker (died in infancy)
b. Lena M. Parker
c. Cora Parker (died in infancy)
d. Adelle Parker

10. Margaret Amanda Parker
John William Brown
a. Laura Waller Brown
b. Blanche Brown

11. David George Parker
1st wife: Annie M. Perkins
2nd wife: Sarah Loula Blackshear
a. Joseph Ashton Parker
b. Theodore Krouse Parker
c. Mary Loula Parker
d. David Blackshear Parker

12. William Joseph Parker
Sonora Belle Howell
a. Nancy D. Parker
b. Mary Edna Parker
c. David Elisha Parker
d. Joseph Brogan Parker
e. Erie Lewis Parker
f. Wanda B. Parker
g. Florence M. Parker
h. Frances L Parker
i. Ella L. Parker
m. Maxwell Howell Parker

Kathy Strickland
Waco, Texas
April 15, 2009
[email protected]