The son of Ralph & Sarah Hodge Parker
Married to Catherine "Kittie" Nixion on April 7, 1857
Simon Willis Parker, 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 Willis Parker 'Willis' and Catherine Nixion were as follows:
Sarah Caroline 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.
Estell Parker. Estell was born abt. 1860.
The son of Ralph & Sarah Hodge Parker
Married to Catherine "Kittie" Nixion on April 7, 1857
Simon Willis Parker, 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 Willis Parker 'Willis' and Catherine Nixion were as follows:
Sarah Caroline 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.
Estell Parker. Estell was born abt. 1860.
Inscription
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Gravesite Details
Photo Taken & Added by, Tom Streetman, 02/05/ 2011
Family Members
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Rev Francis Haywood "Frank" Parker
1837–1913
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Amelia M. "Emily" Parker Powell
1838–1924
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Ann Elizabeth Parker Baxley
1840–1918
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Josiah Singletary Parker
1842–1900
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John Nelson Parker
1844–1914
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Dennis Hawkin Parker
1845–1871
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William W. Parker
1848–1873
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Ralph Delaney Parker
1848–1932
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Catherine C. Parker Metcalf
1852–1908
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Simeon Theodore Parker
1855–1933
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David M. Parker
1862–1867
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