INTERMENT NOT VERIFIED. But thought to be buried at Poll Bridge Cemetery (a/k/a Pole Bridge), a severely neglected and vandalized graveyard near his home and where many of his relatives were buried.

Married (1st) 28 FEB 1872 in Clay Co, AL Sarah J. Williamson, daughter of William Tidwell Williamson and Elizabeth Ann (Brooks).

Married (2nd) 21 JAN 1880 in Clay Co., AL: #355 William PARSONS to Cordelia WARD on January 22, 1880, by Hiram M. Evans, Probate Judge "at my (Evans')office in Ashland." Bond: William Parsons and C.C. Jones. NOTATION: "The above named parties were each of lawful age". Signed: Hiram M. Evans, Judge of Probate.
They had several children. Her son Grover's death certificate says his mother was Kate Holloway.


Married (3rd) 25 DEC 1892 in Clay Co., AL: #262 W. D. PARSONS to Catherine DISON on December 25, 1892 by A. R. Whited, NP Ex Off JP at the residence of W. J. Williams. Bond: W. D. Parsons and John N. Parsons.

Cordelia Ward (born c1863) was born c1863. The 1880 census says Cordelia, but the 1870 census shows her as Adelia Ward, daughter of James A. Ward (died by 1870) and Myrthinia ("Martha") Smyth.


Katherine Dison was born May 1868. She may have married a Holloway after 1925.



Alabama Death Index, 1908-1959
Name:William D. Parsons
Death Date:Jan 1925
Death County:Talladega
Volume:4
Roll:2
Page #:1938


Alabama Deaths and Burials Index
Name:Wm Donald Parsons
Birth Date:abt 1852
Birth Place:Alabama
Death Date: 14 Jan 1925
Death Place:Talladega, Talladega, Alabama
Burial Date:24 Jan 1925 (10 days?)
Burial Place:Ashland, Alabama
Death Age:73
Occupation:Farmer
Race:White
Marital Status:Married
Gender:Male
Father Name:Meredy Parsons
Father Birth Place:South Carolina
Mother Name:Sallie Lakey
Mother Birth Place:South Carolina
Spouse Name:Kate Parsons
FHL Film Number:1908267