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Rev William Allen Parker

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Rev William Allen Parker

Birth
Yantley, Choctaw County, Alabama, USA
Death
23 Jan 1914 (aged 65)
Texas, USA
Burial
Brachfield, Rusk County, Texas, USA Add to Map
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Father and great-grandfather, and each of his sons were also Baptist preachers.
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"Shiloh Cemetery. Located southeast of Minden, just off Highway 315. The gateway sign states that this cemetery was established 1853. It is a very large, well-kept cemetery, with a Baptist Church nearby. Copied 26 Feb. 1963."
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"Parker, William A.; Williamson, Miss Sue M.; 4 Aug. 1868; At the New Hope Baptist House of Worship; W. Jacob Parker, Baptist Minister; (Groom under 21; father's written consent)"
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"On the third Sunday in March, 1890, the First Baptist church [of Thomasville, Clarke Co.] was organized...Rev. W.A. Parker was chosen the first pastor...On the following fifth Sunday the Baptist Sunday school was organized with forty-two members. They built a large church on the lot now occupied by the pastorium."
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"[L]icensed to preach in Oct. 1877, ordained a minister in May 1878 at Nannafalla Church, Yantley, Ala. He preached at Faunsdale and Dayton in Ala in 1897. He was a Bapt Minister in Perry, Clarke and Morengo [sic] Counties of Ala. He was listed as a tutor at Howard College (now Samford) 16 Sep 1868."
Father and great-grandfather, and each of his sons were also Baptist preachers.
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"Shiloh Cemetery. Located southeast of Minden, just off Highway 315. The gateway sign states that this cemetery was established 1853. It is a very large, well-kept cemetery, with a Baptist Church nearby. Copied 26 Feb. 1963."
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"Parker, William A.; Williamson, Miss Sue M.; 4 Aug. 1868; At the New Hope Baptist House of Worship; W. Jacob Parker, Baptist Minister; (Groom under 21; father's written consent)"
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"On the third Sunday in March, 1890, the First Baptist church [of Thomasville, Clarke Co.] was organized...Rev. W.A. Parker was chosen the first pastor...On the following fifth Sunday the Baptist Sunday school was organized with forty-two members. They built a large church on the lot now occupied by the pastorium."
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"[L]icensed to preach in Oct. 1877, ordained a minister in May 1878 at Nannafalla Church, Yantley, Ala. He preached at Faunsdale and Dayton in Ala in 1897. He was a Bapt Minister in Perry, Clarke and Morengo [sic] Counties of Ala. He was listed as a tutor at Howard College (now Samford) 16 Sep 1868."


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