Parker was the 9th child of John Grosvenor and the 5th child of John's 2nd wife, Molly Lee. Parker came to Kaskaski about 1803 from Pomfret Connecticut with his older brother, John, after winning a bitter court battle over land that the two brothers had with their father. Brother John remained in Kaskaskia but Parker moved on. He became friends with William Boon (or Boone) a nephew of the famed Daniel Boone. In 1806, they, in Company with a man named Uriah Brooks, a friend of Wm Boon from Femme Osage, MO., came down the Mississippi to Degognia creek and up it to the Kaskaskia trail where Brooks established a home. Possibly they were "River Watchers" assigned to alert Fort Kaskaskia of any British approach. Then they moved on to a spot 1 mile west of Glenn where a bluff overhang provided temporary shelter. There they built a two-room log cabin and in doing so established a home for Grosvenors for the next 175 years. The fact that a two-room cabin was built when one-room cabins were the norm strongly suggests that two families occupied it We speculate that one room was for Parker and the other for Mr.and Mrs Boon. Benningsen Boone, the son of William Boon, who later claimed to be the first white child born in Jackson County, was born in this cabin on the 6th of April,1807. William Boon and his wife having spent a winter with Parker then moved to the banks of the Big Muddy River near Sand Ridge. In 1810 Parker married Sarah Hill,the widow of Alan Hill of Kaskaskia. Sarah had a daughter, Mary Hill. A son, John Grosvenor, was born in 1811. Wm Boon sold his land claim to Parker Grosvenor in 1814 for $2 per acre. The Grosvenors were able to survive very nicely. The region was teeming with game since the Indians were decimated by internecine conflict in 1800 (Shawnee Vs Kaskaski and Piankasha) . They prospered and as the settlers moved in their status improved. Parker was appointed Justice of the Peace in 1817 and reappointed again in 1821. Circumstances of his death are unknown and place of burial is a mystery, but in this year of 2012 we speculate he may be buried at Houge (Jones Ridge) Cemetery
Parker was the 9th child of John Grosvenor and the 5th child of John's 2nd wife, Molly Lee. Parker came to Kaskaski about 1803 from Pomfret Connecticut with his older brother, John, after winning a bitter court battle over land that the two brothers had with their father. Brother John remained in Kaskaskia but Parker moved on. He became friends with William Boon (or Boone) a nephew of the famed Daniel Boone. In 1806, they, in Company with a man named Uriah Brooks, a friend of Wm Boon from Femme Osage, MO., came down the Mississippi to Degognia creek and up it to the Kaskaskia trail where Brooks established a home. Possibly they were "River Watchers" assigned to alert Fort Kaskaskia of any British approach. Then they moved on to a spot 1 mile west of Glenn where a bluff overhang provided temporary shelter. There they built a two-room log cabin and in doing so established a home for Grosvenors for the next 175 years. The fact that a two-room cabin was built when one-room cabins were the norm strongly suggests that two families occupied it We speculate that one room was for Parker and the other for Mr.and Mrs Boon. Benningsen Boone, the son of William Boon, who later claimed to be the first white child born in Jackson County, was born in this cabin on the 6th of April,1807. William Boon and his wife having spent a winter with Parker then moved to the banks of the Big Muddy River near Sand Ridge. In 1810 Parker married Sarah Hill,the widow of Alan Hill of Kaskaskia. Sarah had a daughter, Mary Hill. A son, John Grosvenor, was born in 1811. Wm Boon sold his land claim to Parker Grosvenor in 1814 for $2 per acre. The Grosvenors were able to survive very nicely. The region was teeming with game since the Indians were decimated by internecine conflict in 1800 (Shawnee Vs Kaskaski and Piankasha) . They prospered and as the settlers moved in their status improved. Parker was appointed Justice of the Peace in 1817 and reappointed again in 1821. Circumstances of his death are unknown and place of burial is a mystery, but in this year of 2012 we speculate he may be buried at Houge (Jones Ridge) Cemetery
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