The Parke Family of Logan Co. Ohio

First Generation

Matthew or Martin Parker born 15 March 1756 in Salisbury Township, Litchfield, Connecticut. Died 3 April 1796 in Cornwall Vermont. He was married about 1780 to Sarah (Sally) Strong born 27 February 1757 in Salisbury Township, Litchfield, Connecticut.
Their Children:
i. Haynes Parker born 1785 in New York. Died 12 January 1873 in Cassopolis, Cass Co., Michigan. He was married 1 January 1812 in Philadelphia Pennsylvania to Hannah Zinn born January 1789 in Pennsylvania. She died 29 December 1876 in Casspolis, Cass, Michigan.
ii. Martin Strong Parker born about 1786 in Salisbury Township, Litchfield Co., Connecticut. Died 21 October 1825.
iii. Francis Parker born 14 July 1790 in Salisbury Township, Litchfield Co., Connecticut. Died 13 May 1858.
iv. Harry Parker born about 1792 in Salisbury Township, Litchfield, Connecticut. Died 1829 in Lockport, New York.
v. Polly Parker born about 1794.

Second Generation

Haynes Parker and Hannah Zinn
Their Children:
i. George So. Parker born 14 November 1812 in Belfountaine, Logan Co., Ohio. Died 16 February 1873 in Cassopolis, Cass Co., Michigan.
ii. Elijah Parker born 3 June 1814 in Belfountaine, Logan Co., Ohio. Died 1905.
iii. John Parker born 28 January 1816 in Logan Co., Ohio. Died 13 February 1857 in Cassopolis, Cass Co., Michigan.
iv. Martha Parker born 30 October 1817 in Belfountaine, Logan Co., Ohio. Died 10 April 1857 in Hebron, Porter Co., Indiana.
v. Nathan Parker born 10 September 1819 in Zanesfield, Logan Co., Ohio. Died 20 April 1875 in Cass Co., Michigan.
vi. Margaret Parker born 27 January 1821 in Belfountaine, Logan Co., Ohio. Died 17 February 1912 in Bellfonataine, Logan Co., Ohio.
vii. David Parker born 9 September 1823 in Belfountaine, Logan Co., Ohio. Died 11 February 1895 in Lake City, Calhoun Co., Iowa. He was married 14 September 1844 in Belfontaine, Logan Co., Ohio to Elizabeth Ingling born 4 October 1823 in Trenton, Mercy Co., New Jersey. She died 2 September 1922 in Lake City Calhoun. Iowa.
viii. Jane Parker born 26 August 1826 in Belfountaine, Logan Co., Ohio. Died 16 March 1916 in Greene Iowa.
ix. Joseph H. Parker born 25 April 1828 in Belfountaine, Logan Co., Ohio. Died 17 February 1875.
x. Nancy A. Parker born 21 January 1830 in Belfountaine, Logan Co., Ohio.
xi. Mary A. Parker born 7 June 1831 in Belfountaine, Logan Co., Ohio. Died 13 February 1871.
xii. Joshua Parker born 21 August 1833 in Belfountaine, Logan Co., Ohio. Died 24 March 1910 in Gordon, Sheridan Co., Nebraska.
xiii. Haynes Parker born 1 June 1836 in Belfountaine, Logan Co., Ohio. Died 28 March 1917 in Whitefish, Flathead Co., Montana.

Third Generation

David Parker and Elizabeth Ingling
Their Children:
i. Rebecca Jane Parker born 12 June 1845 in Bellfontaine, Logan Co., Ohio. Died 16 November 1932 in Lake City, Calhoun, Iowa. She was married 19 January 1865 in Calhoun Iowa or Cass Michigan to Charles Jerome Cole born 15 February 1843 in Somersville, Cass Co., Michigan. Died 6 May 1922 in Lake City, Calhoun Co., Iowa.
ii. Emma Parker born 13 March 1847 in Brownsville, Cass Co., Michigan. Died 27 March 1847 at Rushcrook Lake, Logan Co., Ohio.
iii. John Conroe Parker born 8 January 1848 in Brownsville, Cass Co., Michigan. Died 18 December 1917 in Lake City, Calhoun Co.., Iowa.
iv. Perry C. Parker born 9 September 1850 in Brownsville, Cass Co., Michigan. Died 16 August 1851 in Brownsville, Cass Co., Michigan.
v.Baby Parker born and died 30 July 1852 in Brownsville, Cass Co., Michigan. vi. Darius Haynes Parker born 1 September 1853 in Brownsville, Cass Co., Michigan. Died 30 December 1933 in Lake City, Calhoun Co., Iowa.
vii. Letitia Parker born 12 July 1855 in Brownsville, Cass Co., Michigan. Died 19 August 1882 in Calco, Calhoun Co., Iowa.
viii. Lucretia Ann Parker born 3 September 1857 in Brownsville, Cass Co., Michigan. Died 24 March 1954 in Lake City, Calhoun Co., Iowa.
ix. Hannah Etta Parker born 16 March 1860 in Brownsville, Cass Co., Michigan. Died 10 March 1953 in Nebraska or Missouri.
x. Leander Parker born 4 August 1862 in Brownsville, Cass Co., Michigan. Died 1 June 1899.
xi. Sarah E. Parker born 10 July 1864 in Lake City, Calhoun Co., Iowa. Died 12 September 1864

Fourth Generation

Rebecca Jane Parker and Charles Jerome Cole

SOURCES
Haynes Parker: Information found in Stanley J. Heginbotham's "Ancestors and Descendants of Joshua and Maria Scott Parker": "Haynes Parker was born in 1784 or 1785 in New York. He was a minister, Baptist; later Church of Christ or Methodist. He was a founding member of the Tharp's Run Baptist Church, which was establishsed in Aug. of 1819. In 1826 he and a number of neighbors received permission to start a separate "regular" Baptist church very close to his land along the northern border of Jefferson Twp. He apparently became the minister of this church at the time of its founding. In 1832 it relocated 1.5 miles further north and took on the name Rush Creek Baptist Church. At some point between 1832 and 1848 the church was apparently transformed into a Church of Christ. His grandaughter, Rebecca Parker Cole, cites his denomination as "Church of Christ" as does an obituary of his son, David."
Also information found in "The First Hundred Years", history of Lake County, Iowa.
He settled along the northern border of Jefferson Twp. Logan Co., Ohio in 1812 where he remained until 1846 when he moved to Cass Co., Michigan.
He is buried in Reames & Norton Cemetery, Cass Co., Michigan. When Dian Danner visited in 1999 his stone was broken, but she got a picture of it.
George S. Parker, Elijah Parker, John Parker, Martha Parker:Family records in possession of Mrs. Jeanette Hotchkiss Wright, Rockwell City, Iowa. Marriage records in Cass Co., Michigan Court House. Family records in possession of Ralph S. Tappan, Escondido, California. George moved to Calvin Twp. in 1846. Buried in Reames & Norton Cemetery, Cass Co., Michigan.
John is buried in Reames & Norton Cemetery, Cass Co., Michigan.
Martha lived from 1817 to 1845 in Zanesfield, Logan, Ohio; 1845-1848 in Indiana; 1848-1857 in Zanesfield, Logan, Ohio.
Nathan owned 120 acres in Section 16 of Jefferson Twp., Logan, Ohio in 1860. Buried in Reames & Norton Cemetery, Cass Co., Michigan.
David Parker:Information found in "Lake City Centennial Historical Booklet" and "The First Hundred Years." 1850 Census Cass Co. Michigan, #599-607 Calvin Twp. Letter from Mrs. Jeanette Hotchkiss Wright, Rockwell City, Iowa. Information from Ralph Tappan, 274 No. Rose St., Escondido, CA 92025, grandson of Rebecca Jane Parker. Occupation was a blacksmith. Obituary found in Lake City Graphic, Lake City, Iowa. Headstone found in Lake City Cemetery, Lake City, Calhoun Co., Iowa.
Jane Parker, Joseph H. Parker, Nancy A. Parker, Mary A. Parker, Joshua Parker, Haynes Parker:Family records in possession of Mrs. Jeanette Hotchkiss Wright, Rockwell City, Iowa. Marriage records in Cass Co., Michigan Court House. Family records in possession of Ralph S. Tappan, Escondido, California.
Jane lived abt 1844 to 1847 in Bellefontaine, Logan, Ohio; 1847-1858 in Cass Co., Michigan; about 1858 until her death in Green Co., Iowa.
Joshua lived about 1848-1859 in Cass Co., Michigan; aboutt 1859-1878 in Monroe, Marion, Iowa; 1879-1910 in Gordon, Sheridan, Nebraska. He served in the Iowa Infantry from 1860-1864.
Haynes lived about 1836-1847 in Bellefountaine, Logan, Ohio; about 1847-1862 in Cass Co., Michigan; about 1863-1902 in Lake City, Calhoun, Iowa; about 1902-1917 in Whitefish, Flathead, Montana.
Rebecca Jane Parker: Obituary of Rebecca Jane Cole from Lake City Graphic, Lake City, Calhoun, Iowa. Newspaper articles taken from Lake City Graphic and from Woodlawn Christian Chuch l00 year commemorative book. Information from Barbara Lou Cole Blair and Neva Burns. Cemetery marker in Lake City Cemetery, Lake City, Iowa.
John Conroe Parker, Letitia Parker: Obituaries found in Lake City Graphic, Lake City, IA.
Baby Parker: The child was unnamed and the sex is unknown.
Darius Haynes Parker:Marker found in Lake City Cemetery, Lake City, Iowa. Newspaper articles found in Lake City Graphic.
Lucretia Ann Parker: History of Cass Co., Michigan. History of Green Co., Iowa, Jefferson, Twp. l880. 1880 census, Manson, Calhoun, Iowa. 1900, 1910 census, Lake City, Calhoun, Iowa.

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