Isaac Duke Parker

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Isaac Duke Parker, son of Isaac Parker and Lucy W. Cheatham, was born Oct. 23, 1821 in Illinois. He married with SARAH LUCY HUNTSMAN on Dec. 28, 1845 in Madison, Tennessee.. She was born Apr. 29, 1827 in Madison, Tenn and died Dec. 30, 1863 in Tarrant Co., Texas. Buried at Parker Cemetery, Hurst, Tarrant Co., Texas. (headstone of I.D. Parker includes info on wife Sarah L. and his mother Lucy W. Parker). He married 2nd with MARY PRISCILLA HOLT. She was born 1848 and died 1908. He died in Tarrant County, Texas and is buried at Parker Cemetery, Hurst, Tarrant Co., Texas with his brother Wiliam.

Children were (by Sarah): Sam H. (1848-1888), Charles (1851-1875), Ann Obediance (1854-1864), Isaac Huntsman (1856-1860), James (1859-1877) and Lemuel (1862-1867).

Children by Mary: Lucy (1867-1869), Jodie (1869-1953; m. Thomas), Robert Lee (1871-1942), Hesly (1875-1876), and Duke (1877-1955).

Isaac served as County Commissioner in Tarrant Co., and was a member of the Texas Legislature. A Confederate veteran.

• 1845 marriage record: Isaac D. Parker m. Sarah L. Huntsman on 12/28/1845 in Madison, Tenn.
• 1870 census: Isaac (49, b Ill), and wife Mary T. (20, b Tenn) in Tarrant Co., Texas w ch. infant (10m, b. Texas), Sam (22, b TX), Charles (18, b TX), James (10, b TX) and Thos J. (19, b TX). He is a farmer. (identity of Thos J. is being researched; cover sheet lists him as Parker, orig. leaves no surname; perhaps servant or farm laborer?).
• 1880 census: Isaac Duke (58) and wife Mary N. (32) in Tarrant, Texas w ch. Jodie (10, b. Ill), Robb E. Lee (8, b Ill), Duke (3, b Ill). Isaac is a farmer.
• 1900 census: Isaac D. (79, b Ill) and wife J. (52); in Birdville, Tarrant Co., Texas w ch. Robbert L. (29) and Duke (23). He is a farmer.
• https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=16841498
• http://www.historictexas.net/bios/2p/parker-isaac-duke.html
• http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~txtarran/military/parker_isaac_du...
• Find a grave: (see Mary Priscilla Holt's profile regarding conflicting data on her birth place)
• Headstone: I.D.P. (see Media)
• Parker Cemetery memorials (see Media)

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Isaac came to Texas with his parents in 1833. He served as County Commissioner in Tarrant County, was a member of the Texas Legislature, and was a Confederate veteran.

See also: http://www.historictexas.net/bios/2p/parker-isaac-duke.html

• Updated from Find A Grave Memorial via Mary Priscilla Parker (born Holt) by SmartCopy: Oct 31 2014, 0:16:41 UTC