Capt William Lowther Parsons
BIRTH 24 Jul 1769
Maryland, USA
DEATH 10 Oct 1839 (aged 70)
Jackson County, West Virginia, USA
BURIAL
Baptist Grove Cemetery
Jackson County, West Virginia

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Children
Henry Parsons
1788–1862

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William M. Parsons
1806–1892

Named for grandfather (William Parsons) and for Col. William Beamer Lowther, considered a great hero by the WV pioneers. (Lowther occurs frequently as a middle or given name during this period in WV.)

When he first arrived in Jackson County, William Lowther Parsons lived at Warth's Bottom. He was the first settler in Ripley. In about 1801, he built a cabin on Mill Creek, near Ripley. His first wife Susan and his infant son were the first to be buried at Old Settlers Cemetery, Ripley.

Burial

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Marriages

1. Susan Fink Parsons (m. 1786)
2. Elizabeth Nancy Walker Parsons (m. on 2/28/1809)

Children

Much conflicting info (names, dates, parents) about William Lowther Parsons' children. He married twice and had numerous children with both wives.

Children with Susan Fink Parsons (m. 1786) 8 children

1. Henry Parsons (1788 or 1790 - ) born Buckhannon Fort, Upshur County, West Virginia
2. John W. Fink "Fink" Parsons (8/20/1794 - 9/10/1783) b. Warths Bottom, m. Ruhama Lyons Sayre on 6/14/1823 (Ruhama (Lyons) Sayre was born about 1805. Some accounts say she was born in what is now Ritchie County, West Virginia. Ritchie County was created in 1843 from Harrison, Lewis, and Wood Counties. The Harrison County 1810 Virginia Census listed an Able Lyons, who may have been Ruhama's father or brother. She evidently married a Sayre first. In Mason County (probably a part which is now in Jackson County), they had at least four Parsons children. [Note: Ruhama is a Hebrew name meaning "one who was spared".])
3. Hannah Parsons (1795 c. or 1801 - ) b. Warths Bottom
4. Martha Parsons (1792 or 1802 - ) b. Jackson Co., WV
5. Susannah "Susan" Parsons (1797 or 1826 - ?) - never married
6. Patsy (Parsons) Casto (1799 c. - 1878) (married William C. Casto) Patsy may have been the daughter of Charles and Nancy Ann (Fleisher) Parsons. Born in Jackson Co. WV. Died 1878 Jackson Co. WV. Burial in Siniaville Cemetery, Statts Mill, Jackson Co. WV
7. Charles (1800 c. - ? ) b. in Jackson Co., WV
8. William M. Parsons, Jr. (8/20/1806 - 1/20/1892) b. in Jackson Co., WV (first white person born in Ripley area) m. Susannah Bonnett 11/1826 (1807-2/7/1863)
9. Charles? or unnamed? Parsons (1807 - 1807) An infant who died with his mother on Sycamore Creek, near Ripley in 1807, and was buried with her in the present old Ripley graveyard

Children with Elizabeth Nancy Walker Parsons (m. on 2/28/1809) - 9 children

1. Mary "Polley" Parsons (1810 - ) m. Isaac Rollins on 3/23/1846
2. Travis Parsons (1809? or 1812 - 1890) in Jackson Co., Sycamore Creek, Ripley, WV. m. Mary Hess (of German descent) 1835 c.
3. Ann Parsons (1812 or 1821 - )
4. Elizabeth Parsons (1813 - ) m. Jacob Lanham or Isaac Casto? 5/26/1833
5. Jerusha Parsons (1815 - )
6. George Walker Parsons (7/11/1821 - 10/12/1901) Died in Jackson Co., WV, buried in Baptist Grove Cemetery, Frozen Camp, Jackson, WV m. Nancy Emeline Milam on 11/26/1846 in Kanawha Co. m. Mary Elizabeth Asbury (5/15/1826 - 9/14/1864) on 11/26/1846 (b. in Putnam Co., WV d. in Jackson Co., buried in Baptist Grove Cemetery
7. Marquis de Lafayette Parsons (1821 - ?) m. Dorcas Unknown 1845 c. Lafayette Parsons Jr. born c. 1850.
8. Caroline Parsons (1819 c or 1824 - ?)
9. Margaret Janette Parsons (1829 or 1830 - ?)

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From "Jackson County in the Wars":

War of 1812

In the summer of 1813, a body of Mason County troops under Capt. William Lowther Parsons, who then lived on Scyamore Creek near present Ripley, crossed the Alleghenies and served for a time at Norfolk, VA, They were mustered out in 1814. Known men from present Jackson County who served with Capt. Parsons' Company in the 6th VA Regiment were:

1. Cornelius Staats, who was either killed in action or died of other causes at this time
2. Sidney Casto

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William Lowther "Captain Billy" Parsons, son of Charles Sr and Elizabeth (Chestnut) Parsons, was born in Queen Anne's County, Maryland, and died at Frozen Camp, Jackson County, (July 24, 1765-Oct 10, 1839). He married (1) Susan, daughter of Henry Fink, 1786, and they had 8 children, 7 of whom lived to maturity and an infant who died with his mother on Sycamore Creek, near Ripley in 1807, and was interred with her in the present old Ripley graveyard. "Captain Billy" married (2) Elizabeth Nancy Walker, and by this marriage there were 9 children, making a total of 17 in all. He is interred in the Frozen Camp Cemetery.

• Residence: Jackson, Co VA - 1790
• Residence: Ripley, Jackson Co, VA - 1801
  • Reference: FamilySearch Genealogy - SmartCopy: May 24 2017, 3:55:16 UTC

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