Caroline Gahano Mt. Pleasant

Tonawanda Seneca/Wolf Clan
Clan Mother

• Caroline G. Parker Mt. Pleasant Find A Grave Memorial# 21478978
• Baptist Church Cemetery, Alabama, Genesee County, New York, USA Find A Grave Birth: 1828, Genesee County, New York, USA Death: Mar. 19, 1892
• https://rmsc.org/exhibits/online/lhm/LHMeast.htm

She was born on the Tonawanda Indian Reservation. She was the daughter of William and Elizabeth (Johnson) Parker. She married John Mt Pleasant Jr abt. 1864. Caroline's nephew [(Frank Mt Pleasant https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Mount_Pleasant]) was the minister of the Baptist Church on the Tuscarora Indian Reservation. She supported the Sabbath School there and was a woman of refinement, education and culture, which greatly added to the efficiency of the church work.

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Parents:

 William Jonoesdona Parker (1793 - 1864)

 Elizabeth Johnson Parker (1787 - 1862)

Sibling:

 Caroline G. Parker Mt. Pleasant (1828 - 1892)

 Ely Samuel Parker (1828 - 1895)*

Burial: Baptist Church Cemetery Alabama Genesee County New York, USA

Created by: Dawn L. Pocock-Dilcher Record added: Sep 10, 2007 Find A Grave Memorial# 21478978

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"Although the title sometimes given to her by the white press—”the Queen of the Senecas”—was highly inaccurate, Parker was a prominent member of the Tonawanda and Tuscarora communities throughout her life. In 1853, she was given the name Jigonsaseh, “Peace Woman,” which indicated her status as Head Clan Mother. Her 1864 marriage to the prosperous John Mountpleasant (Tuscarora) further increased her stature. As the New York Times noted, the Mountpleasant home “was a large, finely appointed house in the midst of the reservation, very picturesquely situated. It was one of the most complete museums of Indian relics and curiosities, and was visited by thousands of prominent American and noted English and foreign tourists,” some of whom bought her beadwork for their collections. After her husband’s death, a legal battle over his estate drained Parker’s resources.

However, the Seneca nation had, against long odds, succeeded in retaining some of their lands, including Parker’s home reservation, Tonawanda. The Seneca victory was a rare (if partial) victory in a dark time...."
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