JCBR for son Walter has parents as Allen Rader & Mary (Rhodes) Parsons - where did Randolph come from as Allen's middle name?
1870 Jackson Co WV Mill Creek Dist # 245
Allen R 34
Mary 26
Bartley 7
Benjamin F 5
James C M 3
Harriet J 3
1880 Census Place: Ripley, Jackson, West Virginia Page 433B
Allen R. PARSONS Self M M W 44 WV
Mary PARSONS Wife F M W 38 WV
Bartley F. PARSONS Son M S W 18 WV
Benjamin PARSONS Son M S W 15 WV
James PARSONS Son M S W 13 WV
Harriet J. PARSONS Dau F S W 11 WV
Roxy PARSONS Dau F S W 5 WV
Victora PARSONS Dau F S W 2 WV
1900 JC Washignton Dist
Alen R 3/1836, m 40y
Mary M, 7/1843, 11-9
Walter M, 9/1883
George L, 9/1887
Rhodes, Anie, mil, 10/1818, wd, 12/8
1910 Washington Dist Jackson co WV
Stalnaker, Walter E, 34 M1 13y
Victoria P 32 M1 13y 6-6 children
William F 11
Mary R 10
Elmer R 8
Rosetta B 6
Opal M 4
Emory E 1y 9m
Parsons, Mary M mil 66 wd 11-9 children
George L bil 22
From Hank Summers:
Descendants of Allen and Mary Parsons insist her middle name was Magdalena) It is also on her tombstone as Mary E. (Also descendants of Allen Rader Parsons insist his middle name is Randolph (they may be right but I saw it one time in the obit of his son as Allen Rader Parsons.
JoAnn Jones:
Civil War Disability pension . They asked him if he was a married man? If so, please state your wife's full name and her maiden name. Answer: Yes, Marry Magdaline Parsons, Rhodes Maiden Name.
1900 Jackson Co WV Washington Dist # 282-290
Benjamin T 3/1865 m 13y
Mary E 3/1869 4-4
Oscar M 6/88
Elmore L 4/90
John C 12/96
Mary E P 11/96
1910 Washington, Jackson,WV
Parsons, Benjamin T 45 m1 - 22y
Mary E 41 m 22 6-6 Children
Oscar M 22
Emer C son 19
John L 16
Pearl da 13
Nester A 9
Theodore R 4
Hatcher, Jessie neph 9
1910 Charleston, Kanawha, WV # 89-91
l/w Homer H Holley
Parsons, Oscar M boarder 22 WVWVWV laborer odd jobs
1920 Chas Wd 1, Kanawha, WV # 371-425 all WVWVWV
Parsons, Lawrence 29 wd
Howard son 5
Hazel dau 2.11
Virgil son 1.3
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Parsons, B T 54 m
M E 50 m
Theodore son 15 s
Baptist Grove Cemetery, Frozen Camp, Jackson Co, WV
Benjamin Tapley PARSONS
Benjamin Tapley PARSONS, 76, died Sunday morning at his Belgrove home after a long illness. He leaves his widow, Mrs. Mary Ellen (HATCHER) PARSONS, three sons, T. R. (Theodore Roosevelt) and E. L. (Elmore Lawrence) PARSONS, of Charleston, and O. M. (Oscar Mathena) PARSONS, of Belgrove, and a daughter, Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Pearl DURST, of Belgrove. He was preceded in death by two sons, John Clarence and Nester Albert PARSONS.
Funeral services were held Tuesday and the Mays Mortuary was in charge of the arrangements. [Benjamin and Ellen were married 7 Aug 1887 (JCMR). Mary is the daughter of Calvin L. and Elizabeth (HAMON) HATCHER. Benjamin is the son of Allen R. and Mary E.. (RHODES) PARSONS] (Herald, 11 April 1941)
The Back Rhodes of Our Genealogy
1865 - 1941 (76 years)
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