William Riley PARKER
Estate file of John Parker 1829 N. C. State Archives. Olive Branch Cemetery, Doniphan County, Kansas, age 62 years, 2 months, 2 days. (This is wrong) Birth: Kansas Historical Society Biographical sketch of William Riley Parker. Was Captain in N.C. State Militia. Went to Lawrence Co., Indiana in 1840's. Went to Kansas in 1854. Homesteaded there in 1856. Member of Kansas Legislature First District in 1867. Per Richard Bledsoe, the 1850 census, presumably from Indiana, shows his age as 49.
Age 41 in 1870 Census.
Age 19 in 1850 Census.
Age 17 on 1850 Census.
Age 17 on the 1850 Census.
Birth & Death: Doniphan County Cemetery Records. Age 12 in 1850 Census. Went to Indiana and then Kansas with his parents.
Age 9 on the 1850 Census
Age 2 on the 1850 Census
He married Martha or Patsy Hodges 11 Nov 1827 at Surry, North Carolina . Martha or Patsy Hodges was born at of Surry, North Carolina Abt 1805 .
They were the parents of 8
children:
Evaline Parker
born 17 Sep 1828.
Columbus F. Parker
born Abt 1830.
Elizabeth R. Parker
born Abt 1831.
William C. Parker
born Abt 1833.
Isham H. Parker
born Abt 1833.
John Parker
born 18 Nov 1837.
Sarah Parker
born Abt 1841.
Thomas W. Parker
born Abt 1848.
William Riley Parker died 1 Apr 1868 at Doniphan, Kansas .