Children and Grandchildren of James Thomas and Mary Ann Davis Parsons
A. John William Parsons
b. 8 Oct. 1854, near Wolf Creek P.O., Pike Co., Ark.
d. 30 June 1864, Pike Co., Ark. (Drowned in Wolf Creek)
B. Joseph Lemuel Parsons
b. 10 Jan. 1856 near Wolf Creek P.O. (between present Delight and Pike City), Pike Co., Ark.
m. Mary Caldonia Whitfield Tarpley, 1880, Pike Co., Ark.
b. 2 Jan. 1865 near Delight, Pike Co., Ark. (Daughter of Granville Tarpley and Leanna Mobley)
d. 22 July 1940, near Delight, Pike Co., Ark. (Buried in Saline Cemetery, between Delight and Murfreesboro, Pike Co., Ark.)
d. 4 March 1937, near Delight, Pike Co., Ark. (Buried in Saline Cemetery)
1. Delia Dow Parsons
b. 3 June 1883 near Murfreesboro, Pike Co., Ark.
m. John Henry Witt, 4 Dec. 1898, near Delight
b. 20 Jan. 1875, Star of the West, Pike Co., Ark.
d. 16 Nov. 1964, Delight, Ark.
d. 15 Apr. 1965
2. Cora Ellen Parsons
b. 7 Dec. 1886, near Delight, Pike Co., Ark.
m. Alvin Curtis Hipps, 25 Dec. 1905, Hopewell, Pike Co., Ark. (a former church and school located on Wolf Creek about four miles northwest of Delight)
b. 11 Feb. 1873, Murfreesboro, Pike Co., Ark. (Son of Albert Hipps and Mary Covington)
d. 21 Dec. 1950, near Delight, Pike Co., Ark.
(Buried in Saline Cemetery, between Delight and Murfreesboro, Pike Co., Ark.)
d. 21 June 1943 near Delight, Pike Co., Ark.
(Buried in Saline Cemetery)
3. Charles Thomas Parsons
b. 8 Sept. 1889, near Delight, Pike Co., Ark.
m. Margaret Lucille Stevens, about 1916, Pike Co., Ark.
b. 11 Sept. 1894, Murfreesboro, Pike Co., Ark.
C. Eletha Jane (Dot) Parsons
b. 29 Sept. 1857, near Wolf Creek P.O., Pike Co., Ark.
d. 18 Sept. 1873, Pike Co., Ark. (Died as a result of burns received when her dress caught fire while she was working at a wash pot. Buried in Brocktown Cemetery)
D. Louisa Miranda (or Marenda) Ellen Parsons
b. 24 June 1859, near Wolf Creek P.O., Pike Co., Ark.
m. Goodwin Abraham Wisener, 8 Sept. 1881, Brocktown, Pike Co., Ark.
b. 1 Jan. 1860, Amity, Clark Co., Ark.
d. 21 Sept. 1929, Glenwood, Pike Co., Ark.
d. 23 Apr. 1928, Glenwood, Pike Co., Ark.
1. Joel Abraham Wisener
b. 12 Sept. 1882, Brocktown, Pike Co., Ark.
d. 14 Feb. 1899, Hot Springs, Garland Co., Ark.
2. Minnie Ann Elizabeth Wisener
b. 29 Nov. 1883, Brocktown, Pike Co., Ark.
m. Aaron David Stone, April, 1908
d. Aug. 1928, Wink, Winkler Co., Texas
(Buried at Glenwood, Pike Co., Ark.)
3. James Monroe Wisener
b. 22 Dec. 1885, Brocktown, Pike Co., Ark.
m. Gertrude Missy True Henderson Cochran, 1905 or 1906
b. 1876, Big Creek (near Wilmer), Mobile Co., Ala.
(Daughter of Martin J. Cochran and Nancy Hunt)
d. 26 Nov. 1946, Eight Mile, Mobile Co., Ala.
(Buried in Wolfe Ridge Cemetery on the old Cochran estate, Mobile Co., Ala.)
d. 1951, Eight Mile, Mobile Co., Ala.
(Buried in Wolfe Ridge Cemetery)
4. Melissa Jane Wisener
b. 19 June 1888, Brocktown, Pike Co., Ark.
m. Charles ("Bishop") Mason, 24 June 1909, Hot Springs, Garland Co., Ark.
b. 1888, Daytona Beach, Seminole Co., Fla.
d. Houston, Texas
d. 8 Dec. 1943, Hot Springs, Garland Co., Ark.
(Buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Hot Springs)
5. Carrie Anthem Wisener
b. 24 Jan. 1891, Brocktown, Pike Co., Ark.
m. Ottis Gilbert Kennedy, Sr., 31 Mar. 1920, Hot Springs, Garland Co., Ark.
b. 6 May 1890, Glenwood, Montgomery Co., Ark.
(Son of Martin Kennedy and Lucy Magill Stafford)
d. 5 Feb. 1982, Murfreesboro, Pike Co., Ark.
(Buried in County Line Cemetery, Montgomery Co., Ark.)
d. 22 July 1971, Murfreesboro, Pike Co., Ark.
(Buried in County Line Cemetery, Montgomery Co., Ark.)
6. Mary Etta Wisener
b. 23 Aug. 1893, Hot Springs, Garland Co., Ark.
m1. Howard Norton, 11 Apr. 1914
div. April, 1916
m2. Leslie Reed, 17 Dec. 1919
div. 18 Aug. 1930
m3. Joseph Nola, 22 Aug. 1930, South Bend, Ind.
b. 28 Feb. 1895, Passaic, Passaic Co., N.J.
d. 10 Apr. 1967, Stevensville, Berrien Co., Mich.
div. 1945
d. 7 Oct. 1982, St. Joseph, Berrien Co., Mich.
E. Richard Lafayette Parsons
b. 3 Mar. 1861, near Wolf Creek P.O., Pike Co., Ark.
m. Malinda Elizabeth ("Lizzie") White, 10 Nov. 1880
b. 9 Aug. 1864
m2. George W. Bell, after 1890
d. 29 Jan. 1933, Hope, Hempstead Co., Ark.
d. 20 Mar. 1890, Corinth, Ark.
1. James William Parsons
b. 22 July 1882
m. Mary Ann Keen, 15 Oct. 1905, Kirby, Pike Co., Ark.
(Daughter of James Washington "Doc" Keen, b. 25 Aug. 1858 and Liza Delana Paslay, b. 26 Feb. 1864)
b. 1 Feb. 1884, Kirby, Pike Co., Ark.
d. 14 Jan. 1965, Texarkana, Bowie Co., Texas
(Buried in Rose Hill Cemetery, Hope, Ark.)
d. 19 May 1957, Hope, Hempstead Co., Ark.
(Buried in Rose Hill Cemetery, Hope, Ark.)
2. Martin Newman Parsons
b. Dec. 1885
m. Lily
d. 10 July 1947, Mountain Pine, Ark.
3. Thomas Lonzo Parsons
b. 11 July 1887
m. Margaret ("Maggie") Virginia Keen, 13 Jan. 1907, Kirby, Pike Co., Ark.
b. 28 May 1887, Kirby, Pike Co., Ark.
d. 18 Feb. 1967, Plainview, Texas
(Buried in Memorial Park Cemetery)
d. 6 Sep. 1932, Highland Peach Orchard, Nashville, Ark.
(Buried in Rose Hill Cemetery, Hope, Hempstead Co., Ark.)
4. Twin girls, died at birth
F. Narcissa ("Sissie") Nancy Elizabeth Parsons
b. 3 Feb. 1864, near Wolf Creek P.O., Pike Co., Ark.
m. William M. McAllister, 7 June 1887
b. 3 Sept.1863
d. 1940 or 1941, Glenwood, Pike Co., Ark.
d. 7 Dec. 1937, Delight, Pike Co., Ark.
1. Nellie ("Lula"?) McAllister
b. 29 Nov. 1899
d. 23 Dec. 1899
2. Roy McAllister
b. 7 Apr. 1898
d. 17 May 1913 (Killed in a mine accident near Montgomery, Ala.)
3. Victoria McAllister
b. 8 July 1901
d. 4 Mar. 1902
4. George McAllister
b. 15 June 1902
d. 30 June 1902
G. Edmund Lonzo Parsons
b. 5 Jan. 1866, near Wolf Creek P.O., Pike Co., Ark.
m. Lydia Jane ("Janie") Witt, 13 Nov. 1887, New Hope, Pike Co. Ark.
b. 5 Feb. 1871, near Star of the West, Pike Co., Ark.
(Daughter of Rev. Thomas Gentry Witt and Edith Catherine Reid)
d. 23 May 1954, Oklahoma City, Okla.
(Buried in Brocktown Cemetery, Pike Co., Ark.)
d. 1 April 1941, near Delight, Pike Co., Ark.
(Buried in Brocktown Cemetery)
Edmund Lonzo Parsons with a wagonload of watermelons from his farm at the
Strawberry Road crossing on Wolf Creek northwest of Delight, Arkansas.
The man on the left is unidentified.
1. James Thomas Parsons
b. 21 Nov. 1888, near Delight, Pike Co., Ark.
m. Willie Rose Phillips, 22 Dec. 1912, Delight, Pike Co., Ark.
b. 11 Feb. 1895, near Delight, Pike Co., Ark.
d. 12 Feb. 1971, Delight, Pike Co., Ark.
2. Lula Parsons
b. 15 Aug. 1890
d. Age one month
(Buried in Rock Creek Cemetery near Glenwood, Pike Co., Ark.)
3. William Dennis Parsons
b. 11 Sept. 1891, near Delight, Pike Co., Ark.
m. Leona Cordelia Willingham, 18 May, 1916, Delight, Pike Co., Ark.
b. 10 Apr. 1894, Winthrop, Little River Co., Ark.
d. 9 May 1968, Oklahoma City, Okla.
(Buried Memorial Cemetery, Oklahoma City)
4. Baby Parsons
b. 1893
d. At birth
(Buried in Brocktown Cemetery, Pike Co., Ark.)
5. John Otis Parsons
b. 1 Sept. 1894, near Delight, Pike Co., Ark.
m. Fannye Lee Carroll, 9 Aug. 1918, Okolona, Clark Co., Ark.
b. 15 Sept., 1899, near Okolona, Clark Co., Ark.
d. 10 Feb. 1972, Texarkana, Ark.
6. Jewel Edmond Parsons
b. 17 Oct. 1896, near Delight, Pike Co., Ark.
m. Georgia Young, 19 Mar. 1919, Delight, Pike Co., Ark.
b. 2 Aug. 1899, Center Point, Howard Co., Ark.
m2. L. J. Sharb, 1 Aug. 1947, Kansas City, Mo.
b. 8 Aug. 1899
div. 1948
d. 13 July, 1943, Nashville, Howard Co., Ark.
(Buried in Delight Cemetery, Delight, Ark.)
7. Ruby Parsons
b. 12 May 1904, near Delight, Pike Co., Ark.
d. 19 Sept 1907, near Delight, Pike Co., Ark.
(Buried in Brocktown Cemetery, Pike Co., Ark.)
8. Roy Lee Parsons
b. 8 July 1908, near Delight, Pike Co., Ark.
m. Leora Eunice Atkinson, 5 July 1930, Holdenville, Hughes Co., Okla.
b. 14 Feb. 1909, Pear Valley, McCulloch Co., Texas
(Daughter of James Barton Atkinson and Georgie Eunice Russell)
d. 4 Aug. 1968, Wewoka, Seminole Co., Okla.
The families of Thomas Jefferson Parsons (standing, left) and
Edmund Lonzo Parsons (standing, right) about 1895. The others,
left to right, are Opal Parsons, Lillie Ann Tarpley Parsons, William
Dennis Parsons, Lydia Jane Witt Parsons, with John Parsons on
her lap, and James Thomas Parsons.
H. Thomas Jefferson Parsons
b. May 2, 1868, near Wolf Creek P.O., between Delight and Pike City, Pike Co., Ark.
m. Lillie Ann Tarpley, 29 June 1889
b. 2 Oct. 1870, near Delight, Pike Co., Ark.
(Daughter of Granville Tarpley and Leanna Mobley)
d. 21 Feb. 1938, Glenwood, Pike Co., Ark.
d. 28 Aug. 1948, Beaumont, Texas
1. Otis Edgar Parsons
b. 24 Oct. 1890
d. 20 Sept. 1891
(Buried in Brocktown Cemetery, between Delight and Murfreesboro, Pike Co., Ark.)
2. Opal Parsons
b. 9 Aug. 1893, between Delight and Pike City, Ark.
m1. Ira Taylor, 29 Sept. 1912
d. 27 Oct. 1917
m2. Johnnie Garner, 2 Nov. 1920, Amity, Clark Co., Ark.
d. 20(?) Dec. 1968
3. Delmer Parsons
b. 9 Sept. 1897, near Delight, Pike Co., Ark.
m. Delton Brunson, 23 Dec. 1918, Glenwood, Pike Co., Ark.
4. Delton Parsons
b. 24 Mar. 1903, Kirby, Pike Co., Ark.
m. Juanita ("Stoe") Boyd, 26 June 1926, Glenwood, Pike Co., Ark.
I. Tarissa ("Trissie") Ann Parsons
b. 3 Apr. 1870, near Wolf Creek P.O., Pike Co., Ark.
m. John Berry Wall, 12 Sept. 1890
b. 4 May 1870, near Delight, Pike Co., Ark.
(Son of Hillman Wall)
d. 25 Nov. 1945, Holdenville, Hughes Co., Okla.
(Buried in Holdenville Cemetery)
1. Porter Britton Wall
b. 16 Aug. 1891, near Pike City, Pike Co., Ark.
m. Verlin M. Goad, 4 Mar. 1914, Ada, Pontotoc Co., Okla.
b. 7 Dec. 1892, Moody, McLennan Co., Texas
(Daughter of Harmon Boad and Janie Waggoner)
2. James Edgar Wall
b. 12 Nov. 1892, near Pike City, Pike Co., Ark.
m1. Delia Isaacs, 23 Dec. 1913, Purcell, McClain Co., Okla.
b. 8 Aug. 1895, Indian Terr.
(Daughter of Sam Isaacs)
d. 4 Feb. 1933, Holdenville, Hughes Co., Okla.
m2. Susie Kennerly nee Perkins, 28 Mar. 1946
3. George Logan Wall
4. Minnie Ann Wall
b. 30 Sept. 1896, near Delight, Pike Co., Ark.
m. Raymond Barnhart Browns, 2 June 1925, Twin Falls, Twin Falls Co., Idaho
b. 18 Dec. 1896, Carthage, Jasper Co., Mo.
(Son of Daniel E. Browns and Mary Frances Barnhart)
d. 26 Apr. 1959, Grants Pass, Josephine Co., Oregon
5. Elbert Doyle Wall
b. 12 Oct. 1900, near Murfreesboro, Pike Co., Ark.
m1. ?
m2. Monie West, 7 Dec. 1927, Okmulgee, Okmulgee Co., Okla.
b. 2 Sept. 1904, Roff, Pontotoc Co., Okla.
(Daughter of Lee West and Lucinda Scrivner)
div. June 1945
m3. Irene Estell, 23 Nov. 1946, Oklahoma City, Okla.
b. 28 Dec. 1905, Oklahoma Co., Okla.
(Daughter of Stephen Erel Estell and Arminda Cooper)
m4. Emma Donceil
6. Clarence Wall
b. 19 Feb. 1903, near Delight, Pike Co., Ark.
m. Esther Ora Moran, 15 Aug. 1927, Holdenville, Hughes Co., Okla.
b. 21 June 1907, Roff, Pontotoc Co., Okla.
(Daughter of Charles William Moran and Fannie Magsby)
7. Leslie Vernon Wall
b. 24 Dec. 1911, Wayne, Pontotoc Co., Okla.
m. Agnes Gertrude Ritter, 1928, Amarillo, Potter Co., Texas
b. 6 July 1908, Atwood, Hughes Co., Okla.
(Daughter of Leander Hawkins Ritter and Junia Tindall)
J. Dennis Houston Parsons
b. 8 Jan. 1872, near Wolf Creek P.O., between Delight and Pike City, Pike Co., Ark.
m1. Mary Elizabeth Kelley, 1892
b. Sept. 1875
d. 23 Jan. 1909
m2. Mary Ann Legate nee Lee, 20 Nov. 1913, Pike Co., Ark.
(Mother of Homer and Joe Legate)
b. 9 Mar. 1878
d. 15 Sept. 1946
d. 11 Aug. 1949
1. William Fletcher Parsons
b. 23 Oct. 1893, Pike Co., Ark.
m. Maggie Dodson, 4 Feb. 1913, Pauls Valley, Garvin Co., Okla.
b. 14 July 1895
d. May 1992
d. 1967
2. Noah Cleveland Parsons
b. 29 May 1895, Pike Co., Ark.
m. Minnie Carr, May 1914
b. 1890
d. 29 Sept. 1936
3. Melley Parsons
b. 15 Apr. 1897
d. 21 Aug. 1899
4. Nannie Dewey Parsons
b. 24 July 1898, Pike Co., Ark.
m1. Albert Carr, 14 June 1914
div. 14 June 1940
m2. Henry Colwell, 27 July 1940
b. 10 Jan. 1892
5. Ernest Elijah Parsons
b. 3 June 1900, Pike Co., Ark.
m. Hattie Clary Ralls, 24 Oct. 1924, Blytheville, Mississippi Co., Ark.
b. 10 July 1908, Sevier Co., Ark.
6. John Daley Parsons
b. 24 July 1902, Pike Co., Ark.
m. Lela Head, 1938 or 1939, Pike Co., Ark
7. Steva Parsons
b. Nov. 1904, Pike Co., Ark.
d. Sept. 1905
8. Landon Gladys Parsons
b. 22 Sept. 1905, Pike Co., Ark.
m. John N. Dewbre, 20 Nov. 1923
b. 1 May 1902
9. Susie Elese Parsons
b. 1 March 1907, Pike Co., Ark.
m. Norvel Lollace Barr, 24 July 1926
b. 1 Oct. 1905
10. Irene Parsons
b. 25 Sept. 1914, Pike Co., Ark.
m. Willie Monroe Jackson, 16 Mar. 1931
b. 16 June 1909
11. Jessie Thomas Parsons
b. 15 April 1917, Pike Co., Ark.
m. Marie Aline Finney
b. 19 Jan. 1920, Graysonia, Clark Co., Ark.
12. Baby girl
b. 21 July 1920 (stillborn)
K. George Monroe Parsons
b. 25 Oct. 1874, near Wolf Creek P.O., Pike Co., Ark.
m. Mary Isabella Kelley, 1899, Pike Co., Ark.
b. 14 Feb. 1882, near Wolf Creek P.O., Pike Co., Ark.
(Daughter of Giles Kelley and Nancy East)
d. 7 Oct. 1941, Abilene, Taylor Co., Texas
1. Ira Vivian Parsons
b. 25 Jan. 1900, Delight, Pike Co., Ark.
m. 23 Dec. 1923, Alicia, Lawrence Co., Ark.
div. 1953
d. 1966
2. Ola Verda Parsons
b. 19 Jan. 1902, Delight, Pike Co., Ark.
m. William Rainey Owen
d. 2 Feb. 1961
3. Ceilan Nolly Parsons
b. 4 May 1904
m1. ? Lambert, Ada, Pontotoc Co., Okla.
m2. ?
d. 1963
4. Givon Monroe Parsons
b. 26 June 1912, Delight, Pike Co., Ark.
m. Nida Belle Berry, 14 May 1939, Abilene, Taylor Co., Texas
b. 15 Feb. 1913, Strawn, Palo Pinto Co., Texas
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