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Lena Stone Criswell

THE MARLIN DEMOCRAT
Eighteenth Year - Number 10
Marlin, Texas,Thursday, May 2, 1907

Death of Aged Lady.
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       Groesbeck, Texas, April 24.--Mrs. Nancy I. Parker, widow of Peyton Parker, and for a number of years a resident of this county, died at the home of her daughter in Dublin, Friday, April 19, and was buried in Faulkenberry here Sunday.  Mrs. Parker was born in Tennessee January 30, 1827, and was therefore past the four-score mark.  At the age of seven years she moved with her parents to Arkansas, and there they died.  Then in company with her two brothers she moved to Anderson county, Texas, where she married Peyton Parker, and in 1847, they moved to Limestone county, where the family continued to reside until 1883, when they moved to Reeves county, and there Mr. Parker died in 1887.  They were among the first settlers of this county, and it might be said, of the state.  Mr. Parker in company with J. H. Reagan, fought the Indians and drove them back from the white settlements.  He was the first sheriff of Anderson and Limestone counties after they were organized, and was a brave and fearless officer.  Mrs. Parker is survived by five children, namely, Mrs. Dora Wiley, Dublin; Mrs. S. P. Elkins, Pecos; Mrs. A. B. Smith, Marlin; S. H. Parker, Grand Falls and L. M. Parker who resides in Mexico, besides numerous grandchildren and other relatives.

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