Bio of Meredith Parsons - Clay Co., AL
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Bio of Meredith Parsons - Clay Co., AL
Meredith Parsons was born December 1826 in North Carolina, and died
February 04,1904 in Clay Co., Al.. He married Sarah "Sally" Lakey 1844,
daughter of Mark Lakey and Charlotte Williamson of Wilkes/Surry Co, NC.
Notes for Meredith Parsons:
1850 Talledega Co. AL census
p. 231 #1556 Parsons, Meredith 24 NC Laborer
Sarah 24 NC
Susanna 3 NC
Benjamin 2 NC
Lakey, James 12 NC
1860 Talladega Co., AL census
p 112 Bluff Springs
PARSONS, Merideth 35 NC
Sallie 34 NC
Susan 14 NC
Benjamin 12 NC
William 10 AL
John 8 AL
Eliz. 5 AL
Hutunis 2 AL
Co. D. 1st Alabama CSA (see note under Columbus Henderson Parsons, his
nephew, who served in the same unit.) Meredith enlisted Feb 13, 1862, at
age 35, in Talledega. Widow, Sarah filed a pension application 1905
Talledega. Records show Merredith enlisted at Port Hudson, LA & Discharged
May 19, 1865 and was captured July 9 1863 at Port Hudson; on Jan 27, 1863
hospitalized with Lumbago at St Mary's Hospital; West Pt, MISS; again in
April 1, 1864 hospitaized ; Ft. Gaines, AL May 17, 1864; hospital Shelby
Springs, AL May 19, 1865 paroled-Talledega
1870 Clay Co, AL census
PARSONS, Marietta 44 m Farmer NC $200/$375
Sarah 44 f NC
M.S. 23 f NC
B.F. 21 m NC
W. D. 19 m AL
J. N. 17 m AL
C. E. 14 f AL
H. T. 11 m AL
L. E. 10 m AL
Nancy 7 f AL
J. T. 4 m AL
Leonidus 1/12 m AL
1900 Clay Co., AL census Vol 57, ED 87; Sheet 21, Line 22
PARSONS, Merideth Feb 1826 age 74 b NC father NC Mother VA
married 56 years, 10 children, 8 living
Sarah Dec 1825 74 b NC father NC mother NC
Nancy July 1863 36 AL
James D. 1891 9 AL
His marker in Pole Bridge Cemetery, Clay Co., AL reads:
To My Husband
M. Parsons
born Feb 4, 1826
died Nov 28, 1904
"Trusting in Jesus he crossed over the river."
Notes for Sarah "Sally" Lakey:
Old marker in Pole Bridge Cemetery, Clay Co., AL reads:
Our Mother
Sarah
d. Aug. 26, 1907
"A tender mother and a faithful friend."
This marker broke, and new marker reads:
Sarah Lakey Parsons
Dec. 1826
Aug 26, 1904 (the 04 should be 07)
Children of Meredith Parsons and Sarah Lakey are:
2 i. M. Susanna2 Parsons, born 1847 in North? Carolina.
+ 3 ii. Benjamin Franklin Parsons, born January 1848 in North
Carolina; died May 29, 1904 in Muscogee Co., GA.
4 iii. William D. Parsons, born March 1853 in North? Carolina.
He married Katherine Dison December 25, 1892 in Clay Co., AL.
+ 5 iv. John Newton Parsons, born July 23, 1853 in Ashland, Clay,
AL; died March 03, 1933 in Clay Co., AL.
6 v. C. Elizabeth Parsons, born 1855.
+ 7 vi. Hugh Tunis Parsons, born January 04, 1858; died August 17,
1917 in Pine Level, Autauga, AL.
+ 8 vii. Lewis E. "Lude" Parsons, born July 1860 in Ashland, Clay, AL.
9 viii. Nancy Parsons, born July 1863 in Ashland, Clay, AL.
10 ix. James T. Parsons, born 1866 in Ashland, Clay, AL.
11 x. Leonidus "Lee" Parsons, born April 1870 in Ashland, Clay, AL.
He married Missie.
Generation No. 2
3. Benjamin Franklin Parsons was born January 1848 in North Carolina,
and died May 29, 1904 in Muscogee Co., GA (Source: Benjamin Franklin Parsons
info from: Sue Gilbert 300 Lee Road 252 Salem, AL 36874). He married
Catherine Chloe Ledbetter November 06, 1870 in Talledega Co., AL.
Children of Benjamin Parsons and Catherine Ledbetter are:
12 i. William James Parsons, born August 28, 1871; died December
04, 1896. He married Minnie Layfield July 23, 1895 in Lee Co., AL.
13 ii. Sarah Jane Elnora Parsons, born November 20, 1873 in
Talledega Co., AL; died April 15, 1946 in Russell Co., AL. She married John
Francis Christian Newsom April 03, 1890.
14 iii. Mary W. Parsons, born November 16, 1875.
15 iv. Nehida Parsons, born October 1876; died September 09, 1957.
She married (1) Alfred Lawson Hudson. She married (2) John Anderson. She
married (3) John Mitchell.
16 v. Piety V. "Nettie" Parsons, born September 03, 1878.
17 vi. Meredith Joseph Parsons, born January 1880. He married (1)
Charlie Belle Hatcher. He married (2) Eliza Watson. He met (3) Erma
Frances Gullate Kitchens.
18 vii. James Thomas Parsons, born October 1883; died June 22, 1972
in Phenix City, AL. He married Warnie Hortense Patrick September 17, 1905
in Russell Co., AL.
19 viii. Frederick Parsons, born December 1885.
20 ix. Warren Houston Parsons, born February 1887; died 1933 in bur
Girard Cem, Phenix City, AL. He married (1) Gussie Bef. 1918. He married
(2) Lucille Mize Abt. 1919. He married (3) Vassie Leola Foss November 03,
1926 in Seale, AL.
Notes for Warren Houston Parsons:
A musician, played five instruments
21 x. Walter Parsons, born August 1891; died January 04, 1964. He
married Mary Bessie Jones April 12, 1920.
5. John Newton Parsons was born July 23, 1853 in Ashland, Clay, AL,
and died March 03, 1933 in Clay Co., AL. He married Rosa Emogene Williamson
March 03, 1874.
Children of John Parsons and Rosa Williamson are:
22 i. Sara Elizabeth Jefferson Parsons, born November 17, 1876 in
Clay Co., AL; died September 14, 1951 in Decatur, Michigan. She married
James David Smith January 20, 1895 in Clay Co., AL.
23 ii. John W. Parsons, born 1880 in Alabama.
24 iii. Benjamin Parsons, born 1882 in Alabama.
25 iv. Newton D. Parsons, born 1885 in Alabama.
26 v. Cardia Maggie Nora Parsons, born 1888 in Alabama.
7. Hugh Tunis Parsons was born January 04, 1858, and died August 17,
1917 in Pine Level, Autauga, AL. He married Mary Jane Gravette February 16,
1879 in Clay Co., Alabama, daughter of Sanford Gravette and Emily Mitchell.
Notes for Hugh Tunis Parsons:
1800 Clay Co., AL census Ashland, Beat 6 (Vol 6,ED36,Sh36,Ln42)
Parsons, Toon white male 22 AL
Mary wife 20 AL
Exa A. daughter 5/12 AL
1882 - briefly lived in Iuka, Tishamingo Co. MS where daughter Sarah Ella
was born April 19,1882. (one of Mary Jane's Gravette uncle lived there)
Notes for Mary Jane Gravette:
Obit:
11-28-44 Montgomery Advertiser
PARSONS, Mary J.--Funeral for Mrs. Parsons, 86, who died Sunday at her home,
406 Boylston,was hold at Pine Level Church near Deatsville this afternoon.
The Rev. J. R. Wilkerson officiated. Interment was in the churchyard
cemetery, White Chapel in charge. Pallbearers were Carlie L. Tatum, Winfred
Monfee, James Cook, William Cook, Elmore Prickett, Joe Prickett,Howard
Mosley and Leo Latiker.
Children of Hugh Parsons and Mary Gravette are:
27 i. Exa Arabella Parsons, born December 17, 1879 in Clay County,
Clay, Alabama; died May 23, 1945 in Verbena, Chilton, Alabama. She married
Theophilus Azariah Prickett December 26, 1897 in Autauga Co., Al..
Notes for Theophilus Azariah Prickett:
book in Archives GA 929.2 by Harry C. Walker, Jr., Dorville, Georgia.
28 ii. Sarah Ella Parsons, born April 19, 1882 in Iuka, Tishamingo,
Miss; died February 01, 1985 in Montgomery, Montgomery, AL. She married
James Louis Tatum December 24, 1905 in Montgomery, Montgomery, AL.
Notes for Sarah Ella Parsons:
Obit:
Montgomery Advertiser, Feb 3, 1985
TATUM, Mrs. Sarah Ella, 102, a resident of 37 Houser Street, Montgomery, AL
and a resident of Montgomery for 50 years, died Friday, February 1, 1985,
in a local hospital following a brief illness. Funeral services will be
held from White Chapel Funeral Home Sunday, February 3, 1985, at 2 p. with
Rev. Lenney Bolton and Capt. George Price officiating. Burial will follow
in Pine Level Cemetery in Autauga County, White Chapel Funeral Home
directing. Survivors include four daughters, Mary F. Monfee, and Hollie R.
Thackston, Montgomery, AL Cora Lee Connell, Tarrant City, AL Zelma Martin,
Smyrna, GA; two sons, Carlie N. Tatum, Montgomery, AL James L. Tatum, Cape
Coral, FL; one daughter-in-law, Frances Tatum, Montgomery, AL; one sister-
in-law, Minnie Parsons, Prattville, AL; 22 grandchildren, 42 great
grandchildren, 21 great great grandchildren. Active pallbearers will be
John Martin, Greg Tatum, Kenneth Tatum, John Monfee, Douglas Connell, Randy
Tatum, Arthur Martin, Billy Martin.
Notes for James Louis Tatum:
1-20-48 Alabama Journal (Montgomery)
EXTREME COLD RESULTS IN DEATH OF AGED MAN
J. Lewis Tatum, 70 was found "practically frozen to death" Sunday morning
just off U.S. Highway 31 about five miles north of Prattville, Autauga,
County, Sheriff Allen Stewart said today.
He died about an hour after he was taken to the Prattville Hospital,
according to Stewart's report.
Stewart said that M. R. Evans, Advertiser-Journal motor carrier, discovered
the body lying by the roadside as he was delivering papers. Tatum lived near
the Pine Level community of Autauga County, according to the sheriff.
29 iii. Ethel Chloe Parsons, born May 25, 1885 in AL; died August 04,
1915 in Autauga Co., AL. She married Lee A. Tatum 1905.
Notes for Ethel Chloe Parsons:
1915 article from Prattville Progress:
"DEPLORABLE TRAGEDY ENACTED IN NORTH AUTAUGA:
...On last Thursday morning news was received here of the most deplorable
tragedy that has ever occurred in Autauga County...death of Mrs. Ethel
Tatum, Cleveland Tatum, Odis Tatum, Huey Tatum, and Ocie LeeTatum.. came to
their deaths by drowning ..in a well...On last Friday morning five coffins
containing the remains of Mrs. Tatum and her four little boys, were borne to
their graves in Liberty Church cemetery. The entire neighborhood was in
attendance, and the sorrowing husband and father has the sympathy of the
entire community. Five funerals all in one, is a record never equaled in
Autauga County."
30 iv. Grover Cleveland Parsons, born January 28, 1888 in
Alabama; died December 19, 1963 in Montgomery, Montgomery, AL. He married
Minnie Smith February 16, 1913.
31 v. Henry Grady Parsons, born October 18, 1890 in Alabama; died
January 26, 1970 in Washington, D.C.. He never married, was a World War I
vet and resided in Old Soldiers Home until his death.
32 vi. Mary Lonnie Parsons, born April 1893 in Alabama; died
September 1984 in Mobile, AL. She married Chester Moseley.
33 vii. Jessie E. Parsons, born April 03, 1895 in Alabama; died June
27, 1962 in Milton, Florida. She married (1) Benjamin Cook. She married
(2) John WOOD.
34 viii. Jimmie P. Parsons, born April 1897 in Alabama; died
March 1936. She married Charlie Watson.
8. Lewis E. "Lude" Parsons was born July 1860 in Ashland, Clay, AL.
He married Victoria Viola Massey November 26, 1889 in Clay Co., AL, daughter
of Massey and Sarah Gravette.
Notes for Lewis E. "Lude" Parsons:
Ella Parsons Tatum's first cousin (V.V.Massey) through Sarah Gravette
Children of Lewis Parsons and Victoria Massey are:
35 i. Edward Parsons, born September 1890.
36 ii. Mamie V. Parsons, born June 1892.
37 iii. James E. Parsons, born April 1894.
38 iv. Candis E. Parsons, born April 1896.
39 v. Lottie C. Parsons, born March 1898.
40 vi. Ester Parsons, born May 1899.