Male Plumley.Male married Female Powell.
Female Powell.Female married Male Plumley.
They had the following children:
F i Female Plumley.
George Riley Parker [Parents] was born in 1857 in IL. He married Elmina J Vermillion on 4 Mar 1880 in Coles Co, IL by Wm Hunt.
George was probably Jacob's son from a prior marriage as Malinda would have been only 16 when he was born and one census said she had only 7 children, 5 of which would have been Gipsons.
Residences & events:
1870 Jasper Co, IL. At age 13, he was listed in the census as a farm worker on his stepfather's farm.
1880 Coles Co, IL, where he was married.
7/24/1888 Farlow, Moultrie Co, IL. George became the 3rd postmaster of that office and serrved 1 1/2 year. The name of the station was eventually be changed to Allenville, IL.
1891 E Nelson Twp. He was elected township supervisor.
1896 Dora Twp, Moultrie Co, IL. Under the Democratic ticket he was elected as Pound Master (duties of such are unknown).
Elmina J Vermillion.Elmina married George Riley Parker on 4 Mar 1880 in Coles Co, IL by Wm Hunt.
John William "JW" Parker [Parents] was born on 31 Oct 1861 in IL. He died on 2 Jun 1917 in Purcell, McClain Co, OK. He married Mary E Rose about 1886.
Other marriages:Bath, Catharine "Katie"
Residences & events:
Purcell, OK. He apparently went west with or followed the Davee uncles and cousins.
Mary E Rose was born in 1868. She died about 1887. She married John William "JW" Parker about 1886.
They had the following children:
M i Joe Parker was born on 18 Jul 1886 in Greenup, Cumberland Co, IL.
John William "JW" Parker [Parents] was born on 31 Oct 1861 in IL. He died on 2 Jun 1917 in Purcell, McClain Co, OK. He married Catharine "Katie" Bath in 1887 in Kyana, Dubois Co, IN at St Anthony's Church.
Other marriages:Rose, Mary E
Residences & events:
Purcell, OK. He apparently went west with or followed the Davee uncles and cousins.
Catharine "Katie" Bath.Catharine married John William "JW" Parker in 1887 in Kyana, Dubois Co, IN at St Anthony's Church.
They had the following children:
F i Bessie Parker. M ii Fred Parker. M iii George C Parker was born on 8 Nov 1887. He died on 10 Apr 1990. F iv Mary Parker. M v William B Parker.
In Robert Van Gundy's journal was the following :
PFC William B Parker 38191121
3914 SU Ft Bliss, Texas
Prisoner Warr CampF vi Lena Parker.
Jacob Benjamin Parker [Parents] was born in 1859 in IL. He died on 23 Oct 1918 in Greenup, Cumberland Co, IL. He married Sarah Wilson.
Ben was named for both grandfather's and his father.
1896 Dora Twp, Moultrie Co, IL. Under the Democratic ticket he was elected Pound Master (duties unknown) along with John Hughes.
1910 E Nelson Twp, Moultrie Co, IL. At census time he was head of the household but had no family other than his mother and niece, Jennie Mack, living with him. Neighbors were Galbreaths and Clark families.
Birth records of his son in 1886 have Jacob's age as 33, making his birth year 1853.
He was in the 1910 census.
Sarah Wilson was born in 1861 in IN. She married Jacob Benjamin Parker.
They had the following children:
M i Male Parker was born on 20 Jul 1886 in Greenup, Cumberland Co, IL.
Thomas H Mack was born in 1861 in NY. He married Jennie A(manda) GIPSON on 9 Mar 1886 in Coles Co, IL, by E M Johnson.
Both of his parents were born in Ireland.
Residences & events:
1880 Dalton City, Moultrie Co, IL. He was a boarder at the TE Mayes residence and worked as a telgraph operator.
Jennie A(manda) GIPSON [Parents] was born about 1870 in Hidalgo, Jasper Co, IL. She died after 1910. She married Thomas H Mack on 9 Mar 1886 in Coles Co, IL, by E M Johnson.
She was living with her mother & step-brother, Jacob Parker, in 1910.
They had the following children:
Burk Williams.Burk married Margaret "Maggie" GIPSON on 20 Dec 1886 in Clark Co, IL.
Margaret "Maggie" GIPSON [Parents] was born on 26 Apr 1869. She died on 17 Feb 1891 in Moultrie Co, IL. She married Burk Williams on 20 Dec 1886 in Clark Co, IL.
Other marriages:Cox, Albert Ross
It cost $33 to bury her, her size being 5' 9".
Albert Ross Cox was born in 1869 in IL. He married Margaret "Maggie" GIPSON on 5 Nov 1888 in Farlow, Moultrie Co, IL.
Albert may have been a relative of Olive Hampton Brown, step-granddaughter of Franklin Marion Gipson and daughter of Harry Kilborne, who had a son by the same name.
Ross and his father bore the same name, one or the other was a witness at the wedding of Maggie's sister, Kate.
Margaret "Maggie" GIPSON [Parents] was born on 26 Apr 1869. She died on 17 Feb 1891 in Moultrie Co, IL. She married Albert Ross Cox on 5 Nov 1888 in Farlow, Moultrie Co, IL.
Other marriages:Williams, Burk
It cost $33 to bury her, her size being 5' 9".
They had the following children:
F i Opal Cox.
Edward Baker was born about 1870. He married May L "Mollie" GIPSON on 3 Jul 1895 in Coles Co, IL.
May L "Mollie" GIPSON [Parents] was born about 1872. She died before 1910 in Chicago, Cook Co, IL. She married Edward Baker on 3 Jul 1895 in Coles Co, IL.
Her mother only had 4 living children in 1910, all accounted for. Mollie was killed in a buggy accident along with her unborn child.
John E Blakemore was born on 26 Jul 1959 in Mattoon, Coles Co, IL. He died on 2 Apr 1999 in Mattoon, Coles Co, IL. He married Tamera Ann MCDUFFIE in 1994.
He died of kidney failure as a result of diabetes while waiting for a kidney transplant.
Tamera Ann MCDUFFIE [Parents] was born on 21 Feb 1958 in Mattoon, Coles Co, IL, at 2509 Bway. She married John E Blakemore in 1994.
Other marriages:HALL, Richard Duane Jr