Gary, I have Emma Eliza Parker b. Aug. 8, 1837 and d. May 8, 1929. She was married to Henry Farris "Hence" Cherry., son of The Rev. William Jared Cherry.. She is buried near her father-in-law and his second wife, Susan Jenkins in Boney or Old Liberty Cemetery near Emelle, Ala. in Sumter Co. Henry Cherry was a Confederate Veteran and died at Beauvoir Confederate Home in Biloxi on Nov. 27, 1905. Do you know of it? I don't know why he was there and his family in Ala. If you can find out anything about him , I would appreciate it. There is also a Joyner connection with the Cherry family, but I haven't discovered it yet. This sounds very interesting. Keep in touch. Betty ----- Original Message ----- From: "G.F. Taylor" <gft@infi.net> To: <ALSUMTER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, September 07, 2001 2:52 PM Subject: [ALSUMTER] Emma Eliza Parker > I don't have an Emma Eliza Parker, but I do have a Liza Parker. > According to what I know of the Parkers, Walch Parker and Priscilla > Farmer resided at Tossnott, North Carolina as late as 1835. They had at > least five children: son John Gray, born at Tossnott in 1835, and > daughters Liza, Kate, Mary Ann, and Sally. I have no dates for the > daughters, but oral tradition has it that both Walch and Priscilla died > about 1851 when son John was 16, leaving him to care for his four > younger sisters, so on the basis of that I assume the girls were born > after 1835 but before 1851. Whether or not the girls were born in North > Carolina, Alabama, or some other state is unknown. > John Gray resided in Gainesville, Alabama by by 30 December 1874, where > his son Ornette Riley Parker was born. (His wife was Martha Ann Joyner > or Joiner.) My own line of descent passes through John Gray Parker, son > Ornette Riley Parker, and granddaughter Essie Mae Parker, who married > into another Geiger-area family, the Ramseys. The family later resided > at Geiger. > Of the sisters, I have no information at all on Liza Parker. Kate > Parker married a man named Bill Gilbert; Mary Ann Parker married a man > named Goodson and was believed to have later resided in the area of > Hattiesburg, MS; Sally Parker married a man name Bob Robbins and may > have moved to Mississippi as well, for we believe she had a daughter, > Eugenia Robbins, who married an Edd Hill and resided in the area of > Laurel, MS. > I would love to see the information on Emma Eliza if you think she > might be my "Liza Parker!" Thank you so much for thinking of me--! > > Gary Taylor > Biloxi, MS > > > ==== ALSUMTER Mailing List ==== > "There are only two lasting bequests we can give our children -- One is roots; the other, wings." > Sumter County, ALGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~alsumter > Listowner Kristy Williams Sumter@US-Gen.com > >

Betty, you will will be surprized to learn that I know Beauvior extremely well. My father worked there when I was a child. You can visit the Beauvior website at http://www.beauvior.org In brief, Beauvior was the last permanent residence of Jefferson Davis. After Davis' death, his wife sold the estate for a token son to the Mississippi Divisions of the Sons of the Confederacy, who still own and maintain the property today. Mrs. Davis made several stipulations in the sale: among them, that the house and grounds be maintained as a shrine to the memory of Davis and that the grounds serve Confederate veterans. As the Confederation veteran population aged, the State of Mississippi and United States Government operated a retirement home and hospice for indigent and/or wounded Confederate veterans, maintaining a full hospital and staff on the property. (It is entirely possible that Henry Cherry was among the many veterans who sought medical treatment there. If he died on the property, he may also be buried there: there is a small cemetery dedicated for the exclusive use of Confederate Veterans on the property.) The hospital and retirement home was closed in the 1940s when the last surviving residents either died or moved into private nursing homes. Today Beauvior has a presidential library and two notable museums as well as the Davis home and extensive grounds. I visit it occasionally, and I'll be more than glad to check with their library to see if they have records for Henry Cherry the next time I go. Your Emma Eliza Parker sounds very much like my Liza Parker in terms of the dates! Betty H. wrote: > > Gary, > > I have Emma Eliza Parker b. Aug. 8, 1837 and d. May 8, 1929. She was > married to Henry Farris "Hence" Cherry., son of > The Rev. William Jared Cherry.. She is buried near her father-in-law and his > second wife, Susan Jenkins in Boney or Old Liberty Cemetery near Emelle, > Ala. in Sumter Co. > > Henry Cherry was a Confederate Veteran and died at Beauvoir Confederate > Home in Biloxi on Nov. 27, 1905. Do you know of it? I don't know why he was > there and his family in Ala. If you can find out anything about him , I > would appreciate it. > > There is also a Joyner connection with the Cherry family, but I haven't > discovered it yet. > > This sounds very interesting. Keep in touch. > > Betty > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "G.F. Taylor" <gft@infi.net> > To: <ALSUMTER-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, September 07, 2001 2:52 PM > Subject: [ALSUMTER] Emma Eliza Parker > > > I don't have an Emma Eliza Parker, but I do have a Liza Parker. > > According to what I know of the Parkers, Walch Parker and Priscilla > > Farmer resided at Tossnott, North Carolina as late as 1835. They had at > > least five children: son John Gray, born at Tossnott in 1835, and > > daughters Liza, Kate, Mary Ann, and Sally. I have no dates for the > > daughters, but oral tradition has it that both Walch and Priscilla died > > about 1851 when son John was 16, leaving him to care for his four > > younger sisters, so on the basis of that I assume the girls were born > > after 1835 but before 1851. Whether or not the girls were born in North > > Carolina, Alabama, or some other state is unknown. > > John Gray resided in Gainesville, Alabama by by 30 December 1874, where > > his son Ornette Riley Parker was born. (His wife was Martha Ann Joyner > > or Joiner.) My own line of descent passes through John Gray Parker, son > > Ornette Riley Parker, and granddaughter Essie Mae Parker, who married > > into another Geiger-area family, the Ramseys. The family later resided > > at Geiger. > > Of the sisters, I have no information at all on Liza Parker. Kate > > Parker married a man named Bill Gilbert; Mary Ann Parker married a man > > named Goodson and was believed to have later resided in the area of > > Hattiesburg, MS; Sally Parker married a man name Bob Robbins and may > > have moved to Mississippi as well, for we believe she had a daughter, > > Eugenia Robbins, who married an Edd Hill and resided in the area of > > Laurel, MS. > > I would love to see the information on Emma Eliza if you think she > > might be my "Liza Parker!" Thank you so much for thinking of me--! > > > > Gary Taylor > > Biloxi, MS > > > > > > ==== ALSUMTER Mailing List ==== > > "There are only two lasting bequests we can give our children -- One is > roots; the other, wings." > > Sumter County, ALGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~alsumter > > Listowner Kristy Williams Sumter@US-Gen.com > > > > > > ==== ALSUMTER Mailing List ==== > "When an old person dies ... it's like a library burning to the ground." > Sumter County, ALGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~alsumter > Listowner Kristy Williams Sumter@US-Gen.com