Who's Elizabeth's father ? ----- Original Message ----- From: <Limequilla@aol.com> To: <inmontgo@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, January 04, 2009 2:46 PM Subject: [InMontgo] Obit: James M. Parsons 1917 > James M. Parsons > Crawfordsville Daily Journal; 14 Sept 1917; 2:02 > > James M. Parsons was born in Lee county Virginia Feb 26, 1834, At the > age > of eleven years he moved with his parents to Indiana where he had > continued > to reside until his death which came Sept 12 1917, having reached the > advanced > age of 83 years, 6 months, and 16 days. His illness lasted but a little > over > a week but death had marked him for the quiet tomb and all that medical > skill, kind hands, and loving hearts could do was in vain. We do not have > the > date of his first marriage but by this union there was one son still > living, > Elbert Parsons, of Sharon Springs, Kan. In 1866 he was married to > Elizabeth > Wirt* Humphrey of Alamo who survives him at the age of 80. No children > were born > to this marriage but he became stepfather to the two daughters of Mrs. > Humphrey, the younger being but four and has known no other father. These > daughters > are Mrs Sylvia Rush of New Market, and Mrs. Nellie Byerly of > Indianapolis. > There are also two step-granddaughters, Mrs. Grace Pruitt of Medora, > Ind., and > Mrs. Jesse Cooper, of Indianapolis, at whose home last November 17 > Brother > and Sister Parsons celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary. > At the beginning of the Civil War Mr Parsons tendered his services > to Uncle Same and enlisted in the 10th Indiana Volunteers as a private in > Company H He served as long as his health permitted but took the typhoid > fever > and was honorably discharged form the service before the war closed. > Almost > half a century ago, he united with the Church of Christ at Alamo during > the > preaching of Elder Strouse, one of the pioneer Christian preachers of > Indiana. > For over fifty years he has been preparing to meet God and we feel sure > that > this meeting will not be a disappointment to either servant or Master. In > business life he was honest, in the home life, kind and faithful, and on > the > street, he met everyone with a glad welcome. He will be greatly missed > not only > by his immediate family, but by the many friends he had made since > sojourning > with us the last four years. Short services were conducted at the home > Friday > at 1 o'clock by P. J. Lough and interment were made at Crawfordsville. > *This should probably be cross referenced with Wert. I can't say how she > spelled her name, but since she was David and Rebecca (Balser) Wert's > daughter, > she is part of the Elnathan Wert tree that settled in Fountain and > Montgomery > Counties in the 1830s. > > **************New year...new news. Be the first to know what is making > headlines. (http://www.aol.com/?ncid=emlcntaolcom00000026) > > http://ingenweb.org/inmontgomery/ > > List Manager - inmontgo-admin@rootsweb.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > INMONTGO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message