> John H PARKER - Elizabeth SNELSON Anyone researching this family? > > 1816 they were a young couple, just married with no children - left > Lincoln County, TN, and traveled to Franklin County, IL. They made the > trip with Frederick FOSTER and his wife, Sally BROADAWAY, their two > small children, Henry FOSTER, and his teen-aged son. > > 1823 they left IL. The FOSTER family returned to Lincoln County, TN > > 1830 John H. Parker and his young bride can be found in the 1830 > Census of Rhea County, Tennessee. He and his wife by then had a boy > and a girl both under five. They were surrounded by family, his > father, William, age 50-60 and mother, age 40-50, and three sisters > still at home, two aged 10-15 and one age 15-20. In neighboring homes > are three brothers of John H. and all the same age range as John H., > Thomas with wife and one daughter, Berry G., with wife, and Johnny > with wife and three children under 5 years old. > > In 1840, John H. is still in Rhea County, Tennessee, but they now have > five children. > > By the1850 Census, the family has relocated to Crooked Creek Township > of Carroll County Arkansas. The 1850 Census is the first United States > Census to name all the members of the family: > John H. Parker 46 M farmer $400 value real estate NC > Elizabeth 42 F TN cannot read or write > Benjamine G 20 M farmer TN > Harriet 17 F TN > Thomas 14 M TN > James W. 12 M TN > Are 7 F AR > Elizabeth 4 F AR > Columbus 5/12M AR > Polly Snelson 49 F TN cannot read or write > > If you have information on this family, please contact me directly, > l.foster10@verizon.net > > Thank you, > > Larry Foster > Solvang, CA >