You've got family. 1880 census abstract free at familysearch.org & there is more there, Sam's parents Jesse Davenport & Eleanor Sluyter. I took this from film at ancestry.com. I am not related. 1880 Elba, Lapeer, Michigan; Roll: T9_589; Page: 220B Enumeration District: 166; Image: 0448 DAVENPORT Samuel 64 farmer NY NY NY Jane 55 NY NY NY Charles 16 MI NY NY PARKER Peter 24 soninlaw farmer MI NY MI Mary J 19 dau MI NY NY ALLISON Hattie 78 motherinlaw NY CT NY I wouldn't know which mother Peter Octavus Parker belongs with: 1850 Elba, Lapeer, Michigan; Roll: M432_354; Page: 382; Image: 124 PARKER Chancy 33 farmer NY Clarissa 25 AlC (Alberta Canada?) Ellen 7, Hiram 5, Cyntha 3, MI 1860 Elba, Lapeer, Michigan; Roll: M653_549; Page: 0; Image: 355 Hadley PO PARKER Chancy 40 farmer NY Martha 24 Norway Hiram 15, Cynthia 12, Emma 7, Octavus 4, MI > Date: Wed, 27 Dec 2006 21:06:18 -0500 > From: "A L Ashley" <lashley717@sbcglobal.net> > Subject: [PARKER] Peter Parker > > Looking for information on Peter Parker (1825-1880) married to Mary Jane > (1823-1916). I do not have Mary Jane's maiden name or place of birth. I do > not have the birth place for Peter Parker but both Parkers died in Calhoun > County MI, in or near Battle Creek. I have one daughter for them: > Emma Jane Parker (no birth or death information other than family saying she > lived and died in Battle Creek MI) married to Charles Knox. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com