U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Parsons, Joseph (1842-1918) ------------------------------------------------------------------- History of Tucker County, West Virginia From the Earliest Explorations and Settlements to the Present Time. by Hu Maxwell Kingwood, W. Va.; Preston Publishing Company, 1884. Pages 474-475 Joseph Parsons, son of William R. Parsons, and owner of the old Horse Shoe Farm, was born in 1842 and married in 1872 to Margaret J., daughter of Adam H. Long. Children: William R., Florence M., Minnie and Bascom. Mr. Parsons is one of the most extensive farmers in the county. He has 500 acres under improvement, and nearly that much unimproved; lives in the Horse Shoe, three miles from St. George. He attended the West Virginia University 8 months, was county superintendent one term and county surveyor two terms. During the war he was taken prisoner by Kelly and carried to Wheeling, but was soon liberated. He was a school teacher in his younger days. ------------------------------------------------------------------- From Death Certificate, Tucker County, WV #10419 FULL-NAME: Joseph Parsons DEATH-DATE: February 15, 1918 AGE-AT-DEATH: 75y-6m-15d DEATH-PLACE: Horse Shoe, Black Fork District, Tucker County, WV MARITAL-STATUS: married OCCUPATION: Farmer (wife of Joseph Parsons) From Death Certificate, Tucker County, WV #7407 FULL-NAME: Margaret J. Parsons BIRTH-DATE: May 1, 1845 BIRTH-PLACE: Tucker Co. DEATH-DATE: March 31, 1940 (at age 94y-11m) DEATH-PLACE: near Parsons, St. George District, Tucker County, WV MARITAL-STATUS: Widowed OCCUPATION: Retired FATHER: Adam H. Long (born in Tucker Co.) MOTHER: Nancy Hart (born in Tucker Co.) CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Cerebral Hemorrhage INFORMANT: Bascom Parsons (of Parsons, W.Va.) BURIAL: Bethel Cemetery Large arched double-tombstone in Bethel Cemetery, Holly Meadows, Tucker County, WV Margaret J. Joseph Parsons Parsons May 1, 1845 Oct. 6, 1842 Feb. 12, 1918 ------------------------------------------------------------------- If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access other biographies for Tucker County, WV by going to the following URL: http://www.us-data.org/wv/tucker/bios.html -------------------------------------------------------------------