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, Sansome E. (1838-1903) ------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 476-477 S. E. Parsons, son of J. W. Parsons, was born 1838 in the Horse Shoe where he now resides, near the site of the old stockade fort of Indian times. He is a descendent of the Parsonses who first came to the Horse Shoe. Capt. James Parsons, the ancestor of one branch of the family, was married several times. The last marriage was when he was near 80 years of age. Dr. Solomon Parsons was a son of James Parsons by this last marriage. Dr. Solomon was the grandfather of S. E. Parsons, S. E. Parsons was married 1864 to Adaline Parsons. His children are: Etta Irene, Edgar J., and James M. He is a farmer and stockman. His Horse Shoe farm is the oldest and one of the very finest in the county. Part of it has been under cultivation over one hundred years. It contains 174 acres, of which 150 acres is highly improved, His residence stands on an elevation overlooking the river bottoms on three sides, and on the fourth side, half mile away, rises the high ridge, called Sims' Mountain. The spot is one of great beauty. The Horse Shoe is seen in all its greeness in the summer time, and fine farms extend on every side. Besides his Horse Shoe farm, he has nearly 4000 acres of land, some wild and some improved, in different parts of the county. He has always been a man of influence in the county, having been justice 7 years, commissioner of schools several years, president of the county court four years, and held other offices of trust and profit. In the war he was a supporter of the Union cause. The men who came with McChesney, took him prisoner as they returned, after McChesney had been killed. They took him to Rich Mountain, and when Garnett retreated, he carried Parsons along, having tied him and William Hebb together. The night that the army passed up Hog Back, Parsons untied himself and leaped over a bank to escape. Several shots were discharged at him, but he escaped. He belonged to no military organization during the war. He lives three miles from St. George. ------------------------------------------------------------------- There are 2 separate register of death reports Register of Deaths, Tucker County, WV (Page 33, No. 15) (Pages 131-132, Line No. 29) FULL-NAME: Sansome E. Parsons S. E. Parsons DEATH-DATE: June 5, 1903 June 3, 1903 DEATH-PLACE: Parsons Parsons CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Nephritis Hepatitis Yellow Janders AGE-AT-DEATH: 64y-7m-6d 64y-7m-5d PARENTS: - - - J. W. & C. A. Parsons BIRTH-PLACE: Tucker Co. - - - BIRTH-DATE: - - - 10/30/1838 OCCUPATION: Farmer Farmer MARITAL-STATUS: Married Married INFORMANT: Geo. S. West, M.D. A. E. Parsons, wife PLACE-OF-BURIAL: Hollow Meadows - - - ------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------