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, Solomon J. (1848-1926) ------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. Page 474 Solomon J. Parsons was born in 1848, in the Horse Shoe, is a son of James W. Parsons, of English descent. In 1869 he married Emma Parsons, daughter of Squire Job Parsons. Children: Prentis M., Hattie, Arthur Wilbur and Marvin; is a farmer, living one-half mile east of St. George, and has 100 acres of land well improved, and 300 not so well cultivated. He was one of the best hunters in the county, while he followed the sport. He, C. L. and S. E. Parsons, killed 31 deer in the fall of 1870. He met with an accident while hunting, and which came near ending fatally. He, with C. L. Parsons, was hunting on the bluff near Sims' Bottom, and he accidently fell over a cliff; fell 85 feet at two falls, on sharp rocks, and then rolled 200 feet further into the river. He was unconscious from the first and has no recollection of the occurrence. ------------------------------------------------------------------- From Death Certificate, Tucker County, WV #17926 FULL-NAME: Solomon J. Parsons BIRTH-DATE: October 18, 1848 BIRTH-PLACE: Tucker Co. DEATH-DATE: December 10, 1926 (at age 78y-1m-22d) DEATH-PLACE: St. George, Tucker County, WV MARITAL-STATUS: Married OCCUPATION: Farmer FATHER: James W. Parsons (born in West Va.) MOTHER: Katherine Neveal (born in West Va.) CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Paralysis INFORMANT: Worley Parsons BURIAL: St. George Cemetery (wife of S. J. Parsons) From Death Certificate, Tucker County, WV #4364 FULL-NAME: Mrs. Emma Parsons BIRTH-DATE: July 16, 1850 BIRTH-PLACE: near Parsons, Virginia DEATH-DATE: March 23, 1938 (at age 87y-8m-22d) DEATH-PLACE: St. George, Tucker County, WV MARITAL-STATUS: Widow (S. J. Parsons) OCCUPATION: Retired FATHER: Job Parsons (born in Virginia) MOTHER: Sarah Larsh (born in Virginia) CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Cardiac decompensation / Broncho pneumonia INFORMANT: Miss M. Hahan BURIAL: St. George Cemetery Tombstones in Saint George Cemetery, Saint George, Tucker County, WV S. J. Parsons Emma Parsons 1848-1928 1850-1938 ------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------