Allen Rader or Randolph Parsons

1836 - 1904  (68 years)

• Name	Allen Rader or Randolph Parsons
  Born	21 Mar 1836	Jackson County, West Virginia, USA   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Died	29 Apr 1904	Jackson County, West Virginia, USA   [1]
  Buried	Jackson County, West Virginia, USA
  Person ID	I3611	WVPioneers
  Last Modified	23 Jul 2016

  
  

  Father	Joshua L Parsons,   b. Abt 1814, Mason, Mason County, West Virginia ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	Joanna Stewart,   b. Abt 1813, Virginia, USA ,   d. 1850/1  (Age ~ 38 years)
  Married	6 Mar 1835	Jackson County, West Virginia, USA   [2]
  Notes	1840 Jackson Co VA 2m 0-5 [Allan, David?] 1m 20-30 2f 0-5 [Ann 1837, ?] 1f 20-30 1850 Jackson co, VA 146-150 Parsons Joshua 36 M Farmer Va Parsons Joanna 37 F Va Parsons Allen 14 M Va Parsons Anne E 13 F Va Parsons David W 11 M Va Parsons Mary E 7 F Va Parsons Geo W 5 M Va Parsons Charles W 3 M Va Parsons Sarah J 1 F Va Clark: According to the 1988 Parsons book, Charles W. was a deaf mute as a result of childhood measles. He died Aug. 17, 1929 (unm.). Joshua, son of John Parsons, married Joanna Stewart, a niece of “Old Billy Stewart”. He was one of the earliest settlers on Seamon Fork, of Reedy. He made the first improvement on the Newhart farm there, about 1847. Later, about 1849, he built near where the old well on the Perry Hall farm at the head of Little Creek stands (John Hall said “Devil Bill” Parsons lived there before Joshua did.) Joshua afterward returned to Grass Lick, and died on Middle Fork of Poca. His children were: Moses. Elizabeth, married Nathan Hill. Allen, married a Rhodes. George W., married Sarah J. Rhodes. Jack (Gen. Jackson), married Delila Burdett. Benson, married a Green. Charles, (was deaf). Sarah Jane. Analiza, married ‘Preacher” Honaker.
  Family ID	F1212	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Magdalene Rhodes,   b. 18 Jul 1843, Kanawha County, West Virginia, USA ,   d. 15 May 1913, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA  (Age 69 years)
  Married	21 Feb 1861	Jackson County, West Virginia, USA   [2]
  Notes	JCBR for son Walter has parents as Allen Rader & Mary (Rhodes) Parsons - where did Randolph come from as Allen's middle name? 1870 Mill Creek Dist ,Jackson Co, WV # 245 Allen R 34 Mary 26 Bartley 7 Benjamin F 5 James C M 3 Harriet J 3 1880 Ripley, Jackson, West Virginia Page 433B Allen R. PARSONS Self M M W 44 WV Mary PARSONS Wife F M W 38 WV Bartley F. PARSONS Son M S W 18 WV Benjamin PARSONS Son M S W 15 WV James PARSONS Son M S W 13 WV Harriet J. PARSONS Dau F S W 11 WV Roxy PARSONS Dau F S W 5 WV Victora PARSONS Dau F S W 2 WV 1900 Washignton Dist, Jackson, WV Alen R 3/1836, m 40y Mary M, 7/1843, 11-9 Walter M, 9/1883 George L, 9/1887 Rhodes, Anie, mil, 10/1818, wd, 12/8 1910 Washington Dist Jackson co WV Stalnaker, Walter E, 34 M1 13y Victoria P 32 M1 13y 6-6 children William F 11 Mary R 10 Elmer R 8 Rosetta B 6 Opal M 4 Emory E 1y 9m Parsons, Mary M mil 66 wd 11-9 children George L bil 22 From Hank Summers: Descendants of Allen and Mary Parsons insist her middle name was Magdalena) It is also on her tombstone as Mary E. (Also descendants of Allen Rader Parsons insist his middle name is Randolph (they may be right but I saw it one time in the obit of his son as Allen Rader Parsons. JoAnn Jones: Civil War Disability pension . They asked him if he was a married man? If so, please state your wife's full name and her maiden name. Answer: Yes, Marry Magdaline Parsons, Rhodes Maiden Name. Eric Wheeler http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~wheeler/family4.html
  Children	1. Bartley Frederick Parsons,   b. 28 Jul 1862, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Benjamin Tapley Parsons,   b. 6 Mar 1865, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA ,   d. 6 Apr 1941, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA  (Age 76 years)   3. James C Milford Parsons,   b. 11 Mar 1867, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA ,   d. 6 Jan 1942, Charleston, Kanawha, West Virginia, USA  (Age 74 years)   4. Harriet Jane Parsons,   b. 12 Feb 1869, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA ,   d. 27 May 1952  (Age 83 years)   5. Ann Parsons,   b. 29 May 1871,   d. 5 Feb 1872  (Age 0 years)   6. Susan Parsons,   b. 9 Mar 1873, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA ,   d. 4 Apr 1873  (Age 0 years)   7. Roxie Mandina Parsons,   b. 30 Aug 1876, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA ,   d. 30 May 1943, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA  (Age 66 years)   8. Victoria Pearl Parsons,   b. 9 May 1878, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA ,   d. 24 Dec 1934, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA  (Age 56 years)   9. Rosetta Blanche Parsons,   b. 28 Oct 1880,   d. 4 Jul 1963, Champaign County, Ohio, USA  (Age 82 years)   10. Walter Monroe Parsons,   b. 8 Sep 1883, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA ,   d. Feb 1959  (Age 75 years)   11. George Lewis Parsons,   b. 11 Sep 1887, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F1224	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S519] Cemeteries JC Vol 1. [S17] Marriage Records, Jackson Co, WV.