John Fink Parsons

1797 - 1873  (76 years)

• Name	John Fink Parsons
  Born	20 Aug 1794 OR 1797	Warth's Bottom, Jackson, West Virginia, USA   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Died	10 Sep 1873	Jackson County, West Virginia, USA   [1, 2]
  Notes	Reportedly the first white child born in the present boundaries of Jackson county, WV JCDR shows death, 9/10/1873, age 79y 2m 20d which would mean he was born 6/20/1794. John House: John Fink Parsons, second son of William L. Parsons, is supposed to have been the first white child born in the vicinity. He was born in a sycamore tree, which was serving as the back room of his father’s house, in 1797. (Judge Asbury Parsons gave the date as 1794, if this were the correct date, he would easily be the first white child in Jackson County.) The place of his birth was near the present site of the residence of the late Hiram Douglass. He married Ruhanna Lyons, and lived at the mouth of Sycamore, on the left about a half mile below Centennial Church. He is buried on a hill near Sycamore. I always planned to visit his grave, but did not do so.
  Person ID	I3945	WVPioneers
  Last Modified	4 Sep 2005

  
  

  Father	William [Lowther?] Parsons,   b. 24 Jul 1769, Queen Anne Parish, Prince George Co., MD ,   d. 10 Oct 1839, Frozen Camp, Jackson Co., WV  (Age 70 years)
  Mother	Susan Fink,   b. Est 1770,   d. 1808, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA  (Age ~ 38 years)
  Married	Between 1786 and 1790	Maryland or Virginia
  Notes	"Jackson County in the Wars" War of 1812 In the summer of 1813, a body of Mason County troops under Capt. William Lowther Parsons, who then lived on Scyamore Creek near present Ripley, crossed the Alleghenies and served for a time at Norfolk, VA, They were mustered out in 1814. Known men from present Jackson County who served with Capt. Parsons' Company in the 6th VA Regiment were:. . . Cornelius Staats, who was either killed in action or died of other causes at this time Sidney Casto William Lowther "Captain Billy" Parsons, son of Charles Sr and Elizabeth (Chestnut) Parsons, was born in Quen Anne's County, Maryland, and died at Frozen Camp, Jackson County, (July 24, 1765-Oct 10, 1839). He married (1) Susan, daughter of Henry Fink, 1786, and they had 8 children, 7 of whom lived to maturity and an infant who died with his mother on Sycamore Creek, near Ripley in 1807, and was interred with her in the present old Ripley graveyard. "Captain Billy" married (2) Elizabeth Nancy Walker, and by this marriage there were 9 children, making a total of 17 in all. He is interred in the Frozen Camp Cemetery.
  Family ID	F895	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Ruhama Lyons,   b. Abt 1804, Ritchie County, West Virginia, USA ,   d. 2 Aug 1877, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA  (Age ~ 73 years)
  Married	19 Jun 1823	Mason, Mason County, West Virginia   [1, 3, 4]
  Notes	Mason CMR: John Parsons R Sayre 24 June 1823 Clark Blake: Ruhama Lyons (some say Sayre was her last name but this is not true according to Ralph Sayre). [maybe she'd married a Sayre? bb] 1830 Mason Co John Fink Parsons 2 m 1-4 2 m 30-39 3 f 5-9 1 f 20-29 1840 JC 1m 0-5 Dock 1m 5-10 Travis or Marcus - are they the same??? 1m 10-15 Alfred 1m 15-20 1m 40-50 2f 0-5 1f 5-10 1f 10-15 Virginia 2f 15-20 Hannah 1f 40-50 1850 JC pg 74-75, #519-524 Parsons Jno F 56 M Farmer Va Parsons Ruhama 46 F Va Parsons Myriam 23 F Va Parsons Alfred 21 M Farmer Va Parsons Maris [Marcus] 16 M Farmer Va Parsons Armstrong 11 M Va 1860 JC # 465-433 John Fink, 66 Ruama, 56 Miriam, 33 Marcus, 26 Armstrong, 21 1870 JC Mill Creek # 424 John Fink 75 Ruhama 65 Marcus 36 Nancy A 19 William A 7/12
  Children	1. Son Parsons,   b. Between 1820 and 1825,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Daughter Parsons,   b. Between 1820 and 1825,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Hannah 'Patty' Parsons,   b. 4 Jul 1825, Mason, Mason County, West Virginia ,   d. 20 Sep 1895  (Age 70 years)   4. Virginia Miriam Parsons,   b. Abt 1827, Mason, Mason County, West Virginia ,   d. Yes, date unknown   5. Alfred Parsons,   b. 29 May 1829, Mason, Mason County, West Virginia ,   d. 31 May 1900  (Age 71 years)   6. Daughter Parsons,   b. Between 1830 and 1835,   d. Yes, date unknown   7. Marcus Parsons,   b. Abt 1834, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA ,   d. 25 Feb 1880  (Age ~ 46 years)   8. Travis Parsons,   b. Abt 1834, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown   9. Daughter Parsons,   b. Between 1835 and 1840,   d. Yes, date unknown   10. Armstrong 'Dock' Parsons,   b. May 1838, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA ,   d. Feb 1870  (Age ~ 31 years)
  Family ID	F1356	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Married - 19 Jun 1823 - Mason, Mason County, West Virginia  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S92] Parsons Book. [S4] Death Records, Jackson Co, WV. [S1205] Census, 1860 Jackson Co annotated. [S16] Marriage Records, Mason Co, WV.