Biffle Researchers

Family Group Record: Henrietta Vashti Biffle and John William Parker

Information supplied by: Janet M. Roseen and Anna Maria DeCesare
Researching this line: Barbara Watson

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Husband
   John William Parker   
   Born: September 3, 1837 (or 1832?) Place: Putnam County, Georgia
   Married: April 1, 1860 Place: DeKalb County, Georgia
   Died: March 9, 1922 Place: Fulton County, Georgia
   Parents: James Parker and Mariah [--]
 

His grave marker reads: "As you are now, so once was I. As I am now, so you will be. Prepare for Jesus and follow thee."
Wife
   Henrietta Vashti Biffle   
   Born: June 26, 1843 Place: DeKalb County, Georgia
   Died: November 8, 1916 Place: DeKalb County, Georgia
   Parents: Leander A. Biffle and Emelia Watkins
  Her grave marker read: "Henretta Vashty Parker, born Dec. 26, 1843, died Nov. 8, 1916. A good and faithful mother gone to rest."
Children
1 John Henry Parker
Sex Born: December 1869 Place: Georgia
 M  Married: Julia M. Nickerson, November 19, 1891 Place: DeKalb County, Georgia
   Died: after 1922 Place:
2 Brown M. Parker
Sex Born: January 29, 1873 (marker reads 1879) Place: Georgia
  M Married 1st: Lula Veal, November 26, 1890 Place: DeKalb County, Georgia
   Married 2nd: Artie Hemphill, 1906 Place: DeKalb County, Georgia
   Died: December 16, 1942 Place: Georgia
3 James Cicero Parker
Sex Born: ca. 1875 Place: Georgia
  M Married: Hattie Edwards, December 15, 1913 Place: Fulton County, Georgia
   Died: after 1922 Place:
4 Millie Octavia Parker
Sex Born: October 21, 1878 Place: Georgia
  F Married: Robert Lee Clark, October 25, 1894 Place: DeKalb County, Georgia
   Died: July 22, 1965 Place: Fulton County, Georgia
5 Sam Parker
Sex Born: April 1882 Place: Georgia
  M Married: Place:
   Died: after 1922 Place:
6 Katie Alice Parker
Sex Born: August 12, 1883 Place: Georgia
  F Married: August 25, 1902, Joseph Tribble Place: Fulton County, Georgia
   Died: October 21, 1945 Place: Georgia; she is buried in the East View Cemetery, Decatur; her marker reads "Mother"
  • 1870 U.S. Census, Evans Dist., DeKalb County, Georgia, M593-147, p. 286
  • 1880 U.S. Census, Evans Dist., DeKalb County, Georgia, T9-0143, p. 420D
  • 1900 U.S. Census, Redan, DeKalb County, Georgia, T623-192, p. 91; William, Henrietta, Sam, Alice
  • 1910 U.S. Census, Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, T624-191, p. 251; father John W. is in the household; on same page with John Henry
  • 1920 U.S. Census, Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, T625-251, p. 149; John W. is found in the household of son Brown Parker


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