Eliza (?)

Eliza (?)
(1811-1891)

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Eliza (?)

Born: 02 May 1811, Worcester Co., MD ¹ ²
Marriage (1): Elisha M. Parker about 1833
Died: 11 Aug 1891, Wicomico Co., MD
Buried: Abt 14 Aug 1891, Parker Family Cemetery, Nutters Cross Road, Wicomico Co., MD

Salisbury Advertiser August 15, 1891

DEATH OF MRS. PARKER

Mrs. Eliza Parker, relict of the late Elisha Parker, died Tuesday
afternoon at the home of her son-in-law, Mr. Merrill H. Fooks, where
she was visiting. Mrs. Parker was a native of Parsons' district,
which was then in Worcester county. She was born in 1811. Much of
her later life has been spent in Nutter's district, where she held
landed interests. She leaves five children - Mr. B. H. Parker, a
prominent citizen of this town, Mrs. Emma Fooks, wife of Merrill H.
Fooks, John E. Parker, Mrs. Matilda Fooks and Mrs. Ester Huffington.
Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon at Parker's Chapel,
conducted by Rev. C. S. Arnett, and were largely attended. The
Remains were interred in the family burying ground on the home farm in
Nutters district.

Eliza married Elisha M. Parker, son of James Parker and Sarah Smith, about 1833. (Elisha M. Parker was born on 19 Mar 1807 in Worcester Co., MD,³ ⁴ died on 07 Oct 1865 in Worcester Co., MD and was buried about 10 Oct 1865 in Parker Family Cemetery, Nutters Cross Road, Wicomico Co., MD.)

1 1850 MD Census, Listed as age 38 in the 1850 Nutters, Worcester Co., MD census.

2 1860 MD Census, Listed as Eliza Parker, age 49, in Nutters District, Worcester Co., MD.

3 1850 MD Census, Listed as age 41 in the 1850 Nutters, Worcester Co., MD census.

4 1860 MD Census, Listed as Elisha Parker of I, age 53, in Nutters District, Worcester Co., MD.

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