Weeks Parker

Weeks Parker

• Father: James Parker b. circa 1780, d. circa 1855

• Weeks Parker was born on 22 December 1824 in North Carolina.
• He married Nancy Elizabeth Ivey on 22 December 1846 in Houston County, Georgia.
• Weeks Parker and Nancy Elizabeth Ivey appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1850 in Lower Town District, Houston County, Georgia, enumerated next to Weeks' father and brothers.. Other members of the household included George Washington Parker. Also in the household were son Benjamin (age 3) and Weeks' brother Archy (17).
• Weeks Parker and Nancy Elizabeth Ivey appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1860 in Town District, Houston County, Georgia. Other members of the household included George Washington Parker. Also in the household were children Benjamin F. (age 12), Francis M. (8), Lucinda (5) and Sarah S. (2).
• He was a farmer, according to the 1860 census.
• On 1 August 1863, at age 38, Weeks Parker joined for duty in Perry, Georgia, as a private for a period of six months, Capt. Samuel D. Killen's Company of Georgia Infantry, for local defense, to serve within the State of Georgia (which subsequently became Company A, 8th Regiment Georgia State Guards). He counted as was present on company muster rolls to 31 January 1864.
       He re-enlisted in February 1864 in Houston County, Georgia, as a private in Capt. Havis' Battery, 1st Battalion Reserve Artillery (Georgia Light Artillery). He was paroled at Greensboro, North Carolina according to a muster roll dated 27 April 1865, as a member of Capt. Hovis' Company, 14th Artillery Battalion (Palmer's), Army of Tennessee.
• Weeks Parker and Nancy Elizabeth Ivey appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1870 in Perry PO, Houston County, Georgia. Other members of the household included George Washington Parker. Also in the household were children Francis M. (18), Lucinda (16), Sarah F. (12), Louis H. (10), Laura E. (8), Joseph (4) and Sylvester (6 months).
• He was a farmer, according to the 1870 census.
• Weeks Parker and Nancy Elizabeth Ivey appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1880 in Lower Town, Houston County, Georgia. Also in the household were children Sarah F. (age 22), Lewis H. (20), Joseph W. (14), Sylvester (10), James M. (6) and Ida C. (9), and there were many other Parker households nearby.
• Weeks Parker died on 19 July 1884 at age 59 in Houston County, Georgia.
• His wife Nancy Elizabeth Ivey became a widow at his death.
• The following appeared on 23 July 1884 in The Telegraph & Messenger: (Perry) Weeks Parker, one of our most estimable citizens, died last Saturday, after a long illness. He was a man of sterling worth, and leaves many relatives and friends to mourn his death.

• Last Edited: 11 Feb 2013