John W. PARKER

                   OCCUPATION:
    Merchant
RELIGION:
    Methodist



Not listed in fathers will.  see letter to Solomon re: death of this man.
John W. Parker was living near Green Tapley when he died. His father, Solomon, received a letter from Green Tapley 25 August, 1831 and this was his response to the letter: "Dear Sir: It was with heart undying affection that we received yours of the 25th of August, anything that I can respecting my son's death availeth nothing, can only say that weare truly grateful to you for your kindness to him, for your trouble and expenses you can keep forty or fifty dollars, buy a small trunk and put his clothes in it, pay the doctor's bill and all funeral charges and send me a receipt for the balance of the money and the price of the horse, whatever it is worth, respecting John Parker's Estate, I wish you all to have a settlement among yourselves and send me a receipt or certificate showing what sum each Legate has recieved of the money already recieved, so that I can assertain what is due you early in the spring. The fifty dollars that John sent to his Aunt I want her receipt for the same. If you do not all send me what each one received, I shall have to charge you equally as you are all jointly in the Power of Atty, I wish you to write me immediately and enclose William Brady's note. P. has been somewhat sickly here sometime back but we are generally well now, hoping these may find you allin good health. Remain your very respectfully, Solomon Parker. (GreenTapley was the husband of Solomon's niece, Hannah).
30 Sep 1837, Law suit from VA court records --"Sarah Parker, widow of Solomon Parker, dec'd and Solomon D.(Dimmitt) Parker (this man son of Peter Parker, brother to Solomon) and William P. ParkerAdminstrator... and the said William P. Parker,
Harriet A. Parker and Robert W. Parker, children heirs of said Solomon Parker against Isaac Parker, Mary W. Parker, Joseph Parker, James F.Parker and Sarah C. Parker children ... of Solomon Parker dec'ddefendants."
From "The History of Hampshire County, West Virginis by Maxwell and Swisher, 1897. "Solomon Parker married Miss Wright and had four sons, Isaac, Robert,John and William and four daughters, Harriet, Lucinda, Mary and Sarah Katherine. Isaac married Miss King and went west, John died young;William married three times, first Miss Higgins, then two Miss Shepherds. He went to Missouri. Robert married Katherine Mytinger; Harriet married Mr. Stump; Lucinda died unmarried, Marry married Mr.Higgins; Sarah Katherine married Mr. Hoffman. Robert had four sons,John Hite, Daniel, William and Edgar, and three daughters, Lizzie, Roberta and Jennie. John Hite married Miss Grace and went to Missouri. Daniel married Lizzie Rees and lives at Frankfort, Mineral County; Lizzie married Rev. L. Butts; Roberta married Dr. Hodgson, of Cumberland, Maryland. William never married; Jennie never married. Edgar married Effie Singhass. (They leave out Joseph W. and James F., sons of Solomon and Sarah).