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Born 09 Oct 1799 in Hampshire Co MA
Died 21 Jan 1863 in Kaufman, Texas & is buried in Kaufman City Cemetery next to his wife and some of his children and grandchildren.
Son of Oliver Parsons & Phoebe Lamphear.
Married in St. Helena Parish Louisiana on 12 Aug 1819 to Mary A. Hill. She was born 18 Jan 1803 Amite Co MS - died 18 Jul 1875. She was daughter of Peter Hill & Rachael Courtney.
They made their home in Baton Rouge until 1843, then came to Texas in 1844 with seven of their children and Mary's father, settling in the Warsaw Prairie area near what is now Scurry.
Dr. Parsons was a farmer & merchant, and in 1847 was granted permission by Henderson County authorities to operate a Toll Ferry across the East Fork of the Trinity River. He was elected and served as a Probate Judge in Henderson & Kaufman Counties, and represented Kaufman in the Fifth Texas Legislature (1853-1854).
Children of Sylvester Gould Parsons, all born in Louisiana:
- Oliver James Parsons
5 Apr 1821- May 1846 - did not leave Louisiana
- Sylvester Gould Parsons, Jr.
16 Dec 1822 - 1880
Md- Mary G Whitstone in 1854
* He remained in Louisiana - did not remove to Texas
- Louisa Matilda Parsons
19 Nov 1824- 28 Jan 1870
Md- John Marshall Kinchen in 1845
- Mary Ann Parsons
3 Oct 1826-15 Sep 1859
Md-Joseph Ethan Allen in 1846-
She is buried next to her parents
- Horatio Adams Parsons, MD
31 May 1829-20 Mar 1855
Md-Annie Jones in 1854
He died after being hit by a stray bullet while sitting on the porch of the St. Charles Hotel in New Orleans
- David Hill Parsons
25 Jan 1831- 22 Sep 1897
Md-Eudora Angeline Stephenson - 10 Sep 1857
Md- Ann Elizabeth Cole
- Nathaniel Clay Parsons, MD
1833- before 1880
Md-Eugenia Talba Gordon in 1855
* He returned to Louisiana
- Rachael Malinda Parsons
6 Jul 1835 - 14 Jul 1837
- William Gaston Parsons, Rev
17 Jul 1837- 12 Apr 1873
Md-Sarah Katie Graves 24 Apr 1861
Md-Mary Louisa Patton in 1867
He died after being shot in a hunting accident in Weatherford Texas
- John Dorrance Parsons, MD
6 Nov 1839- 26 Dec 1905
Md-Frances W Evans in 1866
- Harriet Shephard Parsons
19 Oct 1841 - 29 Jan 1927
Md-Jefferson Monroe Noble in 1857
Md-William Henry Nabors in 1876
- Sarah Catherine Parsons
3 Dec 1844 - 12 Mar 1862 - died in childbirth
Md-James Francis McMurry 25 Apr 1861 Kaufman Co TX
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