John T. Parker was born at Powells Point, Currituck County, North Carolina on
January 15, 1833 and died January 21, 1889. He married Sarah Wilson who was
born on August 27, 1835 and died October 2, 1885. They had 10 children, one of
which was my grandfather, James Monroe Parker who was born April 26 1861 and
died April 9, 1938. John was a ship captain who ran the blockade during
the War for Southern Independence with his schooner Sally Mae. He was
finally captured and taken to a military prison at Norfolk. He escaped and
returned to North Carolina. He moved to Weeksville, NC with his family and
is buried in a farm cemetery on Sound Neck Road. |
James Monroe Parker who was born in Powells
Point, Currituck County, NC on April 26, 1861. He died on his farm in Princess
Anne County, VA on April 9, 1938. Shown in the picture from left to right are
James Monroe Parker, his daughter Nellie Carolyn Parker, his wife Maria Parker
nee Maria Pugh Cowell, and his son Kelvin Blaine Parker. Shortly after the War
for Southern Independence, James moved with his parents, John T. Parker and
Sarah Parker, to the Sound Neck area near Weeksville, Pasquotank County, NC.
James had a farm near Weeksville and he also was a country storekeeper and
postmaster. For a while, he was a lighthouse keeper at Wade's Point Light on
the Pasquotank River where it empties into Albemarle Sound. In 1917, James
moved to Princess County, VA where he had a truck farm. |