Fort Parker Massacre - Fort Parker Inhabitants On May 19, 1836

Fort Parker Inhabitants On May 19, 1836

  • Elder John Parker (aged 77, killed) and 2nd wife, Sarah (Pinson) Duty "Granny" Parker
    • Benjamin Parker (killed)
    • James W. Parker and wife, Martha "Patsey" Duty
      • Rachel Plummer (aged 17, captured) and husband, L. T. M. Plummer
        • James Pratt Plummer (aged 1, captured)
      • Sarah Parker (aged 18) and husband, Lorenzo Dow Nixon
      • James Wilson Parker (aged 5)
      • Francis Marion Parker (aged 4)
    • Silas Parker (killed) and wife, Lucinda Duty
      • Cynthia Ann Parker (aged 8, captured)
      • John Richard Parker (aged ca 5, captured)
      • Silas Parker, Jr. (aged 3)
      • Orlena Parker (aged 4 mos)
  • Elisha Anglin
    • Abram Anglin
  • Seth Bates
    • Silas Bates
  • George E.Dwight and wife Malinda Frost
    • Dwight child Elizabeth Dwight
  • David Falkenbury
    • Evan Falkenbury
  • Samuel Frost (killed) and wife
    • Robert Frost (killed)
    • other Frost children
  • Elizabeth Duty Kellogg (captured, dau. of Sarah Duty Parker)
  • Oliver Lund

Note: Killed were Samuel Frost, Robert Frost, Benjamin Parker, John Parker, and Silas Parker. Captured were Elizabeth Kellogg, Cynthia Ann Parker, John R. Parker, Rachel Plummer, and James Pratt Plummer; all of them were later ransomed or freed. Their captivity took several years, except Mrs. Kellogg, who was ransomed within 3 months.

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