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Isaac Parsons

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Isaac Parsons

Birth
Moorefield, Hardy County, West Virginia, USA
Death
20 Mar 1843 (aged 76)
Parsons, Tucker County, West Virginia, USA
Burial
Holly Meadows, Tucker County, West Virginia, USA Add to Map
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Isaac had 14 kids:
Mary Ann Parsons m. George Beal
Thomas Parsons m. Elizabeth Brannum
Drusilla Parsons m. Joseph Collier
Jonathan Parsons m. Mary Neville
Rebecca Parsons never married
George Parsons never married
Catherine Parsons m. Townsend Beal
Christina Parsons m. William Ball
Nicholas M Parsons m. Regania Teter
Nancy Rust Parsons never married
Twins:
Elizabeth Parsons never married
Gemina Parsons m. Joseph Neville
Twins:
John H Parsons m. Elizabeth Goff
William M Parsons m. Drusilla Goff

He moved to Randolph Cty. after marriage on a farm near the mouth of Horseshoe Run that he inherited from his father. He built a 2 story log house with stone chimneys.
In 1815 he began the first school in Tucker Cty. It was called the Coburn Run school at Pleasant Vale, five miles from St George.
His son Nicholas said that every student was in school by dawn and stayed til dusk with each one having 50 recitations per day!
Isaac founded the Bethel Church.
Isaac had 14 kids:
Mary Ann Parsons m. George Beal
Thomas Parsons m. Elizabeth Brannum
Drusilla Parsons m. Joseph Collier
Jonathan Parsons m. Mary Neville
Rebecca Parsons never married
George Parsons never married
Catherine Parsons m. Townsend Beal
Christina Parsons m. William Ball
Nicholas M Parsons m. Regania Teter
Nancy Rust Parsons never married
Twins:
Elizabeth Parsons never married
Gemina Parsons m. Joseph Neville
Twins:
John H Parsons m. Elizabeth Goff
William M Parsons m. Drusilla Goff

He moved to Randolph Cty. after marriage on a farm near the mouth of Horseshoe Run that he inherited from his father. He built a 2 story log house with stone chimneys.
In 1815 he began the first school in Tucker Cty. It was called the Coburn Run school at Pleasant Vale, five miles from St George.
His son Nicholas said that every student was in school by dawn and stayed til dusk with each one having 50 recitations per day!
Isaac founded the Bethel Church.

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  • Created by: DCMason
  • Added: Jan 3, 2013
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/103056387/isaac-parsons: accessed ), memorial page for Isaac Parsons (13 Nov 1766–20 Mar 1843), Find a Grave Memorial ID 103056387, citing Bethel Cemetery, Holly Meadows, Tucker County, West Virginia, USA; Maintained by DCMason (contributor 47442357).