~DANIEL PARKER " The SURVEYOR PARKER"~
The son of Benjamin Parker, who gave the land - along with Charles S. Morton - on which Charleston sat helped make the first survey of the town. He and his wife Dorcas Heath Parker built their home on the northeast corner of what is now Olvie and Fourteenth Street. (Taken from the book "Round the Square" Life in Charleston, Ill 1830 - 1998 pg 5)
The son of Benjamin Parker, who gave the land - along with Charles S. Morton - on which Charleston sat helped make the first survey of the town. He and his wife Dorcas Heath Parker built their home on the northeast corner of what is now Olvie and Fourteenth Street. (Taken from the book "Round the Square" Life in Charleston, Ill 1830 - 1998 pg 5)
~DANIEL PARKER " The SURVEYOR PARKER"~
The son of Benjamin Parker, who gave the land - along with Charles S. Morton - on which Charleston sat helped make the first survey of the town. He and his wife Dorcas Heath Parker built their home on the northeast corner of what is now Olvie and Fourteenth Street. (Taken from the book "Round the Square" Life in Charleston, Ill 1830 - 1998 pg 5)
The son of Benjamin Parker, who gave the land - along with Charles S. Morton - on which Charleston sat helped make the first survey of the town. He and his wife Dorcas Heath Parker built their home on the northeast corner of what is now Olvie and Fourteenth Street. (Taken from the book "Round the Square" Life in Charleston, Ill 1830 - 1998 pg 5)
Inscription
The inscription on Daniel Parker's side of the stone says:
Farwell dear wife and children all
From you, Father Christ, doth call
Mourn not For me, it is in vain
To call me to your sight again.
Gravesite Details
Daniel Parker & Dorcas Heath were Married 09 Jan 1845 by, William Gilman, J.P. in Coles County, Illinois, USA
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