The 1st Family of Vincent J. Parsons

Sometime before 1827 John Sellers and his wife Henrietta Norwood moved their family from Chesterfield County, South Carolina to Carroll County, Tennessee. Traveling with them were their fourteen children including daughter Henrietta borne about 1817.

Shortly after arrival and settlement into the local community they lost their oldest daughter, Nancy who passed away in 1831, Carroll County, Tennessee.

On 18 Mar 1838, daughter Henrietta married Vincent J. Parsons. To this union were borne either 4 or 5 children. I will be listing five but the youngest may in fact be a son of the second marriage of Vincent Parson. That son, Samuel D. Parsons shows his birth to be 10 May 1854 on his Tombstone and Death certificate.

Vincent's, first wife Henrietta Sellers passed away in 1855. On 10 July 1855, Vincent remarries to a widow by the name of Mary A. Woods; Woods being her married surname. No death date has yet been found for Henrietta Sellers Parsons. 

Vincent J. Parsons and Henrietta Sellers had the following children:

i. Susan Jane Parsons, born Dec 1840; married David Bridges, 23 Nov 1879, Carroll County, Tennessee.

ii. Sarah F. Parsons, born 27 Jul 1842, Carroll County, Tennessee; married James S. Whitehorn, 28 Nov 1869, Carroll, Tennessee; died 10 Apr 1904, Carroll County, Tennessee.

iii. James E. Parsons was born about 1845.

iv. William R. Parsons, born abt 1849; married Elizabeth Walker, 1 Jan 1874, Carroll County, Tennessee.

v. Samuel D. Parsons, born 10 May 1854, Carroll County, Tennessee; married Winnie Evaline  Bridge, 1875; died 3 Oct 1929, Westport, Carroll, Tennessee.

Vincent J. Parsons died about 1878. An Administrative Bond for the probate of his estate was issued on 7 Feb 1878.

Henrietta Sellers Parsons is my 1st Cousin 5X Removed.

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[1] Marriage: Parson-Sellers: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-657S-PJ9?i=285&cc=1619127

[2] 1850 U. S. Census, Carroll County, Tennessee, population schedule, District 12, Carroll, Tennessee, Page: 106A(Stamped), Line 19, Dwelling 1403, Family 1403, Household of Vincen PARSONS; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 3 February 2021); citing National Archives Microfilm M432 Roll 889.

[3] 1860 U. S. Census, Carroll County, Tennessee, population schedule, District 12, Carroll, Tennessee, Page: 112 (Stamped); Line 5, Dwelling 1484, Family 1463, Household of Vincent PARSONS; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 3 February 2021); citing National Archives Microfilm M653_1243.

[4] 1870 U. S. Census, Carroll County, Tennessee, population schedule, District 12, Carroll, Tennessee, Page: 416B(stamped); Line 1, Dwelling 7, Family 7, Household of Vincent PARSONS; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 3 February 2021); citing National Archives Microfilm M593_1517.

[5] Administrator Bond. https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/9176/images/004777103_00393?usePUB=true&usePUBJs=true&pId=3235141