Person:Henry Parsons (2)

Watchers
Henry Parsons
b.6 Jul 1785 Greene Co. PA
d.17 Aug 1853 Marshall Co. VA
m. Bef 8 Jul 1780
  1. Catherine ParsonsAbt 1780 -
  2. Abner Parsons1782 -
  3. Prudence Parsons1784 - 1860
  4. Henry Parsons1785 - 1853
  5. Joseph Parsons1787 -
  6. Son of Vincent Parsons1788 -
  7. Son Parsons1792 -
  8. James Parsons1795 -
  9. Vincent Parsons, Jr.1796 - Abt 1884
  10. Son Parsons1798 -
  11. Son Parsons1800 -
m. 17 Aug 1853
Facts and Events
Name Henry Parsons
Gender Male
Birth? 6 Jul 1785 Greene Co. PA
Marriage 17 Aug 1853 Marshall Co. VAto Hannah Gorby
Death[1] 17 Aug 1853 Marshall Co. VA


!SOURCE: "The Gorby Family" compiled by Alva Gorby in 1936, printed by Tri-Arts Press, Indianapolis, IN. Records in Greene Co. Courthouse, Waynesburg, Pa. Record Book 17/44, Ohio County Courthouse, Wheeling, West Virginia. Henry Parsons death certificate recorded in Death Record No.1, p38, 1853, Clerks Office of Marshall Co.,West Virginia. Henry Parsons will recorded in Book #1, p.168, Clerk of Court, Marshall Co., West Virginia. !NOTE: Henry and Hanna moved from Greene county, Pa. to Ohio County, Va. sometime between 1820 and 1830. They were listed in the Ohio County 1830 census. Jason Parsons said that his grandfather, Henry, moved from the state of Pennsylvania to the state of Ohio (to what is now Stark County) but did not like the area and moved from there to Fish Creek in what is now Marshall County, West Virginia. Henry and Hanna and James and Elizabeth Rine and 2 children were listed in the same household in the Marshall County 1850 census. Henry sold 100 acres in Morris Twp. Greene Co. Pa. in 1831. Henry Parsons purchased from James B. Buchanan 143 acres on the north bank of Fish Creek in 1831.

References
  1. Death Certificate.
  2.   Alva Gorby. The Gorby Family. (Tri-Art Press, Indianapolis, Indiana 1936).