This was recorded in the Carroll Free Press, Carrollton, Ohio, Wednesday, January 26, 1881.
Wilson--Parker--married on January 13, 1881, by Rev. J. Welfley, Mr. John Wilson of Harrison County, and Miss Mattie A. Parker of this county.
Her obituary in the Free Press Standard, Carrollton, Ohio, Thursday, September 2, 1920.
Mrs. Emanuel Colar died Saturday night in her home at Kilgore and was buried Tuesday morning in the Kilgore Cemetery. Services were conducted by her pastor, Rev. C. H. Herrnstein of the Lutheran church. Her maiden name was Mattie A. Parker, and she was born August 18, 1851, in Monroe Twp. Her first husband was John Wilson, to whom she was married in 1880. A daughter Eva Florence, was born to them. Mr. Wilson died in 1886. In 1897 she was married to Mr. Colar, who survives along with her daughter, a sister, Mrs. Anna J. Goff, of Scio; a brother, Wilson Parker, of Leesville. She was one of ten children of Robert and Sarah Parker.
Her obituary in the Free Press Standard, Carrollton, Ohio, Thursday, September, 9, 1920.
These lines are to the memory of Mattie A. Kohler, wife of Emanual Kohler, who departed this life August 28, 1920, in her home at Kilgore. Her maiden name was Parker, her parents being Robert and Sarah Parker, natives of Ireland, and who came to this country and settled in Monroe Township, Carroll County, Ohio. The deceased was born on August 18, 1851, being next to the youngest in a family of ten children, all of whom have preceded her to the grave, with the exception of one brother, Wilson Parker, of Leesville, and one sister, Mrs. Anna J. Goff, who lives with her son Robert Tope, of Scio. The deceased spent her girlhood days in Monroe Township. In the year of 1881 she was united in marriage to John Wilson. They located in Harrison County, near Bowerston. To this union was born one daughter, Eva Florence Wilson. She lived near Bowerston until after the death of her husband. She then returned to Monroe Township to her parents where she remained until her marriage with Emanuel Kohler in 1897. Since that time she had spent the rest of her life near and in Kilgore.
She was an affectionate wife, a kind and loving mother and a good neighbor. She bore the sorrows of this life bravely; she had a smile and a kind word for everyone and had won many friends, and to know her was to love her. She leaves to mourn the loss of a devoted wife and mother a husband and one daughter, who kindly cared for her in her declining days, and a host of friends. She was a member of the Lutheran Church at Kilgore, and funeral services were there conducted by her pastor, Rev. Herrnstein, after which her body was laid to rest in the cemetery nearby.
We miss thy kind and loving hand,
A voice we loved is stilled.
A place is vacant in our home,
Which never can be filled.
Oh, yes, the home is lonely,
Dear mother is not there.
When friends meet their joys to share,
How sad to think she is not there.
Note --- her last name in the obituary is spelled Kohler, should read Colar.
Family Members
Parents
Robert Parker
1807–1891
Sarah McCauley Parker
1811–1881
Spouse
Emanuel Kohler Colar
1846–1921
Siblings
Ann Jane Parker Tope
1830–1922
Wilson Parker
1837–1930
Mary Parker Smith
1837–1918
Matilda Parker Booth
1840–1891 (m. 1862)
Joseph Parker
1847–1917
Nancy Parker Gould
1854–1901
Children
Eva Florence Wilson
1881–1969
