genealogy – Texas History Notebook

Cynthia Parker’s Siblings

The parents of the Parker family were Silas Mercer Parker, Sr. and Lucinda Duty Parker. Silas (1804 – 1836) was born in Bedford County, Tennessee. Lucinda (1808 – 1852) was born in Elbert County, Georgia. Lucinda and Silas were married around 1824 and had five children, including Cynthia Ann.

The C. C. Slaughter Family

C. C. Slaughter was the oldest son of George Webb Slaughter (1811 – 1895) and Sarah Mason Slaughter (1818 – 1894). C. C. was born to the couple February 9, 1837. He was married to Cynthia Ann Jowell on December 5, 1861. To this union were born six children:

George Morgan Slaughter (1862 – 1915)
Minnie Slaughter (1864 – 1955)
Dela Slaughter (1866 – 1956)
Eugene Ewell Slaughter (1868 – 1870)
Robert Lee Slaughter (1870 – 1938)
Edgar Dick Slaughter (1873 – 1935)

C. C. and Cynthia had moved their family to Dallas in 1873. Two to three years later, Cynthia Ann became ill and passed away in her sleep on May 17, 1876. Her obituary was not specific on the cause, calling her death “unexpected” and saying that she had been ill with “a complication of diseases.” This left C. C., then about thirty-nine years old, to take care of his five surviving children who ranged from around three to about fourteen years old.

In his excellent biography (1) of C. C. Slaughter, author David J. Murrah relates how C. C. and his second wife, Carrie Averill met at a church social in Kansas later in 1876. Carrie was the twenty-four year old unmarried daughter of a local Baptist minister and his wife, Alexander McCormick Averill and Rebecca F. Morton Averill. After a long and somewhat methodical courtship, the couple was married on January 17, 1877. To this union were born the following children:

Christopher Columbus Slaughter (1879 – 1940)
Walter Webb Slaughter (1880 – 1881)
Alexander Averill Slaughter (1881 – 1931)
Carrie Rebecca Slaughter (1883 – 1958)
Nelle Louise Slaughter (1892 – 1964)

Oliver Loving’s Family, Part 2

The children of Oliver Loving and Susan Doggett Loving:

Sarah Irvin Loving (1831 – 1915) married John F. “Jack” Flint (1827 – 1886) in 1853. Jack Flint was about five years older than she was and had come to Texas from Kentucky, as had the Oliver Loving family. The Flints were a farming (and most likely ranching) family, according to the 1870 federal census and had three daughters and two sons born from 1857 to 1867. All the children lived to be adults, except for their first born daughter. The family lived first in Palo Pinto County and later moved to Young County. They had been living in Young County no more than a couple of years when Jack died of pneumonia in 1886. Sarah lived in town and survived him almost thirty years before she also passed. Both Sarah and Jack are buried in Oak Grove Cemetery in Graham.

Quanah Parker’s Family

Quanah Parker was likely born around 1850 at Elk Creek Winter Camp in the Wichita Mountains of what is now Oklahoma. From time to time, Quanah recalled other stories and locations where he might have been born. Throughout this article, the names you see used will probably be a combination of attempts at phonetic spellings and Anglicized versions of the names that tribe members went by or were called. Quanah’s father was Peta Nocona (born about 1820 and died about 1864) and his mother was Cynthia Ann Parker (1827 – 1871). Peta’s father is believed to be Po-bish-e-quasho “Iron Jacket” Kwasu (1790 – 1858) and his mother is thought to be White Hawk Sioux Woman. Cynthia’s parents were Silas Mercer Parker (1804 – 1836) and Lucinda Duty Parker (1801 – 1852).

Oliver Loving’s Family, Part 1

Oliver Loving was born in Hopkins County, Kentucky on December 4, 1812 to Joseph Loving (1786 – 1842) and Susannah Mary Bourland Loving (1788 – 1850). Joseph and Susannah were married in Kentucky around 1806. They had many children, most of whom remained in Kentucky, but Oliver and at least three of his siblings moved to Texas. Joseph and Susannah remained in Kentucky until their deaths.