Wife of Charles E Dexter. Caroline Ashe Parker was the daughter of John Daniel (Dan) Parker and Frances (Fanny) Johnston. She is buried in the same plot with her parents and "in sight of the home in which her childhood was spent" per her October 11, 1913 death notice in The Monroe Journal. (the home or at least part of it still stands on Parker Street but has been converted into a duplex) Married at St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Monroe on April 18, 1911 she died in childbirth per her cousin, John Peter Parker in his book: "Memoirs of John Peter Parker: Experiences Growing Up on a Union County Farm in the Early 1900s". Her previously mentioned obituary states that she "died suddenly at her home at White Sulpher Springs, West Virginia". Caroline's brothers were well-known. John J. Parker, a lawyer who was Chief Justice of the U. S. 4th Circuit Court Appeals, was nominated for the Supreme Court by President Coolidge (lost by one vote). Samuel Iredell Parker was the first man in the history of the U. S. Army to receive three of the nation's highest awards: the Congressional Medal of Honor, the Distinguished Service Cross, and the Silver Star with the Oak Leaf Cluster. The brothers each have historic highway markers nearby on Lancaster and Charlotte Avenues.
Added per contributor Patricia Poland.
Added per contributor Patricia Poland.
Wife of Charles E Dexter. Caroline Ashe Parker was the daughter of John Daniel (Dan) Parker and Frances (Fanny) Johnston. She is buried in the same plot with her parents and "in sight of the home in which her childhood was spent" per her October 11, 1913 death notice in The Monroe Journal. (the home or at least part of it still stands on Parker Street but has been converted into a duplex) Married at St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Monroe on April 18, 1911 she died in childbirth per her cousin, John Peter Parker in his book: "Memoirs of John Peter Parker: Experiences Growing Up on a Union County Farm in the Early 1900s". Her previously mentioned obituary states that she "died suddenly at her home at White Sulpher Springs, West Virginia". Caroline's brothers were well-known. John J. Parker, a lawyer who was Chief Justice of the U. S. 4th Circuit Court Appeals, was nominated for the Supreme Court by President Coolidge (lost by one vote). Samuel Iredell Parker was the first man in the history of the U. S. Army to receive three of the nation's highest awards: the Congressional Medal of Honor, the Distinguished Service Cross, and the Silver Star with the Oak Leaf Cluster. The brothers each have historic highway markers nearby on Lancaster and Charlotte Avenues.
Added per contributor Patricia Poland.
Added per contributor Patricia Poland.
Gravesite Details
Marble; only marker at Monroe City of this kind, often mistaken for an angel but most likely represents "Faith". Her left hand and forearm are missing as well as that portion of the cross she carries.
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