Husband of Sarah Newman Parker who he married in on 8 September 1808 in Butler County, Ohio.
Samuel, along with his parents, James and Anna (Doty) Parker, and his wife Sarah (Newman) Parker and children came to Crawford County, Illinois. Samuel had fought in Illinois during the War of 1812 and wanted to return with his family to live. They came though the brush and tangled forest up the rivers from Ohio to Fort Allison on the West bank of the Wabash River.
Sometimes they walked beside the prairie schooners, the oxen plodding along, following a line of covered wagons over the prairies.
After they settled a mile and a half from Flat Rock, and the threat of Indian uprisings still was a problem, they had to plow a furrow with a muzzle-loaded shotgun or an Indian Quiver on their backs. Without a few Indian friends these settlers might have perished and they were grateful for small blessings. Little by little they helped to clear the land and became self-sufficient.
Samuel, along with his parents, James and Anna (Doty) Parker, and his wife Sarah (Newman) Parker and children came to Crawford County, Illinois. Samuel had fought in Illinois during the War of 1812 and wanted to return with his family to live. They came though the brush and tangled forest up the rivers from Ohio to Fort Allison on the West bank of the Wabash River.
Sometimes they walked beside the prairie schooners, the oxen plodding along, following a line of covered wagons over the prairies.
After they settled a mile and a half from Flat Rock, and the threat of Indian uprisings still was a problem, they had to plow a furrow with a muzzle-loaded shotgun or an Indian Quiver on their backs. Without a few Indian friends these settlers might have perished and they were grateful for small blessings. Little by little they helped to clear the land and became self-sufficient.
Husband of Sarah Newman Parker who he married in on 8 September 1808 in Butler County, Ohio.
Samuel, along with his parents, James and Anna (Doty) Parker, and his wife Sarah (Newman) Parker and children came to Crawford County, Illinois. Samuel had fought in Illinois during the War of 1812 and wanted to return with his family to live. They came though the brush and tangled forest up the rivers from Ohio to Fort Allison on the West bank of the Wabash River.
Sometimes they walked beside the prairie schooners, the oxen plodding along, following a line of covered wagons over the prairies.
After they settled a mile and a half from Flat Rock, and the threat of Indian uprisings still was a problem, they had to plow a furrow with a muzzle-loaded shotgun or an Indian Quiver on their backs. Without a few Indian friends these settlers might have perished and they were grateful for small blessings. Little by little they helped to clear the land and became self-sufficient.
Samuel, along with his parents, James and Anna (Doty) Parker, and his wife Sarah (Newman) Parker and children came to Crawford County, Illinois. Samuel had fought in Illinois during the War of 1812 and wanted to return with his family to live. They came though the brush and tangled forest up the rivers from Ohio to Fort Allison on the West bank of the Wabash River.
Sometimes they walked beside the prairie schooners, the oxen plodding along, following a line of covered wagons over the prairies.
After they settled a mile and a half from Flat Rock, and the threat of Indian uprisings still was a problem, they had to plow a furrow with a muzzle-loaded shotgun or an Indian Quiver on their backs. Without a few Indian friends these settlers might have perished and they were grateful for small blessings. Little by little they helped to clear the land and became self-sufficient.
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