Katharine Amanda Houston and Luke Fisher Parsons
LUKE FISHER PARSONS was born June 28, 1833 in Brookfield, Worcester, Massachusetts,456 and died April 23, 1926 in Salina, Saline, Kansas.456, 4729 He is buried in Gypsum Hill Cemetery, Salina, Saline, Kansas.456
He married KATHARINE AMANDA HOUSTON on April 18, 1867 in Riley County, Kansas,4694 daughter of MARY JANE RANKIN and SAMUEL DEXTER HOUSTON. She was born January 10, 1843,4718 and died August 19, 1924 in Salina, Saline, Kansas.456 She is buried in Gypsum Hill Cemetery, Salina, Saline, Kansas.456
Children of KATHARINE AMANDA HOUSTON and LUKE FISHER PARSONS:
- HOUSTON DEXTER PARSONS, b. September 3, 1867, Saline County, Kansas;250, 8005 m. ETHEL A. WALKER on June 9, 1896 in Reno, Arlington, Kansas8005; d. June 19, 1959, San Bernardino County, California.250
- ADELAIDE FRANCES PARSONS, b. March 3, 1868, Salina, Saline, Kansas;456 m. MILES LECKIE MITCHELL on June 1, 1893 in Salina, Saline, Kansas4694; d. February 12, 1955, Salina, Saline, Kansas.456
- STELLA IRENE PARSONS, b. July 28, 1872, Salina, Saline, Kansas;456 m. CONRAD C. VAN NATTA on January 9, 1895 in Salina, Saline, Kansas4694, 4727; d. 1962.456
Military Service
Civil War
Luke F. Parsons
- Enlisted in Company F, Kansas 6th Cavalry Regiment on 07 Oct 1861
- Promoted to First Lieutenant on 14 Jul 1862, 3rd Regiment Indian Territory Home Guards, Kansas Infantry6940
Work History
- Katharine Amanda Houston was the first public school teacher in Salina (Kansas).6744
Obituaries
Iola Register, April 23, 19264729
LUKE PARSONS DEAD
Last Survivor of the John Brown Bands Passed Away at Salina at the Age of 92.
(By the Associated Press)
Salina, Kans., April 23.—Luke F. Parsons, last survivor of the John Brown Bands, and of the battle of Osawatomie, died at his home here at 11:15 o'clock this mornign after a lingering illness.
Mr. Parsons took a prominent part in many of the stirring events that marked the early struggles of Kansas for freedom, and was identified with some of the earliest Saline county history.
He was the first sheriff of the county at a time when its territory comprised the land from Salina west to the state line.
Mr. Parsons was 92 years old last June.
Census Records
| Date | Location | Enumerated Names |
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| April 6, 18604720 | Riley County, Kansas | |
| July 6, 18704725 | Elm Creek, Saline, Kansas |
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| June 29, 18804726 | Elm Creek, Saline, Kansas |
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| June 5, 1900491 | Greeley, Saline, Kansas |
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| April 20, 1910490 | Salina, Saline, Kansas |
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| January 9, 19204723 | Salina, Saline, Kansas |
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