Settled on a farm, which has been owned and occupied by a
Parker for more than one hundred years.
The children of William Parker, second, and his wife were:
Eliza, who was married to Samuel Halliday, and lived in Meigs
county. They had a family of sons and daughters; Alexander
died when a child; William Halliday; Jane was Mrs. Rob-
bins; Samuel Halliday married Elizabeth Remington, of
Pomeroy; Eliza, Henry, Thomas, Edwin, and Mary left Meigs
county with their parents in 1850.
William Parker, third, married Lovina Stout. Their chil-
dren were: William Parker, fourth, Mary, Ida, Sophronia,
Edwin Parker, Barton, and Sarah-Mrs. Green, who died
early, leaving one daughter. Edwin married and lives in
Cincinnati. Ida Parker was a successful teacher in the public
schools in Middleport, Ohio. Two brothers and two unmarried
sisters live together in the homestead.
Silas Parker, son of William Parker, second, studied medi-
cine and went to the West when quite a young man.
Mary Parker was married to Buckingham Cooley, who died
early, leaving a widow and one daughter. Mrs. Cooley was
married afterwards to William Bartlett, of Athens, Ohio.
Sarah E. Parker became the wife of Tobias A. Plantz, Esq.,
and lived in Pomeroy. They had two children, Mary E.
Plants who died young, and George Wyatt Plantz, banker and
prominent citizen of Pomeroy for many years, identified with
all good enterprises for the prosperity of the town. He mar-
ried Mary G. Daniel, daughter of H.G. Daniel, banker and an
esteemed business man of Pomeroy. They have one son, who
bears the family name, Wyatt Garfield Plantz, and is one of
the bankers-"First Citizens Bank," of Pomeroy.
John Wyatt Parker, son of William Parker, second, and his
wife, was born in Rutland. He married Eliza McQuigg, and
lived in Gallipolis for several years, was auditor of Gallia
County, but removed to Dubuque, Iowa.
