Dallas Co., TX - Columbus Parker ***************************************************** This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb by: Sadie Kennedy USGenWeb Archives. Copyright. All rights reserved http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ***************************************************** Dallas Morning News 20 Dec 1885 page 11 SUDDEN DEATH AT CORSICANA Columbus Parker the Victim Special to the News CORSICANA, Dec. 19 - - About 7 o'clock this morning Columbus Parker dropped dead at his residence in this city. He had just closed his business house and gone home in his usual health. As he reached his gate he called to his wife to come to his assistance, which she did in company with another lady. They led him to the door, some twenty feet from the gate, where he sat down and died in a few minutes. He was a consumptive and subject to hemorrhage, which latter was the immediate cause of his death. He was buried this evening. He was a good citizen