Taylor Co., TX - Obituaries - Robert Henry Parker

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The following is a September 1896 obituary for Robert Henry Parker from
the Courier Journal of Kentucky:

COL. ROBERT H. PARKER

Intelligence has been received of the death, September 15, of Col.
Robert H. Parker at his home in Abilene, Tex. Col. Parker was born in
Shelby county, in this state, being the son of Dr. John Todd Parker and
Jane Logan Allen Parker. His grandfather, Maj. Robert Parker, was a
major in the Virginian line during the revolution, and after the war
moved to Kentucky, settling in Lexington, where he built the first brick
house erected in that city. Although long a resident in Texas, Col.
Parker took a lively interest in Kentucky and her citizens. The
Crittendens, Logans, Murrays, Todds, Allens and others of the historic
families of Kentucky were his kindred. Gov. Crittenden, of Missouri,
Gov. Eli H. Murray and Mrs. Abraham Lincoln were cousins of Col. Parker.
He was widely known in this state and Texas for his warm-hearted
generosity and hospitality. His large size made him a conspicuous figure
in any crowd, he being about six feet and a half in height and weighing
about 361 pounds. Notwithstanding his size he was a very active man.
Many years ago Col. Parker married Miss Sallie Clarke, daughter of
Joseph Clarke, of Franklin county, Ky., who, with a large family of
grown children, survives him.