John D. Parnell, 1802-1888

PARNELL, COOPER, HINER, ANDERSON, HURST, DAVENPORT, PATTERSON, HICKS, SMITH, BOWDEN

Posted By: LuAnn (Wentworth) Goeke (email)
Date: 10/17/2010 at 22:16:01

JOHN D. PARNELL, farmer. Sec. 27; P.O. Elwood. This gentleman, a resident of the Northwest for over thirty-five years, is a native of Askham, Westmoreland Co., England; was born Jan. 23, 1807. He married, in England, Miss Agnes Cooper; they immigrated to Starke Co., Ohio, in 1834; thence to Pulaski Co., Ind., in 1844, where they remained until 1857, when they removed to this county and settled on the farm where he now resides; his first wife died in this township; present wife was Melinda J. Hiner, nee Anderson, a native of Rockingham Co., Va.; born in 1810; married, in Virginia, T.[sic]J. Hiner; he died in 1854, while on their way from Virginia to this State. Mr. Parnell's children by first marriage were James, who married Elizabeth Hurst, resides in Kansas; Mary, now the wife of C.L. Davenport, of Brookfield Township, this county. By his present wife had five children, only one now living - Maria E. By her former marriage, there are Mary J. (now Mrs. S. Patterson), Hannah S. (now Mrs. D. Hicks), Eugene (who married Emma Smith), Hettie J. (now Mrs. John Bowden). Mr. Parnell and wife own 160 acres of land; he is a Republican. – 1879 History of Clinton County Iowa, pg 732.