William R. Parnell
(1827-1873)
Rosetta Swink
(1826-1871)
Sidney Lock Parnell
(1861-1958)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Amanda Barbara Beeker

Sidney Lock Parnell 1 3 4 5 6 7

  • Born: 18 Aug 1861, , Rowan, NC 6 7
  • Marriage (1): Amanda Barbara Beeker on 23 Apr 1888 in Tyro, Davidson, NC 1 2
  • Died: 16 Jan 1958, Lexington, Davidson, NC at age 96 6 7
  • Buried: 18 Jan 1958, Tyro: Sandy Creek Cemetery, Davidson, NC 6

   FamilySearch ID: 9CJ7-J4C.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Census in 1910 in Tyro, Davidson, NC. 8 The 1910 census recorded Sidney L. Parnell, farmer, 49, living with wife Ammanda [sic], 38; daughter Lizzie, 21; son George A., 16; daughters Bessie L., 13; Hope C., 7; son Boyd V., 4; and father-in-law George W. Becker [sic, as indexed, but handwriting is Beeker[, 69. Sidney and Ammanda were married for 21 years and she had birthed 7 children, 5 alive in 1910. Everyone and their parents were born in North Carolina.

2. Census in 1920 in Tyro, Davidson, NC. 9 The 1920 census recorded three Beeker households as neighbors. Joe S. Powell [sic, as indexed, but handwriting is Parnell not Powell], farmer, 58, was living with wife Monda [sic, Amanda nee Beeker], 49; son Hope, 17; son Sidney, 14, daughter Mary, 8.
Next door is "father" George W. Beeker, farmer, widowed, 79.
Below George is his son, Charlie L. Beeker, 52, living with wife Marry, 50; daughters Belle, 28; Pauline, 20; Annie, 19; Gilma, 16; son C. Loyd, 18; daughters Lucile, 11; Elizabeth, 8; and son John, 7.
Everyone and their parents were born in North Carolina.

3. Occupation: farmer on 18 Jan 1958 in , Davidson, NC. 6


Sidney married Amanda Barbara Beeker, daughter of George Washington Beeker and Mary Elizabeth Sharp, on 23 Apr 1888 in Tyro, Davidson, NC.1 2 (Amanda Barbara Beeker was born on 31 Jan 1871 in Tyro, Davidson, NC,1 5 10 died on 18 Jul 1938 in Tyro, Davidson, NC 5 10 and was buried on 20 Jul 1938 in Tyro: Sandy Creek Cemetery, Davidson, NC 5 10.)

Sources

1 FamilySearch.org, North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-2011, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XFM5-1ZY Sidney L Parnell and Amanda Beeker 21 Apr 1888; citing Davidson, North Carolina.

2 FamilySearch.org, "Davidson. Vital Records 1822–1938," https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9BK-G39V-J.

3 "The Dispatch (Lexington, NC)" (Lexington, Davidson, North Carolina), 15 Jun 1920, page 5. Obituary of Mrs. Bessie Beeker Giles.

4 The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, NC) (Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina), 15 Feb 1934, page 7. Obituary of George W. Beeker.

5 FamilySearch.org, North Carolina Deaths, 1931-1994, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FPJ8-C5B Amanda Barbara Parnell, 18 Jul 1938; citing Tyro Township, Davidson County, North Carolina, cn465, State Department of Archives and History, Raleigh; FHL microfilm 1,943,154.

6 FamilySearch.org, North Carolina Deaths, 1931-1994, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FP2Q-G6G Sidney Lock Parnell, 16 Jan 1958; citing Lexington, Davidson, North Carolina, v 0B cn 668, State Department of Archives and History, Raleigh; FHL microfilm 1,952,519.

7 Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/18899554.

8 1910 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLMY-5SF Sidney L Parnell, Tyro, Davidson, North Carolina citing enumeration district (ED) ED 35, sheet 4B, family 75.

9 1920 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZKB-14G oe S Powell, Tyro, Davidson, North Carolina, United States; citing ED 41, sheet 14A, line 33, family 267.

10 Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/18899557.


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