Maggie DeForest Parker 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
     Birth Date: 1 Oct 1877 - Kentucky (Pulaski Co.) 1
    Christening: 
          Death: 13 Jan 1951 - Anderson, Grimes Co., Texas 2
         Burial: in Anderson, Grimes Co., Texas 3
 Cause of Death:
Parents 
         Father: Marshall Emory Parker (1841-1923) 1 4 5
         Mother: Catharine Grinstead (1842-1928) 1 5
Spouses and Children 
1. *Joseph Roark Rhew (31 May 1866 - 24 Apr 1937) 1 
       Marriage: 17 Oct 1916 - Dallas, Dallas Co., Texas 1 6
Notes
General:
CENSUS:

<pre>1920 Grimes Co., Texas, Anderson, ED 15; Jan 30, 31; sheet 3A
53/54
Lennie Bradley head FW 74 Wd Tx Al Al None
Maggie P. Rhew border FW 42 Wd Ky Ky Ky Book Keeper/Bank </pre>

Kennards live at 50/51 and at 51/52.

<pre>1930 Grimes Co., Texas, Anderson Town, ED 93-3; May 12; sheet 8B
168/168
Maggie Rhew boarder 52 widow Ky Ky Ky Post Master </pre>

in the household of G. Brown Kennard, his wife, daughter-in-law, and a servant. He owns a house worth $10,000 on Main Street.

<pre>1940 Grimes Co., Texas, Anderson, ED 93-3; Apr 18; sheet 16A
281 Main Street
Brown Kennard 61 Wd C-1 Tx sh (50 2400 yes) President/Nat'l Bank
Maggie Rhew lodger 62 D C-1 Ky sh (50 1900 no) Postmaster/Postoffice
</pre>

He owns a home worth $5000. Maggie's sister Eliza Rhew lives at 282, her sister Mary P. Brown lives at 286 and her brother M. E. Parker lives at 292.

MARRIAGE:

In 1920 and in 1930 Maggie Rhew was not in fact a widow. Her husband was still alive. According to family members, she lived with him only a very short time. He was the brother of her sister's husband.

SIBLINGS IN ANDERSON:

Uncle Ed (Marshall Eddy Parker) lived in Anderson for many years.

In 1983 Aunt Dimice (Dimice Parker Warren/Roudot) told me that Aunt Mag (Maggie Parker Rhew) lived with her husband for only a short time -- perhaps just a few months. She lived with a family in Anderson, perhaps the Kendalls, and then she and Aunt Lida (Eliza Parker Rhew) lived together. Aunt Mary (Mary Parker Brown) always lived alone. Aunt Mag worked in the post office. Aunt Lida didn't work so far as she knew.

Aunt Mary and Uncle Brown had lived together in Lubbock. Then Mr. Brown moved away, and they weren't living together. Aunt Mary moved to Anderson after Thomas died.

TEXAS DEATH CERTIFICATE 2115:

Maggie Rhew, female, white, widowed
Died: January 13, 1951 2:00 p.m., aged 73 yrs 3 mos 12 days
Place of death: Anderson, Grimes Co., Texas
Place of residence: Anderson, Texas, Gen. Del.
Usual occupation: retaired postmistress/goverment
Born: October 1, 1877 in Kentucky
Father: Marshall E. Parker, born Kentucky
Mother: Kate Granstead
Informant: M. E. Parker, Anderson, Texas
Cause of death: nephritis, onset to death 2 yrs
Antecedent cause: 1) hypertension, 2 1/2 yrs; 2) endocarditis, 5 yrs
Physician attended: from 1946 to 13 Jan 1951
Signed: M. E. Parker, M.D.
Burial: Odd Fellows Cemetery, Anderson, Texas; 14 Jan 1951
picture

Sources

1 Maggie Parker, Descendents of M. E. Parker and Kate Grinstead, about 1942; unpublished.

2 "Find-a-Grave," Memorial # 137778693.

3 H. Neal Parker, Visit to Cemetery, Anderson, Grimes Co., Texas, abt 1983.

4 Texas Death Certificates, Repository: Clayton Library, Houston, Texas.

5 H. Neal Parker, Visit to Oakwood Cemetery, Honey Grove, Texas.

6 Texas, Select County Marriage Records, 1837-2015, Repository: http://www.ancestry.com.

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