Name shown as Madie in some records.
Kentucky Death Information:
Last Name First Name MI Age Death Place Residence Death Date Volume Certificate Death Volume
TOWNS MAY 070 LYON LYON 05-21-1951 021 10377 1951
1910 Lyon Co KY Census
250/251 Town, Morris head m w 30 m1 5 KY KY KY farmer
, Madie wife f w 28 m1 5 3-2 KY KY KY
, Auda Belle f w 5 KY KY KY (this is Auda Adell)
, Edith dau f w 4 KY KY KY1920 Lyon Co KY Census
40 45 Town, Joe M Head M W 40 M KY KY KY
, Maddie wife F W 37 M KY KY KY
, Adelle A dau F W 15 KY KY KY
, Edith F dau F W 12? KY KY KY
, Vida B dau F W 7 KY KY KY
, Ida M dau F W 6 KY KY KY
, Barkley C son M W 4 3/12 KY KY KY
, James M son M W 2 2/12 KY KY KY
, Author W son M W 3/12 KY KY KYLiving with Morris and May (and children) in the 1930 Lyon Co KY census are the people in the Alms House (listed as inmates). Morris was the Alms House Keeper:
1930 Lyon Co KY Census
20-20 Town, Morris Supt R m w 50 M 25 Y KY KY KY alms house
, May wife f w 48 M 23 Y KY KY KY none
, Vida B dau f w 19 S KY KY KY none
, Ida M dau f w 17 S KY KY KY none
, Barkley C son m w 15 s KY KY KY none
, James M son m w 13 s KY KY KY none
, Arthur W son m w 10 s KY KY KY none
Mary A Hammon f w 75 S KY KY KY
Jim Browing m w 61 S KY KY KY
Robert D Gilkey m w 73 WD KY KY KY
Ning? E Ramey m w 75 WD KY KY KY
Andrew Oliver m w 78 WD KY KY KY
Rillie E Goins f w 75 S KY KY KY
David Gray f w 48 S KY KY KY
Wm McClain m b 86 WD KY KY KYObituary:
"Morris Towns, Lyon Native Dies in Caldwell HospitalMorris Towns, 84, of Eddyville died September 20 in Caldwell County Hospital
He was a native of Lyon County.
Survivors include three sons, James Towns of Woodstock, Ill., Authur Towns of Tallahassee, Fla., and Barkley Townes of Madisonville; four daughters, Mrs. Robert Pierce of Eddyville Rt 1, Mrs. Dallas Gray of Woodstock, Ill., Mrs. J L Lynch of Princeton and Mrs Morrison Seedberry of Eddyville; two sisters, Mrs. N.D. Barnett of Henderson and Mrs. J W Hollingsworth of Princeton; one brother, John Towns of Miami, Okla.; 13 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren."
Kentucky Death Information:
Last Name First Name MI Age Death Place Residence Death Date Volume Certificate Death Volume
TOWNS J MAURI 084 CALDWELL LYON 09-20-1963 042 20795 1963WWI Registration Card
Serial Number 498? Order Number 613
Joe Morris Towns
Princeton, Caldwell, KY
Age 39 Date of Birth: Sep 8, 1879
White, Native Born, Farmer in Princeton, Caldwell, KY
Nearest Relative: wife Madie Parrent Towns, Princeton, KY
Signed: Joe Morris Town
Height: Medium, Build: Medium, Eyes: Brown, Hair: Black
Has person lost....been disqualified: No
Local Board for Lyon County, Eddyville, KY
186. Mary Elizabeth Towne
Died at the age of three, per Arthur Towne. The two older sisters of Elizabeth, Adell and Edith, were rocking Elizabeth and the rocking chair turned over throwing Elizabeth backwards into the fireplace. She is probably buried in the land between the lakes.
Most of the information on the descendants of Harvey Parrent came from Mildred Rodgers Tandy of Marietta Georgia, granddaughter of Harvey Parrent. June 1883 is given as the birthdate on the 1900 census.
From Mildred Tandy: "My grandfather, Harvey, would always make preparations when he knew I was coming to visit. If it was summer time, as it usually was, he would have watermelons in the cellar to get cold. He would also catch catfish and leave them on a string at the spring and get them out when I got there. My grandmother, who I called Mamaw, would cook catfish for our breakfast and we would eat it on the big screened porch that served as a summer dining room. I would eat anything that he ate, opossum, squirrel, eel, whatever. He always was so proud that I would eat all these things because he did."
1930 Eddyville, District 126, Lyon County KY Census
57 59 Parrent, Harvey head m w 34 m KY KY KY Farmer
, Mary E wife f w 33 m KY KY KY
, Stevie son m w 15? s KY KYKY
, Laura B dau f w 13 s KY KY KY
, Mabel L? dau f w 3 1/2 s KY KKY KY
, Elizabeth neice f w 13 s KY KY KY
, Gladys neice f w 11 s KY KY KYWWI Registration Card
Order Number 1215
Name: Harvie Parrent 2, Princeton, Caldwell, KY
Age: 34, Date of Birth: June 19, 1884
White, Native Born,
Occupation: Farming
Nearest Relative: Ella Parrent, 2 Princeton, Caldwell, KY
Signed: Harvie Parrent
No designation for Height, But both, Slender and Medium checked for Build, Eyes: Blue, Hair: Dark
Obvisouly physically disqualified?: No
Registrar: J S ??ges
Date of Registration: Sept 12, 1918
From Mildred Tandy: "My grandmother, Ella Parrent, known to all as "Miss Ella" and my grandfather lived on the hill over from the home place. There was a flood one year as so often happened. Everyone was trapped on their own hill. Louise Holloway Freeman was expecting her baby at any time. The time came and Paul, her husband, had to come after Miss Ella in a boat because the doctor could not get there. She went with them and delivered the baby and all was well. I remember very well the "tea cakes" she always had in the old pie safe when I visited. Also, she had to have the "most waxed and shined" floors in the county. It was said that when you visited her, as soon as you were off the front porch, she was mopping up your tracks!!"
Mildred Tandy has received the death certificate for her grandmother, Mary Ella Oliver Parent and the date of death is listed as 3 Dec 1954, and the date of burial is listed as 4 Dec 1954.
Buried at Friendship Cemetery but no marker, per Mildred Tandy.
Mabel and Harry had no children, but Harry had 2 sons by a previous marriage.
He was from Altoona PA. per Mildred Tandy.
196. Harvey Dale Parrent
Not married - per Mildred Tandy.
The birthdate of 1887 is taken from Saratoga School records, however, the school records show the birthdate as 22 Jan 1887 (Per WKY Winter 1999)..
Nellie Parrent Lefan: "At Saratoge Church "Dinner on the ground" my favorite memory was searching for Aunt Nellie's great chocolate cake. I would eat it first." per Mildred R. Tandy
All information on the ancestry of Herman Seldon LeFan was provided by Sue LeFan (wife of Hale LeFan).
86. James R Parrent
[This couple has only been married three years, and the 1910 census shows that James has been married before, so Gertie is his daughter by his first marriage.]
1900 Union District 49, Dunklin County MO Census
442 449 Parrent, Robert J head w m Aug 1869 30 m 3 KY KY KY farmer
, Leona wife w f July 1871 28 m 3 2 1 KY KY MO
, Gertie dau w f Aug 1893 6 s MO KY KY
, Julia dau w f Sept 1899 9/12 s MO KY KY1910 Union Twp District 73, Dunklin County Missouri Census
150 151 Parrent, James R head m w 42 m2 11 KY KY TN farming
, Leona wife f w 36 m1 11 6 5 KY KY KY
, Gertie dau f w 16 s MO KY KY
, Julia dau f w 10 s MO KY KY
, Bulah dau f w 7 s MO KY KKY
, Durad? son m w 4 s MO KY KY
, Guy son m w 3 s MO KY KY
, Homer son m w 1 s MO KY KY1920 Union District 84, Dunklin County KY Census
26 26 Parrent, James R head m w 53 m KY KY KY
, Leona wife f w 48 m KY KY KY
, July dau f w 20 s MO KY KY
, Bula dau f w 16 s MO KY KY
, Duard son m w 14 s MO KY KY
, Guy son m w 12 s MO KY KY
, Homer son m w 10 s MO KY KY
, George son m w 7 s MO KY KY1930 Union District 31, Dunklin County Missouri Census
104 104 Parrent, Robert J head m w 64 WD KY KY KY
, Madge T? niece-h f w 21 M 17 MO MO MO
, Guy son m w 23 s MO KY KY
, Homer son m w 21 s MO KY KY
, George son m w 18 s MO KY KY
, Lenord nephew m w 24 M 20 MO KY KY
[are Leonard and Madge married to each other?]There is a Missouri Dunklin Co Death Certificate #703 for:
Martha Parrent; Widow of J.R. Parrent
DOB: 1 Aug 1871
POB: TN
Homemaker
Father: John Benson of TN
Betty Harding of Perdy TN
Informant: Mrs. Sylvia Howell of Campbell MO
Burial 5 Jan 1948
DOD: 4 Jan 1948
George is shown with a second wife, Celia, in the 1930 census. The two children are listed as HIS children, but they are older than ten and didn't appear with him in the previous census, so they could be Celia's by a previous marriage and George has adopted them.
1900 Union District 49, Dunklin County Missouri Census
459 466 Parrent, George W Head w m Dec 1869 30 m 7 KY KY TN Farmer
, Ollie M wife w f Aug 1880 19 m 7 3 3 KY KY KY
, Luther son w m Sept 1894 5 s MO KY KY
, Effie dau w f July 1897 2 s MO KY KY
, Daisy M dau w f Mar 1900 2/12 s MO KY KY
Langford, Jacob boarder w m Mar 1875 25 s TN TN TN day laborer1910 1-Wd Campbell District 73, Dunklin County Missouri Census
149 149 Parent, George Head m w 48 m1 17 KY KY KY farmer
, Ollie wife f w 34 m1 17 6 4 KY KY KY
, Effie dau f w 12 s MO KY KY
, Daisy dau f w 10 3 MO KY KY
, Leonard son m w 6 3 MO KY KY
, Otis son m w 3 s MO KY KY1920 Holcomb District 75, Dunklin County Missouri Census
162 Parrent, G.W. head m w 48 Wd KY KY KY farmer
, Daisy dau f w 19 s MO KY KY
, Leonard son m w 16 s MO KY KY
, Ottis son m w 13 s MO KY KY[it looks like George was married to Pearl Heathcot? between Ollie and Celia.]
There is a death certificate in Dunklin Co MO for Pearl Parrent,
DOB: 7 Nov 1884
DOD: 14 March 1918
Housewife
Birthplace: TN
Her father: Bryant Heathcot?, born in TN
Mother: don't know
Informant: George Parrent
She died of Pulmonary TBAlso a death certificate for:
indexed as Joseph Chisten Parrent, although it looks lilke Infant of ??? Parrent
says male, but looks like an FE in front of MALE too.
DOB: 26 Aug 1917
DOD: 28 Oct 1917
Father: George Parrent of MO
Mother: Pearl Heathcot? of Weakly Co TN
Died of Gastro ???1930 Holcomb District 17, Dunklin County Missouri Census
126 114 Parrent, George W head m w 57 m 21 KY KY KY farmer
, Celia wife f w 50 m 18 Illinois Indiana Indiana
, Robert S son m w 16 s MO KY Illinois
, Mary E dau f w 13 s MO KY IllinoisMissouri Death Certificate 33464, Dunklin Co MO
George Washington Parrent
The maiden name of her mother is from Ollie's Missouri death certificate.
Ollie's death certificat shows 1870 as birth date.
The 1900 census shows Aug 1880.
A Calculated date from the 1910 census would be 1878.
1900 Union, District 49, Dunklin County Missouri Census
455 Parrent, Henry head w m Aug 1876 23 m 0 KY KY KY farmer
, Cora wife w f Dec 1882 15 m 0 MO KY MO1910 Union Twp District 73, Dunklin County Missouri Census
1332 133 Parrent, Henry head m w 33 M1 10 KY KY KY farming
, Cora wife f w 25 M1 10 4 4 MO KY MO
, Russel son m w 9 s MO KY MO
, Edith dau f w 6 s MO KY MO
, Cecil son m w 4 s MO KY MO
, Buel? son m w 2 s MO KY MO1920 Union District 84 Dunklin County Missouri Census
212 121 Parrent, Henry W head m w 44 m KY KY KY
, Cora wife f w 35 m MO KY MO
, Edith dau f w 17 s MO KY MO
, Cecil son m w 14 s MO KY MO
, Buel son m w 12 s MO KY MO
, Burel son m w 10 s MO KY MO
, Olen son m w 7 s MO KY MO
, Elton son m w 4 6/12 s MO KY MO
, Roy son m w 2 8/12 s MO KY KY1930 Royal Oak District 143 Oakland County Michigan Census
176 186 Parrent, Henry W head m w 51 M 26 KY KY KY
, Cora E wife-H f w 46 M 16 MO KY MO
, George M son m w 19 s MO KY MO
, Alton L son m w 17 s MO KY MO
, David R son m w 12 s MO KY MO
Howard, Ernest boarder m w 42 WD 25 AR KY KY
Missouri Death Certificate Number 41319
This is the text of a letter received by Pat Oliver 13 Jan 1971 from Willie Russell Parrent: Return address: W. R. Parrent, 302 E John St, Campbell, MO 63933. Campbell MO Jan 13 - 1971. Mr Willis P. Oliver Dear Sir, I have before me a letter dated Dec 5, 1970 that you sent my brother George Burl Parrent. Concerning the Parrent family in general. Well my name is Willie Russell Parrent. Everyone calls me Russell which is OK with me. I was born Dec 2, 1900. Yes I am seventy. I wish I could help you. I will try and tell you a few things I know about it and you might be able to put some ends together and come up with something. My father was born in Kentucky somewhere between Paducah and Central City. He seemed to Remember more about Eddyville than anywhere. His father was Linn Parrent who had married Julia Gillis. They moved to Missouri when their children were all small or young. My Dad's name was Henry Wilson Parrent. A brother George W Parrent. A brother Robert J (Bob) Parrent, A sister Carry Parrent. A sister Ellen Parrent. Their father's name was Linn Parrent his wife's name was Julia. Now all the Parrents out here have grandchildren. My grandmother Julia had a nephew named I think Henry Gillis also from Kentucky. My Dad and Mother was married in 1889 here at Campbell. My Mother's maiden name was Palsgrove and all her family all came here from Tennessee. As for other dates I am blank. I have never seen any account of dates of names. My Dad and Mother only had names and dates of their immediate family. I visited in Kentucky in 1917. There was a dear old man at that time his name was as we all called him old Uncle Louis Parrent and David (Dave) Parrent and Linar Parrent and Sidney Parrent and a cousin of ours Luther EAST and others I don't remember. Yes a lot of them. They were wonderful people. I know a Homer Parrent who works in a bank in Hormersville, MO. I have heard my dad and uncles talk of the McCrackens. That is all I know. Sorry. My father died in 1959. He was 83. He was born in 1876 - he was 22 when he married my mother. So the best I can figure the Parrents came here in about 1850 to 1865. Could be 1870. The brothers and sisters were all born in KY. Dad said he was real small. Old Uncle Louis Parrent and his sister Aunt Gus moved here about 1906 or 10. Only stayed a short time and moved back to Eddyville. I wish I could be of some help but I am just not old enough ha ha. I hope I have not messed up your thinking on this matter. I am proud you are making a try at it. Say I know someone who started out to do the same thing. His name was CLEARANCE Gillis. I think he lives in KY. He has relatives in Bell City MO running a cafe and an aunt Mrs. Dora Day who lives in CLARKTON, MO who is in her late 80's. Hoping you the best of luck. W R Russell Parrent 302 E John St, Campbell MO 63933. Note from Pat Oliver. I wrote back to him a couple of times, but never heard from him again.
96. James M Parrent
1900 Princeton District 6, Caldwell County KY Census
304 301 Parent, James head w m Apr 1862 38 m 10 KY KY KY farmer
, Ellen M wife w f Feb 1872 28 m 10 4 4 KY KY KY
, Viola dau w f Feb 1891 9 s KY KY KY
, Georgia A dau w f Mar 1893 6 s KY KY KY
, Birdie L dau w f Nov 1896 4 s KY KY KY
, Adeline dau w f Mar 1900 3/12 KY KY KY1910 1-Dist District 10, Caldwell County KY Census
Parent, James head m w 42 Wd KY KKY KY farmer
, Viola dau f w 19 s KY KY KY
, Georgie dau f w 17 s KY KY KY
, Birdie dau f w 13 s KY KY KY
, Adelyn dau f w 12 s KY KY KY
, Mildred dau f w 9 s KY KY KY1920 Princeton District 17, Caldwell County KY Census
80 81 Parent, James head m w 57? Wd KY KY TN farm
, Millie dau f w 19 s KY KY KY1930 Eddyville District 3, Lyon County KY Census
73 73 Sullivan, Snelling? J head m w 39 m 37 KY KY KY farmer small farm
, Mildred L? wife f w 28 m 26 KY KY KY
Parrent, James M father-in-law m w 64 WD KY KY KY Laborer
Per Ken Gilkey, Ella Mae died in childbirth. The child also died.
From "Lyon County KY Marriages 1891 - 1900" by Jerome
Bigham, S.J. and Bettie Parrent
Married 29 May 1895 by Eld. J W Oliver at the bride's father's. Wit: Bingham Holloway and Rev. D.E. Bentley. (bond 29 May 1895) Surety: J W Oliver. Groom, age 32, 1st marriage, farmer, born and lives Lyon Co, father born KY and mother born MO. Bride, age 25, 1st marriage, born and lives Lyon Co, parents born Lyon Co.1900 Paducah Ward 5 District 70, McCracken County KY Census
713 284 303 Bigham, Stonewall head w m Oct 1864 35 m 5 KY UNK UNK Machinist Helper
, Bettie E wife w f Nov 1869 30 m 5 2 2 KY KY KY
, Claude son w m Apr 1896 4 s KY KY KY
, Ethel daughter w f May 1899 1 KY KY KY1910 521 422 443 Bigham, Solomon J head m w 46 M1 14 KY KY US car repairer railroad W No O
, Bettie ? wife f w 40 m1 14 4 3 KY KY KY
, Claude ? son m w 13 s KY KY KY
, Ethel ? daughter f w 10 s KY KY KY
, Lizze V daughter f w 8 s KY KY KY1920 Paducah District 140, McCracken Co KY Census
1218 222 243 Bigham, J.S. head m w 58 m KY KY US carrepairer J.?. Shops
, Elizabeth wife f w 51 m KY KY KY
, Claud son m w 24 m KY KY KY machinist J.? shops
, Ethel daughter f w 21 s KY KY KY
, Letha daughter f w 19 M KY KY KY
Parent, Marvin nephew m w 20 s KY KY KY apprentice pipefitter
Richardson, Irwin grandson m w 11/12 s KY AR KYIn the 1930 census, Thurman and Sidney moved to Paducah:
1930 Paducah, District 7, McCracken, KY Census
1219 236 267 Bigham, Stonwall head m w 65 m 32 KY KY MISSOURI (indexed as Braham)
, Betty wife f w 60 m 25 KY KY US (indexed as Petty Braham)
, Ethel dau f w 30 s KY KY KY (indexed as Ethel Braham)
Richardson, Donin? grandson m w 11 s KY Illinois KY (indexed as Dorwin Richardson)
Parent, Sidney brother-in-law m w 44 s KY KY Missouri
, Thurman brother-in-law m w 39 s KY KY Missouri (indexed as Thomas Parent)
Kentucky Death Index, 1911-2000
Name: Stonewall J Bigham
Death Date: 18 Nov 1955
Death Place: Caldwell
Age: 092
Residence: Caldwell
Volume: 44
Certificate: 21721In census entries, he appears as J.S. Bigham, Soloman Bigham, S.J. and Stonewall Bigham.
Certificate of Death
Commonwealth of Kentucky
File No. 116-55-21721
1727607
District No. 185. Primary Registration Dist No 2080
Place of Death: Caldwell
Usuall Residence: KY, county: Caldwell
City: Princeton
If not in hospital, give street address: 607 N. Jeffersono
Name of Deceased: Stonewall Jackson Bigham
Date of Death: Nov 18, 1955
Sex: Male
Color: White
Married
Date of Birth: Oct 15, 1863
Age on last birthday: 92
Usual Occupation: Machinest
Kind of business: D.C.RR. Co
Birthplace KY
Citizen: USA
Father's Name: James Bigham
Mother's Maiden Name: Ella Collins
Ever in armed forces: No
Informant: Mae Holloway
Cause of death: (a) senility (b) generalized arteriosclerosis
Major findings of operation: 4500-085-19
Autopsy: No
I hereby certify that I attended the deceased from 1947 to 1955, that I last saw the deceased alive on Nov 8, 1955 and that death occurred at 7:20 from the causes on the date stated above.
Date signed: 11/21/55 Princeton KY
Signature: ... Barnes MD
Burial: 11/19/1955 Maple Lawn, Paducah, KY
Funeral Director: R H Morgan - Princeton, KY
228. Claude Bigham
Claude killed himself.
230. Ethel Bigham
Ethel was crippled. She never married.
He was on a hand car with some of his relatives; they were arguing over something. They had forgotten about the fast freight train. When they heard it, someone yelled: JUMP. After awhile, someone asked if everyone was ok and that is when they discovered Tildon had broken his neck. I don't know if the train hit the car and killed him or if his neck was broken when he jumped. His monument reads "killed in a freight train and hand car collision on the ICRR". He has a heart shaped monument at Saratoga Cemetery. The name Parent is spelled with two r's also. For a long time I believed that anyone who spelled their name Parrent was not related to us, but that is not true.
She was called granny Work. She loved flowers. She used to clean house for Mrs. Jones for $.50 a day.
Per Emma Lou Tabor, Mary Lula Holt and Isaac Workman had six children with only one living to adulthood. Child Charles lived to the age of 62. Daughter Mar Lillian died at age 9.
232. Marvin Adois Parrent
He left home when he was 13. First he lived with his uncle Wallace in Central City. Later he moved to Paducah and his aunt Mary Bingham's husband Stonewall got him a job on the railroad as a water boy. Later he was a pipe fitter because he was so small. This Aunt Mary is Tildon's sister.
100. Hyland Liner Parrent
WWI Registration Card
Serial Number 616 Order Number 790
Name: Hylen Liner Parent
RFD 1 Eddyville, KY
Age: 40 Date of Birth: January 6, 1878
White, Native Born
Occupation: Farming, Employer's Name: Dave Parent, RFD 1 Eddyville, Lyon, KY
Nearest Relative: Fanny Parent, RFD 1 Eddyville, Lyon KY
Signed: Hylen Liner Parent
Height: Short, Build: Slender, Eyes: Blue, Hair: Light
Physically Disqualified?: No
Registrar: J S Hodges
Date of Registration: Sept 12, 1918
Eddyville, Lyon, KY
Fannie is Helen Parrents daughter, born before Helen was married. Helen's
parents, Susan and Stephen raised Fannie as their daughter.
237. Eva Lorraine Parrent
Never married.
240. Claud Nelson Parrent
Death date is from KY Vital Records.
WWI Draft Registration Cards 1917-1918
Lyon County KY, Draft Card H
Serial Number 843; Order Number 756
Bigham Holloway
RFD No 1 Eddyville, Lyon, KY
Age: 44; Birth: March 29, 1874
White; Native Born Citizen
Farmer
Nearest Relative: Mary Holloway RFD No 1 Eddyville, Lyon, KY
Signed: Bigham Holloway
Short, Slender, Brown Eyes, Dark Hair
No Disabilities
Signed: W P Malloy; Sept 12, 1918
Lyon Co KY