SIXTH GENERATION

58. Edmund Parsons was born about 1805 in Virginia. He appeared on the census on 1 Sep 1850 in Grayson Co., Virginia.⁽²³¹⁾ He appeared on the census on 3 Jul 1860 in Elk Creek, Alleghany Co., North Carolina. ⁽²³²⁾ He appeared on the census on 5 Sep 1870 in Piney Creek, Alleghany Co., North Carolina. ⁽²³³⁾ He appeared on the census on 9 Jun 1880 in Laurel Township, Ashe Co., North Carolina.⁽²³⁴⁾ He died on 25 Mar 1890 in Ashe Co., North Carolina. Minutes of the 24th Annual Session of the Mountain Union Baptist Association, convened with Pleasant Grove Church, Alleghany County, NC, October 10th and 11th, 1890, reads: Edmund Parsons died March 25, 1890 in his 85th year. He was one of the founders of the Association and deacon in Mt. Carmel church, and able defender of Baptist principles. He selected Elders R. C. Church, J. J. L. Church and I. W. Landreth to preach his funeral in the future, from the text John x 27,28,29. His dear wife, Charlotte, died February 18, 1890. In the 1880 census there is a boarder in the family by the name of Helan Osborn, white female, age 58.

59. Charlotte Reeves Osborn was born on 12 May 1815 in Ashe Co., North Carolina. Birth information is taken from the 1880 census. She appeared on the census on 1 Sep 1850 in Grayson Co., Virginia. ⁽²³⁵⁾ She appeared on the census on 3 Jul 1860 in Elk Creek, Alleghany Co., North Carolina.⁽²³⁶⁾ She appeared on the census on 5 Sep 1870 in Piney Creek, Alleghany Co., North Carolina. ⁽²³⁷⁾ She appeared on the census on 9 Jun 1880 in Laurel Township, Ashe Co., North Carolina. ⁽²³⁸⁾ She died on 18 Feb 1890. Minutes of the 24th Annual Session of the Mountain Union Baptist Association, convened with Pleasant Grove Church, Alleghany County, NC, October 10th and 11th, 1890, reads: Edmund Parsons died March 25, 1890 in his 85th year. He was one of the founders of the Association and deacon in Mt. Carmel church, and able defender of Baptist principles. He selected Elders R. C. Church, J. J. L. Church and I. W. Landreth to preach his funeral in the future, from the text John x 27,28,29. His dear wife, Charlotte, died February 18, 1890. Children were:

i. Osborn Kesterson Parsons was born on 11 Oct 1844 in Grayson Co., Virginia. He appeared on the census on 1 Sep 1850 in Grayson Co., Virginia. ⁽²³⁹⁾ Listed as Kesterson in the 1850 census. He appeared on the census on 3 Jul 1860 in Elk Creek, Alleghany Co., North Carolina. ⁽²⁴⁰⁾ He served in the military on 4 Jun 1861 in Mouth of Wilson, Grayson Co., Virginia. Pvt., Co. D. Enl Fork of Wilson, Grayson Co., 6/4/61. Hosp., left sick at Wytheville, 7/25/61 through 7/31/61. Present in unit 11/1/61. Hosp., Montgomery White Sulpher Springs, by 4/16/63 through 6/11/63. WIA, gunshot finger. 7/6/63. Hosp, finger amputated, Richmond 7/19/63 to 7/28/63 when furloughed 30-day sick leave to Grayson Co. Captured Spotsylvania C.H. 5/12/64. POW Pt. Lookout 5/18/64 to 5/25/64 when enl. US Army. Source: 50th Virginia Regimental History Series book by John D. Chapla. He served in the military on 3 Apr 1865 in Greenupsburg, Kentucky. Volunteer enlistment, State of KY, Town of Greenupsburg. Date volunteered: 3 Apr., 1865 for the period of one year unless sooner discharged by proper authority. He appeared on the census on 5 Sep 1870 in Piney Creek, Alleghany Co., North Carolina.⁽²⁴¹⁾ He appeared on the census on 19 Jun 1880 in Staggs Creek Twp., Ashe Co., North Carolina.⁽²⁴²⁾ He died on 10 Oct 1918 in Jennings, Jefferson Davis Parish, Lousiana. Died in the great flu epidemic. He was buried on 11 Oct 1918 in Jennings, Jefferson Davis Parish, Lousiana. Buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Jennings, Jefferson Davis Parish, Louisiana. Tombstone inscription: Osborn K. Parsons, Co. G 39 KY INF.
ii. Charity Parsons was born on 23 Aug 1847. 1860 census says she was born in North Carolina, and the 1870 census says she was born in Virginia. She appeared on the census on 3 Jul 1860 in Elk Creek, Alleghany Co., North Carolina. ⁽²⁴³⁾ She appeared on the census on 5 Sep 1870 in Piney Creek, Alleghany Co., North Carolina. ⁽²⁴⁴⁾ She died in 1894.
iii. Sarah E. Parsons was born about 1848. 1860 census says Sarah was born in North Carolina, and the 1870 census says Virginia. She appeared on the census on 3 Jul 1860 in Elk Creek, Alleghany Co., North Carolina. ⁽²⁴⁵⁾ She appeared on the census on 5 Sep 1870 in Piney Creek, Alleghany Co., North Carolina.⁽²⁴⁶⁾ She died between 1880 and 1885 in North Carolina. She appeared on the census on 25 Jun 1880 in North Fork Township, Ashe Co., North Carolina. ⁽²⁴⁷⁾
29 iv. Mary Lavina Parsons.
v. Phoebe C. Parsons was born about 1858. 1860 census say Phoebe was born in North Carolina, and the 1870 census says Virginia. She appeared on the census on 3 Jul 1860 in Elk Creek, Alleghany Co., North Carolina. ⁽²⁴⁸⁾ She appeared on the census on 5 Sep 1870 in Piney Creek, Alleghany Co., North Carolina.⁽²⁴⁹⁾ She died in 1884.