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[Woman with the Parker Bell]

Description: Photograph of Lavinia Ward, née McDaniel, standing outside of her brick house with a small hand bell, known as the Parker Bell, that belonged to her grandfather, Robert Henry Parker. It is resting it on the lip of a planter or urn in front of the house. A handwritten note on the back claims that the bell was once "used to call slaves in each day."
Date: 1985
Creator: Willis, T. Bradford
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[Marriage Certificate of Robert and Sallie Parker]

Description: Photograph of a certificate certifying the marriage of Robert Henry Parker and Sallie Ann Clarke. The certificate features an ornamental, floral border with the image of a couple riding in a boat being led by a robed woman with a torch. According to the certificate, they were married on November 20, 1851. This marriage certificate was found in the R. H. & S. A. Parker Bible.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Creator: Willis, T. Bradford
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[Cover of the Parker Family Bible]

Description: Photograph of the cover of a leather-bound Holy Bible belonging to the Robert Henry Parker family. The initials R.H. and S.A. Parker are engraved underneath the title, which is set in a decorative typeface. An intricately engraved border surrounds the title.
Date: unknown
Creator: Willis, T. Bradford
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[The Jack Family Home]

Description: Colored illustration of a one-story house with a covered front porch; it belonged to Nellie Parker Davis Jack and her husband J.W. Jack and was located in Beaumont, Texas. The illustration features a landscaped front yard and the silhouette of a small animal standing on the walkway. A few handwritten notes on the back read, "Aunt Nellie's House, Beaumont, Tex, Nellie Parker Davis Jack, Aunt Nellie was sister to Mrs. T.M. Willis, Abilene."
Date: unknown
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[Parker Family Home in Abilene]

Description: Photograph of the first two-story frame house in Abilene, Texas, located on the corner of South 2nd Street and Butternut Street. It was the home of Robert Henry Parker. A group of people, believed to be the Parker family, are gathered on the covered porch.
Date: unknown
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[Portrait of Harriet Julian Clarke]

Description: Photograph of an miniature oil portrait of Harriett L. Julian Clarke, the daughter of Dr. Charles Julian and Jane Moore Julian and the mother of Sallie Ann Clarke Parker. She married Joseph C. Clarke. She was born September 30, 1798 and died September 21, 1838. According to family tradition, the portrait was painted in France.
Date: unknown
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[Portrait of John Todd Parker]

Description: Photograph of John Todd Parker, a middle-aged man with short hair and a mustache, posed for a studio portrait in a three-piece suit. According to a handwritten note on the back, he is the son of Robert H. Parker and Sallie Clarke Parker.
Date: unknown
Creator: Rodden
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[Portrait of Mag Parker]

Description: Photograph of a professional portrait of Margaret Field Cox, née Parker. She was known by her nickname "Mag" to some. She is a frizzy-haired woman wearing a high-collared ensemble with a sizable floral boutonniere pinned to her chest. On the back of the photograph's mat are handwritten notes which reads, "This belongs to Mrs. Geo W. McDaniel. Aunt Mag Parker (Mrs. Sam Field, later Mrs. Sam Cox)."
Date: unknown
Creator: Zahn, Justus
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[Portrait of Neva Parker Woodward]

Description: Photograph of Neva Parker Woodward, who is the daughter of Robert H. Parker and Sallie Clarke Parker of Abilene, Texas, according to handwritten information on the back of the photo. She is a short-haired woman wearing a pearl necklace and a sleeveless ensemble. Held against her chest is a feathery object.
Date: unknown
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[Portrait of Sallie Ann Clarke Parker]

Description: Photograph of Sallie Ann Clarke Parker, the daughter of Joseph C. Clarke and Harriett L. Julian Clarke. She was born December 3, 1832 in Frankfort, Kentucky. After marrying Robert Henry Parker, she moved her family to McKinney, Texas and then to Abilene, Texas. The Parkers were pioneers of Taylor County and early members of the First Presbyterian Church of Abilene.
Date: unknown
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[Portrait of Sallie Clarke Parker]

Description: Photograph of an oval portrait of Sallie Ann Clarke Parker in her old age. She has her wavy, gray hair pinned up and is wearing high-collared clothing with a pair of glasses hanging from her chest. There are a couple of handwritten notes on the back of the photo. One of them reads, "Mrs. R.H. Parker (Sallie A. Clarke Parker), Abilene, TX (1832-1924)." The other reads, "Picture of my mother Sallie Clarke Parker, wife of Robert H. Parker, married 1851. Sallie Parker Willis, Mrs. T.M. Willis for M… more
Date: unknown
Creator: Voorhees & DeVoe
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