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Nancy L. Isbell was born around 1843 in Shelby County Alabama, died around 1897 in Pickens County, Chickasaw Nation. Nancy is buried in the Keller Cemetery, Carter County Oklahoma. She was the eldest daughter of Robert Isbell 1815 and Elizabeth Love 1822. Nancy traveled with her parents and sibblings John, Louraney, Rebecca Jane, Robert Jr., Zachariah Bailey, and Julia Ann, to Stoddard County Missouri, Duckcreek township. These three Isbell children,Zachariah Bailey, Julia Ann, and William Riley, were all born in Blount Alabama.In the 1860 census of Stoddard Missouri, William is listed as being 1 year old. In 1862 Robert Sr. enlisted for service in the Civil War in Bloomfield Missouri. He owned his own horse and horse equipment.
On Saturday February 17, 1872 in Burneyville, Pickens
County, Indian Nation, Govornor
Thomas Parker married his third wife Nancy Isbell. The marriage
license was signed by Thomas
Boyd, Chief Justice of the Chickasaw Nation. Thomas Parker was the
Govornor of the Chickasaw
Nation. It has been handed down through our family that Parker was
the 1st Govornor. Researching records from Oklahoma have proved this
not to be the case. Thomas J. Parker followed W.P. Brown in
office. Parker served in office from 1871-1872.
Sometime after 1847 Parker first located in Boggy Depot. After
the Chickasaw seperated from the
Choctaws and formed their own nation in 1856. Thomas moved to
what is now known as Parker
Valley. He remained here until his death in 1890.
According to information
from the Oklahoma State Archives Thomas Parker was born around 1800 in
Northern Mississippi, what was then Chickasaw Land. He died August
18, 1890 in his beloved Parker Valley. His body rest in a small but
beautiful private family cemetery. On a hill over looking a bend in the
Red River and the marvelous valley below.
In the summer of 1998 my husband and I made a trip to visit Parker Valley and the resting place of Thomas Parker. The cemetery sits on private land and is surrounded by a chain link fence.The following is a list of people we found with markers in the cemetery. I shall list them exactly as their markers read. Thomas Parker age 115 years. ( very old marker with no birth or death date). Elbert Augustus Parker born Dec 15, 1843, died Feb.26, 1910. Tombstone marked FATHER Simon Parker, born March 28, 1856, died May 12, 1942. ( I know that this was a son of Thomas Parker but I do not know by which wife). Tombstone marked MOTHER Laura Parker, born February 13, 1868, died March 25, 1957. Large double PARKER marker, Laura M., born August 9, 1884, died July 16, 1942 with Oscar M. born Jan. 22, 1880, died July 4, 1955. Kaloolah Ragsdale, born February 21, 1896, died May 4, 1978. Tombstone marked DAUGHTER Alla P. Wallace, born April 11, 1891, died October 6, 1969. Tombstone marked SON Claude Parker, born February 9, 1902, died September 13, 1960.
There is a biographical Sketch of Thomas Parker in the Western History
Collection of the University of Oklahoma. One might find the same
information in THE DAILY OKLAHOMA, Sunday August
"The govornor's third wife was a white woman, but this marriage was
not a success. After living with her for only a short time they seperated,
and the govornor made his home with his son Simon, the remainder of his
years."
This of course was referring to Nancy Isbell.
© Shannon Barker & Marian Brown
"Message of Thomas Parker".
Neither of these articles mention the names of Parkers wife.
It does state that Simon Parker was his
son by his second wife.
Last Updated: October 27th, 1998
