Cynthia Ann Parker--A Texas Legend
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Cynthia Ann Parker - A Texas Legend Cynthia Ann Parker (ca. 1825-ca. 1871), a captive of the Comanches, was born to Lucy (Duty) and Silas M. Parker in Crawford County, Illinois. According to the 1870 census of Anderson County she would have been born between June 2, 1824, and May 31, 1825. When she was nine or ten her family moved to Central Texas and built Fort Parker on the headwaters of the Navasota River in what is now Limestone County. The family developed a community around the church of her uncle, Elder John Parker, who headed the Texas branch of the Primitive Baptist Church. As protection against the Natives of the area, they built substantial walls around their community and created a company of Texas Rangers for the area. The settlement became known as Fort Parker.
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| Page title: | Cynthia Ann Parker - A Texas Legend |
| Keywords: | Cynthia Ann Parker, Quanah, parker, Parker, native americans, indians, texas legends, texas heroes, texas history |
| Description: | Although Cynthia Ann Parker never recounted her experiences as a Comanche captive (1836-1860), her story is probably the best known of all the pioneer women captured by Indians in the Southwest. |
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| Date | Creation Date: 04-jan-1997 Expiration Date: 03-jan-2015 |