Matthew Arnold Parker

Parker's name appears on a July 8, 1836, roll of Capt. A. E. Collins's company of Sabine Volunteers, the Handbook of Texas says. On July 13, 1846, he was elected a Sabine County commissioner. That year he married Elizabeth Lowe, and they had four children in Cherokee County between 1847 and 1854. About 1855 the family moved to the Nordheim area of DeWitt County. The entry gives his death as March 19, 1862, and says he was buried in Taylor Cemetery, three miles south of Cuero.

What the plaque says

Matthew Arnold Parker (May 17, 1801 - March 19, 1862) First chief justice of Sabine County, Republic of Texas. Parker was born in Georgia. He came here from Louisiana in 1822, settling at this site which was on land later included in his headright grant from the Republic. In 1836 he served in the Defensive Sabine Volunteers. President Sam Houston appointed him chief justice (or county judge) in Dec. 1836, and he was on a commission to detect fraudulent land claims in 1840. After his wife Mary (Isaacs) died (1845), he married Elizabeth Lowe. He was father of 16 children. He died in DeWitt County, and was buried near Nordheim. (1974)

Where it stands

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