Walter Tillman Parry^{[1, 2, 3, 4]}

1843 - 1927  (83 years)

• Name	Walter Tillman Parry
  Born	3 Nov 1843	Mason County, Kentucky
  Gender	Male
  Died	13 Mar 1927	Franklin, Williamson Co., Tennessee
  Buried	Mount Hope Cemetery Franklin Co., Tennessee   [5]
  Person ID	I15161	My Reynolds Line | Descendants of Giles Carter of Henrico
  Last Modified	11 Mar 2018

  
  

  Family	Alma Cattles Carter,   b. 7 Nov 1871, Franklin, Tennessee ,   d. 27 Feb 1905, Parry, Tennessee  (Age 33 years)
  Married	16 Dec 1891	Franklin, Tennesse
  Children	1. Walter Tilman Parry, Jr.,   b. 2 May 1897, Spring Hill, Tennessee ,   d. 21 Dec 1975, Santa Barbara, California  (Age 78 years)   2. Mary Orlena Parry,   b. 16 Dec 1894, Williamson County, Tennessee ,   d. 3 Nov 1997, Dowling Park, Florida  (Age 102 years)   3. Lucy Lenore Parry,   b. 7 May 1900, Williamson County, Tennessee ,   d. 20 Oct 1985, California  (Age 85 years)
  Last Modified	11 Mar 2018
  Family ID	F5291	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos

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  Documents » Slide Show		Alma Carter Parry-Death Notice The Tennessean Feb 28, 1905
  		Obituary Walter Tillman Parry o15161WalterTillmanParry.jpg
  		Death Certificate-Walter T. Parry parrywt.jpg
  		Walter T. Parry (Wills and Probate) wtparry.jpg
  		Marriage Certificate-Walter Parry-Alma Carter parry-carter.jpg

  
  

  Headstones

  Headstone Walter Tilman Parry hsWalterTilmanParry.jpg

  
  

• Notes

  Alma Carter Parry was born in the Carter House on November 7, 1871, as the first surviving child and only daughter of Col. Moscow Branch Carter and his second wife, America V. Cattles Carter. Alma graduated from Bellwood Seminary/ Kentucky Presbyterian Normal School in Anchorage, Kentucky in 1889. She began teaching piano in the Brentwood area, where she met Mr. Walter Tillman Parry. She married him at the then-First Presbyterian Church at Five Points in Franklin on December 16, 1891, with the wedding supper following at the Carter House. Since the groom was suffering from flu that night, the newlyweds spent their wedding night at the bride's house! Their first child, Mary Orlena Parry, was born on their third wedding anniversary, Dec. 16, 1894. Their first son, Walter Tillman Parry Jr. was born May 2, 1897. Their third child, Lucy Lenore Parry, was born May 7, 1900. All three children were christened at their Spring Hill farm July 6, 1900 by Presbyterian minister Rev. Hardin. Soon after, the family moved to a farm at the corner of Columbia Pike and Henpeck Lane. Alma Parry had a congenital heart defect and she died suddenly at home on February 27, 1905, leaving her three young children motherless. The Parry farm adjoined the farm of Lena Carter Gillespie, Alma's half-sister. Lena Carter Gillespie, who had been a child in the Carter House at the time of the Battle of Franklin, took on a mothering role for her nieces and nephew until her own death in 1930.

  
  

• Sources

  [S32] Find-A-Grave.com, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=125220326. Photograph Spouse: Alma Cattles Carter Parry (1871 - 1905) Children: Mary Orlena Parry Reilly (1884 - 1997) Walter T Parry (1897 - 1975) Lucy Parry Morgan (1900 - 1985) Burial: Mount Hope Cemetery, Franklin, Williamson Co., TN Walter Tillman Parry was born Nov. 3, 1843 in Mason County, Kentucky, son of James Parry and his second wife, Sarah Merrell Parry. He is listed as living on the farm with his parents in Kentucky in the 1850, 1860, 1870, and 1880 censuses. He raised horses which frequently won prizes at local fairs. There is no evidence that he served in either army during the Civil War, despite being wrongly listed in a book of Williamson County Civil War Veterans. After his father James died in 1886, Walter eventually sold his land in Kentucky to his brothers and moved to Brentwood, Tennessee in 1889. He met and married Miss Alma Carter (daughter of Moscow Branch Carter and his second wife, America Carter), who was teaching piano in the area. They married at the then-First Presbyterian Church at Five Points in Franklin on December 16, 1891, with the wedding supper following at the Carter House. Since the groom was suffering from flu, the newlyweds spent the wedding night at the bride's house. Their first child, Mary Orlena Parry, was born on their third wedding anniversary, Dec. 16, 1894. Their first son, Walter Tillman Parry, Jr. was born May 2, 1897. Their third child, Lucy Lenore Parry, was born May 7, 1900. All three children were christened at their Spring Hill farm July 6, 1900 by Presbyterian minister Rev. Hardin. Soon after, the family soon moved to a farm at the corner of Columbia Pike and Henpeck Lane. Alma Carter Parry had a congenital heart defect and she died suddenly in February 1905, leaving her three young children motherless. The Parry farm adjoined the farm of Lena Carter Gillespie, Alma's half-sister. Lena Carter Gillespie, who had been a child in the Carter House at the time of the Battle of Franklin, took on a mothering role for her nieces and nephew until her own death in 1930. Walter, known affectionately as "Pas" to his children, farmed and raised prize-winning Shetland ponies which his children rode to the one-room schoolhouse called Douglass School at the end of the lane. Walter T. Parry lived on at the Parry Farm until his own death on March 13, 1927. [S42] Obituary, Walter Tillman Parry. [S38] Headstone, Walter Tillman Parry. [S39] Will, https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/9176/007642724_00337?pid=1678277&backurl=https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db%3DUSProbateTN%26h%3D1678277%26indiv%3Dtry%26o_vc%3DRecord:OtherRecord%26rhSource%3D2376&treeid=&personid=&hintid=&usePUB=true&usePUBJs=true. Tennessee Wills and Probate [S32] Find-A-Grave.com, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=125220326.