PARRs in Iowa
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PARRs in Iowa
| Karen Hall Blunk (View posts) | Posted: 26 May 1999 12:00PM GMT |
Classification: Biography
Surnames: PARR, HENRY, CURRY, DENNY
From "History of Cedar County, Iowa" 1888 - Lowden, Iowa Town History
This village is an outgrowth of the Chicago & North Western Railway which was built to Louden (later spelled Lowden) July 5, 1858.
The first settlers in this vicinity were John Calvin Parr, with sons Harvey, Reason (Rezon), John C. and James; his cousin William Parr (known as old Billy Parr) with sons Leonard, Luman, Asas, William, John and Elliott and others born after their settlement there; and a brother of William Parr named John. The Parr family came in a wagon train of 13 wagons from Licking County Ohio and is descended from the original immigrant William Parr who was sheriff in Philadephia in the late 1600's. Before that they lived in Union County, PA and came from England and are related to the Parr family of Catherine Parr, 16 year old wife of King Henry the 8th. It might be noted that also in Licking County, Ohio was the McClellan family who also eventually moved to Cedar County, Iowa in the same general area. When they arrived in 1839, the youngest members of the wagon train were six week old Elizabeth Parr, and N. Dean Henry, later husband of this girl who was a member of the famous Crocker's Iowa Brigade of the Civil War. The Parr family, although having 13 children, eventually moved on to other states including South Dakota. Many of their descendants who married into the Curry, Denny and other families, still reside in the area. They came in 1839.
This village is an outgrowth of the Chicago & North Western Railway which was built to Louden (later spelled Lowden) July 5, 1858.
The first settlers in this vicinity were John Calvin Parr, with sons Harvey, Reason (Rezon), John C. and James; his cousin William Parr (known as old Billy Parr) with sons Leonard, Luman, Asas, William, John and Elliott and others born after their settlement there; and a brother of William Parr named John. The Parr family came in a wagon train of 13 wagons from Licking County Ohio and is descended from the original immigrant William Parr who was sheriff in Philadephia in the late 1600's. Before that they lived in Union County, PA and came from England and are related to the Parr family of Catherine Parr, 16 year old wife of King Henry the 8th. It might be noted that also in Licking County, Ohio was the McClellan family who also eventually moved to Cedar County, Iowa in the same general area. When they arrived in 1839, the youngest members of the wagon train were six week old Elizabeth Parr, and N. Dean Henry, later husband of this girl who was a member of the famous Crocker's Iowa Brigade of the Civil War. The Parr family, although having 13 children, eventually moved on to other states including South Dakota. Many of their descendants who married into the Curry, Denny and other families, still reside in the area. They came in 1839.