56Job Parsons is a son of Solomon Parsons, and was born in 1820. In 1841 he married Jemima Ward, daughter of Adonijah Ward; his wife died in 1853 and he married Eunice J. [Long], daughter of James Long, in 1872.

56Job Parsons is a son of Solomon Parsons, and was born in 1820. In 1841 he married Jemima Ward, daughter of Adonijah Ward; his wife died in 1853 and he married Eunice J., daughter of James Long, in 1872. Children: Analiza, Martha Jane, Solomon A., James W., Mary Jemima, Alice, Ward and Perry. He lives in the Holly Meadows, 6 miles from St. George, where he owns 700 acres of land, of which 160 acres is under cultivation. He has been a county officer and held office in Randolph before the formation of Tucker; he says that quite a number of wounded Union soldiers were in Washington Parson's house after the battle of Corrick's Ford, which goes to substantiate the belief that their loss was greater than their account makes it.