William T. PARRY

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1870, Living with parents in Beloit, Rock Co., Wisconsin
• Census: 1900, Living in Kansas, Jackson Co., Missouri
• Census: 1910, Living in Kansas, Jackson Co., Missouri

William married Mary ? about 1897. Mary was born in Aug 1870 in Kansas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1870, Living in Beloit, Rock Co., Wisconsin

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Name:
Buried 10 Dec 1884; 60 years of age.
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Tinsmith
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State News.

Thomas W. Parry, a citizen at Rockton who had been missing for some was found dead in an outhouse, a day or two ago, as supposed from heart disease. (Daily Illinois State Journal [Springfield, Illinois] Friday, December 12, 1884, Page 4.) (Accessed and transcribed 12 December 2016 by Mary Jo.)
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DROPPED DEAD.

A Rockton Man Missing--His Dead Body Found in an Outhouse--A Shocked Community

Monday noon the village of Rockton received quite a shock. Mr. Thomas W. Parry, a gentleman 65 years of age, who has been in rather feeble health, has been shopping at the New England House. He has been troubled with heart affliction since last May, and has been well cared for by friends in Rockton.

About 10 o'clock Monday morning he seemed to be in excellent spirits and rather better health than usual. He called for his overcoat and started out. When he did not return at noon, surprise at his absence soon gave way to uneasiness, and a search was instituted. After some time some of the party entered the outhouse and were startled to find him.

LYING ON THE FLOOR

were [where] he had apparently fallen. Examination disclosed that he had been dead for some time, probably over an hour. It was undoubtedly heart disease. The body was cared for and a telegram sent to his son who probably arrived today and will take charge of the remains. (Daily Register [Rockford, Illinois] Wednesday, December 10, 1884, Page 3.) (Accessed and transcribed 12 December 2016 by Mary Jo.)
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Oakwood listings for SW-41:
Parry, T. W. SW-41,1 12/10/1884 60
Hulett, J. M. SW-41,10 11/19/1883 79
Parry, Frank SW-41,3 9 /9 /1875 5
Parry, Guy SW-41,8
Hulett, Lucinda SW-41,9 11/28/1893 82
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Plot addendum:
The Parry lot has a big stone but the top part is missing and the small stones aren't readable.
Added by: Peggy
1/06/2017
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Thomas married Martha F. HULETT on 18 Dec 1861 in Winnebago Co., Illinois, and was divorced before 1880. Martha (daughter of John Mathewson HULETT and Lucinda JAY) was born on 13 Apr 1840 in Elkhart County, Indiana; died on 13 Oct 1921 in Kansas City, Jackson Co., Missouri. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1850, Living with parents in Rockton, Winnebago Co., Illinois
• Census: 1860, Living with parents in Owen, Winnebago Co., Illinois
• Census: 1870, Living with husband in Beloit, Rock Co., Wisconsin
• Census: 1880, Living in Beloit, Rock Co., Wisconsin; Lists as being divorced
• Census: 1900, Living with son, William, in Kansas, Jackson Co., Missouri
• Census: 1910, Living in Kansas, Jackson Co., Missouri
• Census: 1920, Living in Kansas City, Jackson Co., Missouri

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Daughter of John M. Hulett born Vermont and Lucinda Jay born NY, Martha F. Hulett married Thomas W. Parry in 1861. By 1880, Mattie Parry was separated from her husband and a Lecturer in Rock, Beloit, WI. Head of the Parry household, her children were Willie, Johnnie, Mattie, Edward, and Lulu. The children were born in MI with the exception of Lulu born WI. On 4 Nov 1880, Cook County, IL, she married widower Judge Arnold Krekel.
Judge Krekel's obituary of 18 July 1888 reported that Mrs. Krekel and his children were with him in his last hours: He passed away without much suffering, and seemed to be going to sleep. His wife and daughters were grief stricken. All of his relatives were summoned by telegraph.
In accordance with Judge Krekel's wishes, his funeral was conducted at the family residence without ostentation and he was to be buried in St. Charles where other members of his family were interred.
Martha H. Krekel/Kreckel survived her husband by more than 30 years and died at the age of 81 years and 5 months; informant on her MO Death Certificate was her daughter, Miss Lulu Parry (MO #26181).
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A Free Thinker in her own right, Mrs. Krekel was a vice-president of the American Secular Union and she is acknowledged in The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 12 (of 12): http://www.gutenberg.org/files/38812/38812-h/38812-h.htm
CONVENTION OF THE AMERICAN SECULAR UNION.
Albany, N. Y., September 13, 1885.
In this particular, leaving out myself as I have said, you have done magnificently well. Mrs. Mattie Krekel, another vice-president, is a woman who has the courage to express her opinions, and she is all the more to be commended because, as you know, women have to suffer a little more punishment than men, being amenable to social laws that are more exacting and tyrannical than those passed by Legislatures.
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K - Philosopedia
http://philosopedia.org/index.php/K
Krekel, Arnold (1815?1888) Krekel was an American judge who had been born in Prussia but went with his parents in 1832 to America, settling in Missouri. He was elected in 1852 to the Missouri State Legislature, served as a colonel during the Civil War, was president of the Constitutional Convention of 1865, and signed the ordinance of emancipation by which the slaves of Missouri were set free. A pronounced agnostic, he was described in Putnam's Four Hundred Years of Freethought. Krekel when he realized he was about to die requested his wife not to wear mourning, saying that death was as natural as birth. His wife, Mattie Parry Krekel (Born 1840), was also a freethinker. In a Truth Seeker (15 February 1890) article, she wrote, "Freethought means, first of all, mental self-assertion."
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A Biographical Dictionary of Freethinkers of All Ages and Nations
http://freepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wakefield/history/34513-h/34513-h.htm

Krekel (Arnold), American judge, b. Langenfield, Prussia 14 March, 1815. Went with parents to America in '32 and settled in Missouri. In '42 he was elected Justice of the Peace and afterwards county attorney. In '52 he was elected [194]to the Missouri State Legislature. He served in the civil war being elected colonel, was president of the constitutional convention of '65 and signed the ordinance of emancipation by which the slaves of Missouri were set free. He was appointed judge by President Lincoln 9 March, '65. A pronounced Agnostic, when he realized he was about to die he requested his wife not to wear mourning, saying that death was as natural as birth. Died at Kansas 14 July, 1888.

Krekel (Mattie H. Hulett), b. of freethinking parents, Elkhart Indiana 13 April, 1840. Educated at Rockford, Illinois, in her 16th year became a teacher. Married Judge Krekel, after whose death, she devoted her services to the Freethought platform.
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Illinois Marriages, 1851-1900
Name: Thomas W. Parry
Gender: Male
Spouse Name: Martha F. Hulett
Marriage Date: Dec 18, 1861
Marriage County: Winnebago

Cook County, Illinois, Marriages Index, 1871-1920
Name: Mattie H. Parry
Age: 39
Gender: Female
Birth Year: abt 1841
Birth Place: Belot, Rock, Wisconsin
Marriage Type: Marriage
Marriage Date: 4 Nov 1880
Spouse Name: Arnold Krekil
Spouse Age: 65
Spouse Gender: Male
Spouse Birth Place: Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri
FHL Film Number: 1030114

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