Photograph of Sallie Ann Clarke Parker, who was an elderly woman at the time this portrait was taken. She was the wife of Robert Henry Parker and the daughter of Joseph C. Clarke and Harriett L. Julian Clarke.

Photograph of a group of women seated together for a portrait on the porch of Robert Henry Parker's home in Abilene, Texas. Sitting on the first row are Lavinia Parker McDaniel and Nellie Parker Davis Jack. On the second row are Hallie Parker Adams, Sallie Ann Clarke Parker (wife of Robert Henry Parker and matriarch of those around her), and Bettie Parker Kelly. On the top row are Sallie Ann Parker Willis (wife of Thomas Middlebrook Willis), Neva Parker Woodward, and Margaret "Mag" Parker Field Cox.

Photograph of four generations of the Parker family. From left to right are Sallie Ann Clarke Parker, Sallie Ann Parker Willis, Neva Willis Hudson, and an infant, Margaret Ann Hudson.

Photograph of the cover of a leather-bound Holy Bible belonging to the Robert Henry Parker family. The initials R.H. and S.A. Parker are engraved underneath the title, which is set in a decorative typeface. An intricately engraved border surrounds the title.

Colored illustration of a one-story house with a covered front porch; it belonged to Nellie Parker Davis Jack and her husband J.W. Jack and was located in Beaumont, Texas. The illustration features a landscaped front yard and the silhouette of a small animal standing on the walkway. A few handwritten notes on the back read, "Aunt Nellie's House, Beaumont, Tex, Nellie Parker Davis Jack, Aunt Nellie was sister to Mrs. T.M. Willis, Abilene."

Photograph of the first two-story frame house in Abilene, Texas, located on the corner of South 2nd Street and Butternut Street. It was the home of Robert Henry Parker. A group of people, believed to be the Parker family, are gathered on the covered porch.

Photograph of the first two-story frame house in Abilene, Texas, located on the corner of South 2nd Street and Butternut Street. It was the home of Robert Henry Parker. A white picket fence borders the property.

Photograph of Parker Place, an Italian Villa-style house that belonged to Robert Parker and Elizabeth Porter Parker. It is located at 511 West Short Street in Lexington, Kentucky. In front of the house is a well-manicured lawn.

Photograph of a red-brick Italian Villa-style house known as Parker Place. A sign in the front yard boasts the name and address. It was once the home of Robert Parker and Elizabeth Porter Parker. It is located at 511 West Short Street in Lexington, Kentucky.

Photograph of a facade of a red-brick Italian Villa-style house known as Parker Place. It was once the home of Robert Parker and Elizabeth Porter Parker. It is located at 511 West Short Street in Lexington, Kentucky.

Photograph of Betty Parker Warden, the sister of Robert Henry Parker. She was an elderly woman at the time the portrait was taken.

Photograph of D. Proctor Woodward, the husband of Neva Parker Woodward, according to handwritten information the back of the photo. He is a middle-aged bespectacled man wearing a suit and sitting in an ornate chair with a book in his lap.

Photograph of an miniature oil portrait of Harriett L. Julian Clarke, the daughter of Dr. Charles Julian and Jane Moore Julian and the mother of Sallie Ann Clarke Parker. She married Joseph C. Clarke. She was born September 30, 1798 and died September 21, 1838. According to family tradition, the portrait was painted in France.

Photograph of Dr. John Todd Parker, the father of Robert Henry Parker. He is a middle-aged man in this portrait.

Photograph of John Todd Parker, a middle-aged man with short hair and a mustache, posed for a studio portrait in a three-piece suit. According to a handwritten note on the back, he is the son of Robert H. Parker and Sallie Clarke Parker.

Photograph of a professional portrait of Margaret Field Cox, née Parker. She was known by her nickname "Mag" to some. She is a frizzy-haired woman wearing a high-collared ensemble with a sizable floral boutonniere pinned to her chest. On the back of the photograph's mat are handwritten notes which reads, "This belongs to Mrs. Geo W. McDaniel. Aunt Mag Parker (Mrs. Sam Field, later Mrs. Sam Cox)."

Photograph of Mary Eliza Parker Dickson, sister of Robert Henry Parker. She was a middle-aged woman at the time the portrait was made.

Photograph of Neva Parker Woodward, who is the daughter of Robert H. Parker and Sallie Clarke Parker of Abilene, Texas, according to handwritten information on the back of the photo. She is a short-haired woman wearing a pearl necklace and a sleeveless ensemble. Held against her chest is a feathery object.

Photograph of Robert Henry Parker, the husband of Sallie Ann Clarke Parker. He was born September 16, 1828 and died on September 15, 1896.

Photograph of Robert Henry Parker, the husband of Sallie Ann Clarke Parker. He was born September 16, 1828 and died on September 15, 1896.

Photograph of Sallie Ann Clarke Parker, the daughter of Joseph C. Clarke and Harriett L. Julian Clarke. She was born December 3, 1832 in Frankfort, Kentucky. After marrying Robert Henry Parker, she moved her family to McKinney, Texas and then to Abilene, Texas. The Parkers were pioneers of Taylor County and early members of the First Presbyterian Church of Abilene.

Photograph of Sallie Ann Clarke Parker, the daughter of Joseph C. Clarke and Harriett L. Julian Clarke. She married Robert Henry Parker. She was an elderly woman at the time the portrait was created.

Photograph of an oval portrait of Sallie Ann Clarke Parker in her old age. She has her wavy, gray hair pinned up and is wearing high-collared clothing with a pair of glasses hanging from her chest. There are a couple of handwritten notes on the back of the photo. One of them reads, "Mrs. R.H. Parker (Sallie A. Clarke Parker), Abilene, TX (1832-1924)." The other reads, "Picture of my mother Sallie Clarke Parker, wife of Robert H. Parker, married 1851. Sallie Parker Willis, Mrs. T.M. Willis for Mrs. J.W. Jack."

Photograph of the title page inside a pictorial family bible belonging to the Robert Henry Parker family. The page, which is pink in color, presents the necessary information on the publisher, the editor, and other aspects of the edition.