[Marriage Certificate of Robert and Sallie Parker]

Photograph of a certificate certifying the marriage of Robert Henry Parker and Sallie Ann Clarke. The certificate features an ornamental, floral border with the image of a couple riding in a boat being led by a robed woman with a torch. According to the certificate, they were married on November 20, 1851. This marriage certificate was found in the R. H. & S. A. Parker Bible.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Creator: Willis, T. Bradford
System: The Portal to Texas History

[A Presbyterian Communion Table]

Photograph of a communion table inside the chapel of the First Central Presbyterian Church in Abilene, Texas. The table was donated to the First Presbyterian Church by Mr. and Mrs. Robert Henry Parker.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Creator: Willis, T. Bradford
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Woman with the Parker Bell]

Photograph of Lavinia Ward, née McDaniel, standing outside of her brick house with a small hand bell, known as the Parker Bell, that belonged to her grandfather, Robert Henry Parker. It is resting it on the lip of a planter or urn in front of the house. A handwritten note on the back claims that the bell was once "used to call slaves in each day."
Date: 1985
Creator: Willis, T. Bradford
System: The Portal to Texas History