Cynthia Ann Parker

James R Parker had a younger sister named Cynthia Ann. She was born in Washington County, Missouri on October 28, 1844. When she was 19 years old, she married John Amsden, a blacksmith. They had three children together: Sarah Jane, Frederick, and Isabelle.

Unfortunately, when Cynthia was only 30 years old, she fell from a haywagon and was killed. She is buried at Brewington Cemetery near Brunot, Wayne County, Missouri. Her mother, Catherine "Caty" Cox Parker Stevenson, raised the three children. Cynthia's husband, a veteran of the Union Army, later remarried and moved to Reynolds County where he worked as the postmaster in Centerville from 1903 until 1912. He was an immigrant from Tring, England (near London) in 1858.