Pennsylvania Family Group Sheet for the Caleb PARFET Family *********************************************** Copyright Sharon Pinkerton Wayland. All rights reserved. http://www.fgs-project.com/copyright.html *********************************************** Submitted by: Sharon Pinkerton Wayland Email address: spwpcw@verizon.net Husband: Caleb PARFET (1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)(7)(8)(9)(12)(13)(14)(15)(16)(17)(19) Birthdate: October 28, 1834 Birthplace: Wales Death date: March 1, 1906 Buried: Odd Fellows Cemetery, Lykens, Dauphin Co., PA Place of death: Williamstown, Dauphin Co., PA Father: James PARFET Mother: Ann PARFET (D-Sept 25, 1870 84 yrs 6 mos 5 days) (1) Marriage date: December 12, 1863 Marriage place: Tremont Methodist Church, Tremont, Schuylkill Co., PA Wife: Henrietta PINKERTON (1)(2)(3)(5)(6)(9)(11) Birthdate: August 28, 1839 Birthplace: Wiconisco, Dauphin Co., PA Death date: July 2, 1893 Place of death: Dauphin County Asylum Buried: Odd Fellows Cemetery (IOOF) Lykens, Dauphin Co., PA Father: George PINKERTON (1797-1875) Mother: Margaret WRIGHT (1803-1882) CHILDREN Child No. 1: Charles Elmer (1)(2)(3)(4)(8)(10) Sex: M Birthdate: September 1864 Birthplace: Lykens, Dauphin Co., PA Death date: October 1902 Place of death: Dauphin County, PA Buried: Calvary Methodist Cemetery, Wiconisco, Dauphin Co., PA Marriage date: Unknown Marriage place: Lykens, Dauphin Co., PA Spouse's name: Maggie Louise MUCHER Child No. 2: George W. (2)(3)(8)(9)(18)(20) Sex: M Birthdate: May 1866 Birthplace: Dauphin Co., PA Death date: 1935 Place of death: Lykens, Dauphin Co., PA Buried: Calvary Methodist Cemetery, Wiconisco, Dauphin Co., PA Marriage date: Unknown Marriage place: Unknown Spouse's name: Flora A. Hawk (1871-1947) Child No. 3: Cyrus F. (2)(3) Sex: M Birthdate: January 1868 Birthplace: Wiconisco, Dauphin Co., PA Death date: April 26, 1898 Place of death: Lykens, Dauphin Co., PA Buried: Union Cemetery, Lykens, Dauphin Co., PA. Marriage date: August 15, 1895 Marriage place: Wiconisco, Dauphin County, PA Spouse's name: Mary Abby Armstrong Child No. 4: Emily "Emma" M. (1)(2) Sex: F Birthdate: Febuary 24, 1870 Birthplace: Wiconisco, Dauphin Co., PA Death date: March 22, 1871 Buried: IOOF Cemetery, Lykens, Dauphin Co., PA Place of death: Wiconisco, Dauphin Co., PA Age at Death: "1 yr, 18 days" Child No. 5: Daisy M. (3)(8)(9)(12) Sex: F Birthdate: 1873 Birthplace: Wiconisco, Dauphin Co., PA Death date: Unknown Place of death: Unknown Marriage date: August 26, 1894 Marriage place: Lykens, Dauphin Co., PA Spouse's name: James M. WERT Child No. 6: Annie I. (1) Sex: F Birthdate: June 13, 1874 Birthplace: Wiconisco, Dauphin Co. PA Death date: July 21, 1875 Place of death: Wiconisco, Dauphin Co., PA Buried: IOOF Cemetery, Lykens, PA Age at Death: "11 mos, 8 days" Child No. 7: Minnie A.(3)(4)(8)(9) Sex: F Birthdate: December 1876 Birthplace: Wiconisco, Dauphin Co., PA Death date: Unknown Place of death: Williamstown, Dauphin Co., PA Marriage date: August 28, 1900 Marriage place: Williamstown, Dauphin Co., PA Spouse's name: William H. LEBO Child No. 8: James Frank (3)(4)(8)(9) Sex: M Birthdate: October 1878 Birthplace: Wiconisco, Dauphin Co., PA Death date: Unknown Place of death: Unknown Marriage date: Unknown Marriage place: Unknown Spouse's name: Unknown Child No. 9: Caleb Benjamin (a twin) (3) Sex: M Birthdate: March 1880 Birthplace: Wiconisco, Dauphin Co., PA Death date: Before 1900 Place of death: Wiconisco, Dauphin Co., PA Marriage date: Unknown Marriage place: Unknown Spouse's name: Unknown Child No. 10: William L. (a twin) (4)(8)(9)(13)(21)(22) Sex: M Birthdate: March 1880 Birthplace: Wiconisco, Dauphin Co., PA Death date: After 1920 Place of death: Unknown Marriage date: Unknown Marriage place: Unknown Spouse's name: Unknown ================================================================================= Documentation: 1. Tombstone Inscriptions: IOOF Cemetery, Lykens, Dauphin Co., PA. One Obelisk shaped stone 9 feet tall: Side 1 CALEB PARFET, Died March 1906 Age 71y 4mos 2days; Side 2 HENRIETTA, Wife of Caleb Died July 2, 1893 Age 53 y 10 mos 4 days; Side 3 Ann, wife of James Parfet Died Sept 25, 1870 Age 84 yrs 6 mos 5 days; Side 4 Emily M. D March 22, 1871 1 yr 18 days; Annie I. D July 21, 1875" 2. Federal Census: 1870 Berrysburg, Wiconisco Twp, Dauphin Co., PA "Caleb Parfet, 30, Miner, Henrietta, 31, Charles E. 5, George W, 3, Cyrus F., 2, Emma M. 2/12 March 1870 3. Federal Census: 1880 Wiconisco Twp, Dauphin Co., PA "Caleb Parfet, 46, Coal Miner, Henrietta, 38, Elmer 15,Laborer, George W, 14, Laborer, Cyrus F., 12, Laborer, Daisy, 7, Minnie, 3, Frank 2, Caleb Benjamin 3/12 4. Federal Census: 1900 Wiconisco Twp., Dauphin Co., PA "Caleb Parfet, October 1834, 65,Immigration date 1848; Minnie, Dec 1876, 23, Frank, October 1878, Driver Coal Mines, William L. March 1880, 21 346 W. Main Street" "Charles E. Parfet, 36 Laborer, Maggie 33..." 5. Will of George Pinkerton, Schuylkill County Will Book 4, p216-217 6. Schuylkill County Orphan's Court Docket #20, p.296 "Henrietta, wife of Caleb Parfet" 7. 1875 Map of Tremont, PA with property owners shown, Schuylkill County Historical Society (Caleb PARFET shown as the owner of the property on W. Main Street adjoining the property of G. PINKERTON) 8. Will of Caleb Parfet, Dauphin Co. Will Book Vol 1, Book Q, p427 "Property - Lot #57, two story dwelling, left to son, George W. Parfet. Lot of ground situated north side of Center Street, town of Elm, Wiconisco Twp., Dauphin Co., PA. All other property turned into cash and divided into 5 equal shares: daughter, Daisy M. Wert; daughter, Minnie A. Lebo; James F. Parfet,; William L. Parfet, 1 share divided for grandsons (sons of deceased son, Charles Elmer Parfet): Cyrus F. Parfet and Albert Parfet." 9. Obit of Caleb Parfet, "Lykens Standard", Lykens, PA, Vol 8, No 7, March 9, 1906 "He was a veteran of the Civil War, and a member of Heilner Post No232, G.A.R. of Lykens, and of Tremont Lodge, No 245, IOOF of Tremont" 10. Death Notice Charles Elmer Parfet, "Lykens Standard", Lykens, PA October 31, 1902 "C. Elmer Parfet, second victim to die of typhoid fever in this area. He is survived by his wife (Maggie MUCHER PARFET) and two sons. Five children preceded him in death." 11. Dauphin Co. Deaths 1893-1906, "Henrietta Pinkerton 53 years 10months 4 days, died of Consumption in Asylum". 12. "Lykens Standard" Lykens, PA: February 8, 1901 Wiconisco Sunbeams - "Caleb Parfet left Tuesday for Harrisburg on a visit to his daughter, Mrs. James Wert". 13. "Lykens Standard" Lykens, PA: May 3, 1901 Wiconisco Sunbeams - "William Parfet of Harrisburg spent Sunday with his father Caleb on Pottsville Street." 14. American Civil War Soldiers database on-line: Caleb Parfet service record: Enlisted as Private on November 2, 1862, mustered out on August 18, 1863 in Harrisburg, PA 15. "Not Due to Vicious Habits" Obtaining a Veteran's Pension", by George F. Nagle, "The Bugle" v95, p12-13 publication of the Camp Curtin Historical Society. "Caleb Parfet served in the 173rd Drafted Militia, Company K ... In addition to breathing problems, Parfet also suffered from heart problems and a partially disabled left hand resulting from a premature dynamite explosion in 1868 at Short Mountain Colliery. ...filed the proper formas through Wiconisco Justice of the Peace, George A. Pinkerton (his brother-in-law)...Caleb Parfet was approved for an invalid pension of 8 dollars per month." 16. "Lykens Register", Lykens, PA August-September, 1897 (as cited by G.F.Nagel above) "Caleb Parfet has weatherboarded in part and given one coat of paint to his property on the corner of Pottsville and Spring streets." "Caleb Parfet was the only army man from this place, who left Monday for the G.A.R. encampment at Buffalo, N.Y" 17. Federal Pension Application File, Parfet, Caleb, Co. K., 173 PA Infantry, fill designation #SC 866-638. National Archives and Record Administration, Washington, DC. 18. Federal Census: 1900 Lykens Borough, Dauphin Co., PA "George W. Parfet, May 1866, 34, Merchant, Flora A, Sept 1872, 27..." 19. Schuylkill County Deed Index, Grantor Index No1, p34 Schuylkill County Courthouse, Pottsville, PA "Caleb Parfet, grantor; Susan Pinkerton, grantee, 8-22-1894, Lot 25, Tremont" Book 244, p2 20. Federal Census: 1910 W Ward Lykens, Dauphin Co., PA George PARFET, 42, Merchant, dry goods store; Flora, 38 311 Main Street Lykens 21. Federal Census: 1910 13th Ward, Reading, Berks Co., William L. PARFET, 30 Forman, Dye Works 22. Federal Census: 1920 13th Ward, Reading, Berks Co., William L. Parfet, 39 Married, Machinist at Railroad Shop; son, George W. 4 10/12; son Ralph K. 3 9/12 (No wife listed) Notes: Harold L. PINKERTON Genealogy Source Notebook "PARFET/PINKERTON". Harold is the great-great-grandson of George PINKERTON. The inspiration for Pinkerton Genealogy by Harold L. PINKERTON and his daughter, Sharon P.WAYLAND came from communication with Paul W. PINKERTON a distant cousin, and his daughter Helen P.RYDELL, who in 1984-1990 worked on mapping the various branches of Pinkerton cousins. Paul W. (now deceased) was the great-great grandson of Hugh PINKERTON.