Henry George Parsons, born in New York in about 1831, and who arrived in Oregon via the Plains in 1850. He married Mary Jane Mercer in King County, Washington Territory, in March 1857. By 1870, he had moved to Thurston County, Washington Territory, and was farming. They had six children in 1870: Flora Ann, Nancy Ellen, William M., Eliza A., Anna V., and Lela M. Henry died January 5, 1907, in Thurston County, and is buried in Ruddell Pioneer Cemetery in Lacey, Washington.