"Forty years ago my mother died. She was captured by Comanche,9years old.Love Indian and wildlife so well no want to go back to white folks. All same people , God say . I love my mother .I like white people. Got great heart. I want my people follow after white way , get educated,know work,make living when payments stop . I want my people follow after white way ."  I give you Quanah Parker Last Chief of the Comanche . He  was born in the year 1850, on Elk Creek just below the Wichita Mountains To the great War Chief Peta Nocona ,who's name in english ment He who Travles Alone and Returns . And to Naudah ( Cynthia Ann Parker ) To them his would be called  QUANAH PARKER . Cynthia Ann Parker was captured at the age of 9 by the Quahada warriors in 1836. She lived with her family , farmers and preachers of the hard shell Baptist fath , in a settlement along the banks of the Navasota River , which later would come to be know as Limestone County , Texas. Cynthia Ann Parker was adopted by a family who grew to love her to much to sell her for ransom . Her foster family were a part of Chief Pa-ha-u-ka's band. Quanah Parker also had a brother Pee-nah and a sister Prairie Flower .   Quanah Parker lived two lives , one as a Comanche Chief and worrier,  and one as a true diplomat .  They use to say that the only thing that would make a good indian out of Quanah Parker was a fatal bullet .  Many whites called him the demon on horseback . In 1875 Quanah Parker gave up his war ways and accepted a cramped , sedentary reservation life . Quanah Parker had 8 wives and 25 children . They all lived in one home . Which was called Star House . Below I am going to give you some of the family lines from the family historys . I found a Newspaper article that I would like to share with you . This is the Obituary that was written on the day of his death . Quanah Parker , chief of the Comanches , man amoung men and chieftain amoung chieftains,has gone to the Great Father . He died at his ranch near here at five minutes past noon . Twenty minutes after his return from a visit with the Cheyennes near Harmon Oklahoma . The immediate cause of death was heart failure caused by rheumatism, according to the physician called Dr. J. A. Perisho of Cache . The Chief was dying on the Train comming from Snyder but with primitive stoicism he determined to live untill he reached home. His favorite wife , To-Nicy, by his side ,the dying chief sat quietly , his head bowed and his limbs trembling . When the train reached Cache he arose and walked from the train unaided and sat in the waiting room . Dr Perisho was called and gave him a heart stimulant .and the chief was then rushed to his home in the automobile of his son in law Emmit Cox. He was helped into the house and laied on a couch. He arose unaided while Knox Beal , a white man raised from childhood by the Comanche Chief, took off his outer garments. " Have you any objections to the doctor of the whiteman treating you ? " asked To-pay one of his wives , in Comanche. " No it is good I'm ready " said Quanah .  The Indian woman seemed to know the end was near. They motioned to the physician Beal, anda friend to leave the room while " Cotes-E-Wyne " , the Indians ' last resort was administered by Quas-E-I, a medicine man . "Father in heaven this is our brother coming ", prayed the medicine man . Placing an arm about the dying chief , he flapped his hands and imitated the call of the Great Eagle, the messenger of the Great Father Then an eagle bone was thrust in Quanah's throat to open it and To-nicy , his favorite , squirted a mouthfull of water down his throat , He coughed , gasped , moved his lips feebly, and died ,just twenty minutes after his arrival . It had been the Eagles last wish to live untill the marble monument was placed over his mothers grave . Only two weeks before he died , he had seen it in place, and now he layed beside his mother , united with her at last in the bosom of Mother Earth . A spear shaped ceder pointing towards heaven was planted at the head of his grave . A red granite headstone , authorized by Congress , was quarried from the nearby Wichita Mountains . On   it was inscribed  the following RESTING HERE UNTILL DAYBREAKS AND SHDOWS FALL AND DARKNESS DISAPPEARS IS QUANAH PARKER  LAST CHIEF * OF THE COMANCHES BORN 1852 DIED FEB 23,1911 
Quanah fed a great many Comanche  Indians , had a great herds of cattle, horses in 1890 ,and when he died in 1911 , he did not have many left because he was so generous . Chief in two worlds, he was a Comanche to the last. Below is the listing of some of his wives . I am going to upload a file to the resource center where you can download the whole family file . This will get you started . I would like to thank both of Quanah Parkers Great Grandsons and Grandson for being here tonight . It is an honor to be with you . 


I. The first wife was Wec-Keah. 
A. Nau-Nocca (1873-1947), married Emmett Cox (1852-1927). Eleven children were born to this union, five of whom died when very young. 
1. Nora (b. 1896) married John Wesley Davis (1891-1958). Seven sons were born; one dying in infancy. 
a. Emmet Davis (b. 1914) married (1) Clara Keys. 
(1) John Thomas Davis 
(2) Emmett Davis, Jr. 
(3) Jerry Monroe Davis 
(4) Jackson Dean Davis 
Emmett Davis married (2) Shirley Bacon. 
(1) Dorothy Ann Davis 
(2) Debra Gene Davis 
b. James Davis 
c. Jackson Bennett Davis (b. 1918) married Marie Brooks. 
(1) Jackie Beth Davis 
d. John Edward Davis married Lucille Collins, a widow. Her son 
took the name Jackie Sam Davis.         
e. Eugene William Davis (b. 1929) married Joyce Boyles. 
(1) Ronald Gene Davis 
(2) Donald George Davis 
(3) Cynthia Ann Davis 
f. Charles Wesley (Galley) Davis (b. 1929) married Ann Claus. (1) Charles Douglas Davis 
(2) Debra Ann Davis 
2. Joseph William Cox (b. 1899) married LaVeta Morgan (b. 1909) 
a. Thomas Joseph (b. 1942) 
b. Jo Veta (b. 1945) 
c. Tone Lane (b. 1952) 
3. Edward Meredith Cox (b. 1902) marzied Thelma Wilkinson (b. 1902) 
a. Quanah Cox, who married and had 3 children. 
b. Jo Ann Cox (b. 1936) who married and had 3 children. 
4. Ella Cox (b. 1906) married (1) Jesse L. Goodin. 
a. Theodore Parker Goodin (b. 2/12/25) married Helen Alfreda Pauley. (1) Lawrence Theodore Goodin 
(2) Douglas Allen Goodin 
(3) Carol Elaine Goodin 
b. Charles Ray Goodin (b. 1934) married DeAnna Mae Moreland. 
(1) Derek Ray Goodin 
c. Patricia Lou Goodin (Patsy) (b. 1933) married Joe Bob Craig. (1) Jonathan David George Craig (b. 1/6/57) 
(2) William Scott Craig (b. 9/10/67) 
Ella Cox Goodin married (2) George B. Lutz, 21 Jan. 1948. 
5. William (Bill) Murry Cox (b. 1908) married Zettie Young. a. William Murry Cox, Jr. (b. 1938) 
6. James (B) Monroe Cox (b. 1914) married Marie Cerday (b. 1920). a. James M. Cox, Jr. (b 1939) 
B. Wer-Yoh-Ti (b.1879) married Louis Tamahkera (b. 1879). 
1. Samuel Tamahkera 
2. Sophie Tamahkera married     Masitkey. Several children. 
3. Benjamin Tamahkera married.  Several children. 
4. Wilson Tamahkera married. 
a. Wilda Lee 
5. Cynthia Tamahkera 
6. Louis Tamahkera (b. c. 1907) married. One son. 
7. Vance Tamahkera married. At least one son. 
8. Stevens Tamahkera 
C. Woonardy (Wanada) mazried Harzy Page. No children. She attended Carlisle College in Pennsylvania and attended President Theodore Roosevelt's Inauguration with her father. 
D. Mary Pooche married Edward Hatch Clark. 
1. Clifford Edward Clark (b. 1909) married Juanita Teresaz. 
a. Wanda Ann Clark married Leslie Earl. 
(1) Leslie Ann Earl 
(2) Lawrence Earl 
                
b. Louis Clark married Lenare Jesse. 
(1) Bryan Clark 
(2) Linsey Eugene Clark 
c. Honey Juanita Clark married Jim Slatton 
(1) Rae Ann Slatton 
d. Benjamin Clark 
e. Geneva Claire Clark 
f. Mark Edward Clark 
g. Mary Anita Clark 
h. Elsie Clark 
i. Jon Allis Clark 
j. Clifford Edwin Clark 
k. Edward August Clark          
Alberta Wanada (b. 1911) married Thomas Tahkofper. 
a. Arlene Sue Tahkofper 
b. Thomas Edward Tahkofper 
Edward Louis Clark married Norma Rhodes. 
a. Norman Louis Clark 
b. Millard Barry Clark 
Mona Mae Clark (1916-1935) 
Roberta (Bobby) Claire Clark (b. 1920) married (1)Stanwood      
a Kiowa Indian. 
a. Robert Stanwood, who took the name of Bradley. 
Roberta Claire Clark Stanwood married (2) William B. Bradley. 
a. Cynthia Ann Bradley 
b. Hawanah Roberta Helen Bradley 
Geneva Joe Clark (b. 1921) married Raymond Edgar Powell. 
a. Raymond Edgar Powell, Jr. 
b. Douglas Edward Powell 
c. Sharon Joe Powel1 
d. Geneva Joe Powell 
e. Robert Eugene Powell 
f. Ramona Joe Powell 
g. Betty Joe Powell 
Mary Pooche Clark (1924-1934) 
Theresa Louise Clark married Albert B. Tahsequah, Jr. 
a. Terrell Wayne Tahsequah 
b. Bonnie Jo Tahsequah 
c. Jerry Albert Tahsequah 
d. Harry Alan Tahsequah 
e. Meech Glen Tahsequah 
f. Alberta Wanada Tahsequah 
Nina Alice Clark (b. 1930) married Roderick Youngman. 
a. Mary Ann Youngman 
b. Alena Sue Youngman 
c. Kay Frances Youngman 
d. Leslie Joie Youngman 
e. Benjamin Edward Youngman 
Pierson Page Clark (b. 1932) married Margaret Holden, a Choctaw Indian. 
a. Mary Margaret Clark 
b. Robin Page Clark     
E. Alice married Earl Purdy (b. 1S78). One son died in infancy. She raised a niece, Bobby Clark Bradley. 

II. The second wife was Chony. 
A. Baldwin Parker married (1) Nora Acquitsaketah. 
1. Ollie Parker married Wahkinney. (later divorced) 
a. Russell Wahkinney married. 11 children. 
b. Collins Wahkinney married. 3 children. 
c. Joyce Wahkinney 
2. Elmer Parker married. 
a. Rose Ann Parker married Bernel Baynah, a Comanche Indian. 
3. Roy Parker married. 
a. Cynthia Ann Parker married   Baquera. 
b. Peggy Parker married. 
c. Maulene Parker married       Meo, a Japanese. 
d. Linda Parker 
e. Roy Parker, Jr. 
4. Baldwin "Buster" Parker, Jr., is reported as being married twice with two children from the first wife and 11 children from the second wife. He was working at the Ft. Sill Indian School near Lawton, OK. 
5. Simmons Parker married. 
a. Robert Baldwin Parker 
b. John Clark Parker 
c. Anthony Wayne Parker 
d. Elaine Carroll Parker 
e. Lenora Jessie Parker 
f. Mary Patricia Parker 
g. Martha Parker 
h. Elizabeth Lydia Parker 
Baldwin Parker married (2)__________ Cate. 
a. Joan Parker married Carl Sands. 
(1) Nora K. Sands married. 
(2) Cecelia Sands married. 
(3) Joe Helen Sands 
(4) Stanford Sands 
(5) Sammy Sands 
Baldwin Parker married (3) Mary Acquitsaketah (sister to Nora) 
a. Whit Chony (He took the name of his grandmother Chony instead of Parker.) 3 children. 
b. Wilbur Parker married. 5 children. 
B. Honnie "Honey" married       Acousiquita. 
1. Julia Acousiquita married    Potchickey. 
2. Lena Acousiquita also married        Potchickey. 
3. May Acousiquita married Mexican Frank. 4. Sam Acousiquita married. 3 children. 
c. Harold Parker
 
III. Third wife was Mah-Chetta-Wookey, who had a child when she married Quanah called Francis Parker, who died in the Carlisle Indian School in Penn- sylvania. 
A. Rev. White Parker married a missionary's daughter. 
    1. Patty Bertha Parker married      Workman. 
a. Quanah K. Workman 
b. Billie June married  Karty. 
2. Cynthia Ann Joy Parker was a photographer's model for the 1936 
Texas Centennial and married    Whitewolf. 
a. Bruce Whitewolf. 
b. Michael Douglas Whitewolf 
c. Barbara Ann Whitewolf 
3. Milton Quanah Parker died at an early age. 
B. Bessie Parker married Herman Aesnap. 
1. Rowena married       Tonemah. 4 sons and 2 daughters. 
a. Stewart Tonemah 
2. Beth Aesnap married Walter Glazebrook. 
a. Michael Herman Glazebrook 
b. Judith Ann Glazebrook 
3. Rhoda Aesnap married Tait. Evidently, Rhoda was married 
twice before Tait as her two sons bear names of Carey Lynn Perri- man and Daryl Van Herwassey. The third son is Bernard Tate, Jr. The 3 daughters are Arlene Aesnap, Darlene Aesnap and Bernadette Tate. 
4. Hollis Aesnap married. 
a. Hollis Aesnap, Jr. 
b. Richard Bruce Aesnap 
c. Janice Lee Aesnap
 

IV. The fourth wife was Ah-Uh-Wuth-Takum. 
A. Laura Needa Parker attended Carlisle College in Pennsylvania and married A. C. Birdsong. 
1. Anona Birdsong married more than once. 
a. Daughter – married Morris Hadley. 1 son and 1 daughter. 
B. Esther Parker married Charlie Sunrise. 
1. Dorothy Sunrise (b. 7 May 1909) married William Lorentino. 
a. Wm. Lorentino, Jr. (b. 11 Sept. 1942) 
b. Ludolph Lorentino (b. 7 April 1944) 
2. Winona Sunrise (b. 28 Jan. 1911) married Donald Chase. No issue. 
3. Morris Sunrise (b. 27 May 1913) 
4. Forrest Sunrise (b. 26 Dec. 1916; d. 1 Jan 1944) 
C. Len Parker married. 
1. Harold Parker died young. Served in the U.S. Air Force. 
2. lone Parker (no record of marriage) 
3. Geraldine Parker married A. B. Weyovah. 4 or 5 children. 
a. Parker Weyovah 
b. Fzanklin Weyovah 
4. Leonard Parker 
D. Tom Parker married. He has several children (probably 4) and grandchildren.  

V. The fifth wife was Coby. 
A. John "Johnny" Parker married Kate Monatoboy. 
1. Vernon Parker married Juanita Jones. 
a. Frank R. Parker 
b. Norma Sue Parker 
c. Tommy Ross Parker                            
2. Bertha Parker married Edgar Monetatchi. 
a. Edgar Monetatchi, Jr., married Lois Snake. 
(1) Tim Monetatchi 
(2) Verna Lois Monetatchi married Leroy Mason. 
(a) Monica Mason 
(3) Bessie Ann Monetatchi married Ronald Plumley. 
(a) Ronald Plumley, Jr. 
b. Verna Lois Monetatchi 
c. Bessie Ann Monetatchi 
d. Cheryl Monetatchi 
e. Karen Monetatchi 
f. Jeffrey Monetatchi 
g. Brent Monetatchi 

VI. The sixth wife was Toe-Pay (b. c. 1866) the last surviving wife (d. after 1956). 
A. Kelsey Parker died when a young child. 
B. Ghee Parker died when a young child. 
C. Infant that died. 
D. Infant that died.

VII. The seventh wife was Tonarcy, who bore Quanah no children. She was also known as To-Nas-Sah (Too Nicey) . The rest of the Ancestors of Quanah Parker will be in the library this week .