Paralee Emiline was the 10th child of her parents, Aiden & Elizabeth Hendley, born July 16, 1856 in Putnam County, Tennessee. On November 21, 1872, at the age of 16 she married, Timothy Sisk Herion, in Sparta, Putnam County, Tennessee, at the home of her Uncle Robert Gentry, Tim's foster father. Paralee died at the age of 92 on March 16, 1949 in Stonewall, Pontotoc, Oklahoma and is buried beside her life mate in the Frisco Cemetery of that county.
In her later life, Paralee went blind from cataracts, but at some point the cataracts detached and her sight was restored. I do not know if the " 2nd sight" was permanent or if the condition returned. She was a small woman, not reaching a heigth of 5 feet tall and small of frame. She gave birth to 12 children, raising 10 after losing her 2nd and 3rd children before 1879 in a whooping cough epidemic. She also raised her granddaughter, Bessie Lee, from birth until the girl married.
Paralee and Timothy had the following children
Elizabeth Jane 1873 - 1918
Sarah Frances 1875 - unknown
Timothy Smith 1877-1878
Martin M. 1879 - unknown
William Robert ( Bob) 1880 - 1974
Lou Avery Bell 1882 - 1965
Flora Ellen 1884 - 1970
Samuel Nelson 1887 - 1966
Silas 1888 - 1955
Paul 1891 - unknown
Homer Bird 1893 - 1966
Cora Vesta 1896 - unknown
Lateral Family Names
Chapman, Copeland, Cottrell, Cox , Dotson, Duncan, Hartsell, Horton, Parks, Price, Roady, Rogers, Taylor, Wardlow, Windham, Whitner
TIM & PARALEE'S HEADSTONE
FRISCO CEMETERY
PONTOTOC COUNTY, OKLAHOMA
