Lucinda Parker was born Abt. 1793 in Virginia, and died 1863 in Nevada. She married Daniel Duncan on December 11, 1820 in Lawrenceburg, Anderson County, Kentucky, son of Benjamin Duncan and Mary Bennett.
Notes for Lucinda Parker: In 1863 a large group from Ray County, Missouri was organized to travel west. Lucinda and all of her children and grandchildren, except one were a large part of this group. Lucinda wanted to go to California to find the grave of her husband Daniel who had died when he went west in 1849 to mine gold with his sons, William, John and Daniel. Lucinda Parker Duncan died in the Nevada desert while traveling westward on the wagon train. James Pressley Yager kept a descriptive trail journal which has been published by the Nevada Historical Society [ Vol. 14, nos. 1-2 ] - "The Diary of a Journey Across the Plains". In his journal (27, Aug, 1863) he reported " Mrs. Duncan's funeral was preached by Cap-Peterson. Her remains was carried to its last resting place as we proceeded on our journey & up on a high point to our left about one miles from camp...The scene was truly a sad one to leave a beloved mother on the wild & desolate plains."
Her grave was discovered in the middle of the Nevada desert during the late 1860's by Central Pacific Railroad men. They began to care for the grave placing a cross by the grave and surrounding it with a picket fence painted white, later moving the grave when track realignment came too near. Thinking her a young maiden the place became known as "The Maiden's Grave"
More About Lucinda Parker: Burial: 1863, Nevada. Census: 1850, Ray County, Missouri. Residence: 1850, Ray, Missouri. Traveled: 1863, Westward by wagon train.
More About Lucinda Parker and Daniel Duncan: Marriage: December 11, 1820, Lawrenceburg, Anderson County, Kentucky.
Lucinda Parker (b. Abt. 1793, d. 1863)
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