Marker Inscription
Land for cemetery donated by Isaac Duke Parker, Jan. 14, 1901. He was son of Isaac Parker, pioneer politician for whom Parker County was named and who was the uncle of Cynthia Ann Parker, white girl captured by Comanche Indians in 1836 and reared as an Indian. She was the wife of Comanche Peta Nocona and mother of Quanah Parker, the last great Comanche war chief. Both Isaac Parker and Isaac Duke Parker served as members of the Texas Legislature. Isaac Duke Parker is buried here. Cemetery also contains a public burial section.
About this site
Parker Cemetery is a historical marker in Hurst, Tarrant County, dedicated in 1968. It is one of 358 historical markers documented in Tarrant County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 501 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 32.8095, -97.2051 near Hurst. The nearest cataloged historic site is Parker, I.D., Public Cemetery and Homestead (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Isham Chapel Methodist Church, William Letchworth Hurst, and Randol Mill.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5439003938. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
