Samuel Ward PARSONSSubmitted by: R. Blach, ritakay -at- hotmail.comSource: The Daily News, newspaper; Longview, Cowlitz, Washington"Parsons, Samuel W., 77 of 1107 Rose Valley Road, Kelso, WA. Born Dec 6, 1895 atStella, he has lived in this area all his life. He was a retired Cowlitz CountryRoad Department Truck Driver, was a member of WWI barracks no 129 and pastcommander, a member of Rose valley Grange and a Rose Valley Cemetarycommissioner.  Internment at Cowlitz Valley Memorial Gardens."BIRTH:COWLITZ COUNTY, WASHINGTON:  Court Ordered Birth Certificates 1942 - 1943,published by Lower Columbia Genealogical Society; available at Longview PublicLibrary"Number 355:  Parsons, Samuel Ward   b:  06 Dec 1895 near Stella, WAFather:  William Parsons   b. IllinoisMother:  Abagail McKillips b. KansasBenjamin S. Parsons, older brother, age 58 yrs; "I was past 11 yrs of age whenhe was born."Euphemia C. Brissert, old friend, now past 89 yrs of age, "was present andassisted at said time; I have lived in said neighborhood ever since then."(Dec 19, 1942)."