George Parker Dykes

Brief Life History of George Parker

When George Parker Dykes was born on 24 December 1814, in Belleville, St. Clair, Illinois, United States, his father, James Dykes, was 32 and his mother, Frances Culbertson, was 31. He married Dorcas Keeling on 1 November 1835, in Edwards, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Nacogdoches, Texas, United States in 1824 and Rio Linda, Sacramento, California, United States in 1860. He registered for military service in 1831. He died on 25 February 1888, in Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in City of Mesa Cemetery, Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona, United States.

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Family Time Line

George Parker Dykes
1814–1888
Dorcas Keeling
1811–1881
Marriage: 1 November 1835
William Lehi "Lee" Dykes
1838–1894
Nephi Dykes
1838–1851
Eliza Jane Dykes
1839–1909
Don Carlos Dykes
1842–1843
Rhoda Ann Dykes
1845–1918

Sources (91)

  • G P Dyker, "United States Census, 1860"
  • California, U.S., County Birth, Marriage, and Death Records, 1849-1980
  • G Parker Dykes, "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952"

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History of Arizona

1836 · Remember the Alamo

Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.

Name Meaning

English: variant of Dicks or Dyke with plural or post-medieval excrescent -s. Compare Dyches and Dycus .

Americanized form of Dutch Dijks (see Dyke ).

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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