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• In 1850 Orlen and her brother Silas are living with relatives in Anderson County, Texas.  Their father had been killed in the Comanche raid on Fort Parker, in Limestone County, in which their siblings John and Cynthia Ann were taken by the Comanches.
  
  1850 Federal Census, Anderson County, Texas, 26 September, page 21B, Hse/Fam #143
  Adrian Anglin 54 M Farmer $7000 Valuation Real Estate b Virginia [b abt 1796]
  Phebe Anglin 56 F b Virginia [b abt 1794]
  Abraham Duty 14 M b Limestone Co [b abt 1836]
  Nancy A Duty 11 b Houston Co [b abt 1849]
  Phebe Duty 10 b Houston Co [b abt 1840]
  John Duty 5 M b Houston Co [b abt 1845]
  James Duty 2 M b Anderson Co [b abt 1848]
  Silas Parker 17 M b Illinois [b abt 1833]
  Orlena Parker 14 b Limestone Co [b abt 1836]
  
  1870 Federal Census, Anderson County, Texas, [no date], PO Palestine, page 212, Hse #1540, Fam #1527
  Oquinn, J R 37 M W Lumber Merchant $2000 Real Estate $800 Personal born Georgia
  Oquinn, Orlena (?) 40 [b abt 1830] F W  Keeping House born Texas
  Oquinn, John 15 M W Lumber Mill Worker born Texas
  Oquinn, Columbus 13 M W At Home born Texas
  Oquinn, Ann E 11 F W At Home born Texas
  Oquinn, Tennessee 7 F W At Home born Texas
  Oquinn, Mozella 4 F W At Home born Texas
  Oquinn, Jefferson 1 M W At Home born Texas
  Parker, Cynthia 45 F W House Keeper b Illinois
  
  By 1880 Orlena is married to James Rufus O'Quinn and they are living two houses away form her brother Silas Parker's who is married to Rufus' sister Ann Elizabeth.
  
  1880 Federal Census, Anderson County, Texas, 15 June, District 5, page 12, Hse/Fam #94
  Oquin, James R  W M 47 Head Manufacturing Lumber GA SC GA [b abt 1833]
  Oquin, Orlena W F 44 Wife Keeping House TX KY IL [b abt 1836]
  Oquin, John  W M 24 Son Works at Sawmill TX GA TX [b abt 1856]
  Oquin, Mosell W F 14 Dau At School TX GA TX [b abt 1866]
  Oquin, Benjamin  W M 8 Son TX GA TX [b abt 1872]
  Bradford, George W M 26 Laborer Single Works at Sawmill MO Unk Mexico [b abt 1854]
  Horton, Alford W M 19 Laborer Married [no wife with him] Works at Sawmill TX GA TN [b abt 1854]
  
  1880 Federal Census, Anderson County, Texas, 15 June, District 5, page 12, Hse/Fam #92
  Parker, Silas M  W M 47 Head Farmer IL IL IL [b abt 1833]
  Parker, Ann E  W F 41 Wife Keeping House GA SC GA [b abt 1839]
  Parker, James J  W M 24 Son Works on Farm TX IL GA [b abt 1856]
  Parker, Rhoda W F 22 Dau At Home TX IL GA [b abt 1858]
  Parker, John R  W M 7 Son At Home TX IL GA [b abt 1873]
  
  Orlena Parker O'Quinn
  Birth Jan 1, 1836 Limestone County, Texas
  Death Nov 5, 1887
  Married to a J Rufus O'Quinn [LDS records; also reference censuses 1870, 1880]
  Parents:
  Silas Mercer Parker (1804 - 1836)
  Lucinda Duty Roberts (1811 - 1852)
  Burial Unknown
  Created by P Fazzini Mar 09, 2010
  --  Find A Grave Memorial #49456747, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=49456747

Sources

• 1. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
• 2. 1870 Federal Census, Anderson County, Texas
  • [no date], PO Palestine, page 212, Hse #1540, Fam #1527
• 3. 1860 Federal Census, Van Zandt County, Texas
  • 20 June, Edom Beat, PO Edom, page 28, Hse/Fam #113
• 4. 1880 Federal Census, Anderson County, Texas
  • 15 June, District 5, page 12, Hse/Fam #94