Ely Parker Minnie Sackett

So growing up minnie was know as minnie orton and minnie orton sackett as she was raised by twice widowed anna who lost both husbands in the civil war.

Ely parker minnie sackett. On christmas day 1867 with ulysses s. Widower thomas then married anna sessilberg. Grant s staff at city point va during the civil war. He was an indian and she was white.

He also made a small fortune on wall street only to lose it a few years later. It is unclear where parker met minnie sackett who was two decades younger than him. Grant as best man parker married miss minnie orton sackett 1850 1932 of washington d c the stepdaughter of a soldier who had died in the war. Ely married 17 dec 1867 minnie sackett in washington d c.

Genealogy profile for minnie parker van rensselaer. Parker served in this office from 1869 to 1871. He died in 1895. It uses as its main source of evidence the newspaper coverage of and public discourse about this fascinating event.

The wedding of ely samuel parker to minnie sackett has been the object of anthropological and historical interpretations since news of the 1867 wedding first spread from washington dc across the nation. This article examines the events surrounding the 1867 wedding ceremony of ely parker the seneca sachem and civil war general to minnie sackett a young white socialite. In 1878 ely and minnie had a daughter maud theresa parker d. To the astonishment of many he married a white woman young enough to be his daughter minnie sackett.

They had one daughter maud theresa parker 1878 1956. After the war in 1867 parker married the much younger minnie orton sackett 1849 1932. His father was jo no es sto wa dragon fly otherwise known as william parker a tonawanda seneca chief and elizabeth. They would eventually have one daughter.

Minnie orton sackett parker ely parker once said minnie sackett was the love of his life. Ely parker second from the right with gen. When ely parker married minnie sackett the creme de la creme of washington society came to watch. 1956 from whom ely parker s descendants are derived.

Their marriage lasted from 1867 to parker s death in 1895 and was said to be one of mutual happiness.