Christopher Parvin

Christopher was born about 1826 in ,Hawkins, Tennessee.¹   Christopher's father was Ephraim Parvin and his mother was Maria Carden. He had five brothers and six sisters, named Thomas, Augustus, Isaac, Lafayette, Joseph, Elizabeth, Jane, Sarah, Amanda, Margaret and Melvina.  He was the fourth oldest of the twelve children. He had two half-brothers and a half-sister, named Henry L., Orville and Margaret.