Cynthia Ann Parker was born to Silas Mercer Parker and Lucinda Parker. Her birthdate is unknown, but we do know she was born either in 1824 or 1825 in Crawford Country, Illinois.
When she was 9 or 10, her grandfather, John Parker, settled his family in north-central Texas near Waco. He was able to make a fort which he called Fort Parker. He negotiated with the non-Comanches, but not the Comanche, that was a HUGE mistake.
On May 19, 1836, 100 to 600 Comanches and allies attacked the fort. During this, Cynthia and 5 others were kidnapped. A teenage girl was able to escape. Cynthia was now a part of the Camanche.
Later on, Cynthia married Peta Nocona. He was the chief. What was unusual was that when you are chief, you have many wives, but Nocona’s only wife was Cynthia. Later on, they had 3 children, Quanah [a boy who later will become a chief], Pecos[ a boy], and Topʉsana [a girl].
In December of 1860, Texas Rangers came looking for Cynthia and fought the Comanche. During the fight, a cook for the Texas Rangers was given the honor of killing Nocona because Nocona killed the cook's family. When the rangers found Cynthia, they knew it was her because of her blue eyes and she told them her name. When they found her, she and her daughter were sent to live with her relatives. Sadly, she was separated from her 2 sons.
In 1864, Topʉsana, Cynthia's daughter, perished from influenza. After that, Cynthia refused to eat and died in March of 1871. Cynthia had a terrible life. She had been kidnapped, her husband was killed, she was separated from her 2 sons, and her daughter died. If you say you have a bad life, change that right now.
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