{"id":2572,"date":"2019-11-23T15:31:55","date_gmt":"2019-11-23T20:31:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/decatur\/?p=2572"},"modified":"2019-12-05T17:36:14","modified_gmt":"2019-12-05T22:36:14","slug":"parsons-railroad-depot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/decatur\/parsons-railroad-depot\/","title":{"rendered":"Parsons Depot"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">from the research of Charles and Brenda Fiddler<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"492\" height=\"348\" src=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/decatur\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/parsons_depot-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2591\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/decatur\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/parsons_depot-1.jpg 492w, https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/decatur\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/parsons_depot-1-300x212.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 492px) 100vw, 492px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/decatur\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/parsons_depot-1024x358.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2575\" width=\"1024\" height=\"358\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/decatur\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/parsons_depot-1024x358.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/decatur\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/parsons_depot-300x105.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/decatur\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/parsons_depot-768x269.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/decatur\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/parsons_depot-1536x537.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/decatur\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/parsons_depot.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Will H. Neely, depot agent (circled) on porch, water, right.  Will Neely (1869-1960) worked for the railroad for more than 30 years. He taught himself the Morse Code and was a member of the Railroad Telegraphers. He was the first agent for the Parsons station and lived in the town for 23 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The city of Parsons received its charter in 1913 and a mayor had to be named. Will Neely was selected as mayor rather than elected. He served three terms, according to Younger\u2019s history of Decatur County.  John Neely Davis (grandson of Will Neely) said that Neely took pride in the wide main street in Parsons and believed that Parsons would grown into a large city and would need the extra streets to accommodate the traffic.  \u201cHe always referred to Parsons as \u2018Parsons Flat,\u2019 or simply the \u2018Flat.\u2019\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Photo courtesy of Karen Davis<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/decatur\/pea-vine-map\/\">Pea Vine Map \u2013 1936<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>from the research of Charles and Brenda Fiddler Will H. Neely, depot agent (circled) on porch, water, right. Will Neely (1869-1960) worked for the railroad for more than 30 years. He taught himself the Morse Code and was a member of the Railroad Telegraphers. He&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2572","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business"],"author_meta":{"display_name":"Jerry Butler","author_link":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/decatur\/author\/jerrybutler\/"},"featured_img":null,"coauthors":[],"tax_additional":{"categories":{"linked":["<a href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/decatur\/category\/yesterdays\/business\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Business and Industry<\/a>"],"unlinked":["<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Business and Industry<\/span>"]}},"comment_count":"1","relative_dates":{"created":"Posted 6 years ago","modified":"Updated 6 years ago"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Posted on November 23, 2019","modified":"Updated on December 5, 2019"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Posted on November 23, 2019 3:31 pm","modified":"Updated on December 5, 2019 5:36 pm"},"featured_img_caption":"","series_order":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/decatur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2572","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/decatur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/decatur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/decatur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/decatur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2572"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/decatur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2572\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2652,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/decatur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2572\/revisions\/2652"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/decatur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2572"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/decatur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2572"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/decatur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2572"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}