Francis Parker Research Paper

Lancaster, Virginia, 1852
Francis Parker had lived in the small town of Lancaster for his whole life which was only six years but seemed like a lifetime to him. Most of Francis’s memories revolved around his family, the Clark family, and the Reed family. All three families have been family friends for as long as they’ve been in the town of Lynchburg. So, Francis spent most of his days with the two sons of the Clark family, Theodore, and Isaac, mainly the elder son Theodore who was the same age as Francis. Wherever Francis and Theodore went tagged along with them the only child of the Reed family – Elizabeth Reed – who was just about a year younger than Francis and Theodore.
The three children still hadn’t learned the difference between playing with the opposite gender and the two boys especially hadn’t learned to be gentle with girls yet. They had learned though how to play around Isaac. Isaac, being only three, would often cry when he was left out of playing games and Elizabeth would, in turn, insist on him being included in the games. Even at the age of five Elizabeth had a knack for getting anything she wanted out of the people around her. The only game that the three older children knew that was gentle enough for Isaac

Francis stopped just above the three-year-old brunette boy as his lips trembled and he certainly felt bad for him since it was obvious the younger boy wanted to cry but Francis wanted to be victorious in the game. The older boy pointed his sideways L at Theodore and just as he was about to say the words ‘Bang, bang’ Francis heard a loud feminine screaming coming his way which was quickly getting louder. Francis quickly turned around and what he saw made his blue eyes become as round as stones. The blond knew very well how much Elizabeth loved to play games and it showed in her appearance and what she held in her