The clock is an estimated 231 years old. It had to be moved when the government started forming reservoirs to support the water supplies of nearby cities. We grew up in a town that no longer exists, Dan Parker said. It sits under 60 feet of water.
The clock was even hit by a car once, according to Dan Parker. He said someone fell asleep at the wheel and drove a car into his home. When the car hit the driveway, it went up into the air right up into the corner of the house where the clock stood, he said.
His grandfather clock even became the subject of a song called My Grandfather s Clock written in 1876 by Henry C. Work, who married Dan Parker s second great aunt.