Tabitha Mills

Notes:

Since the Mills family was staunchly Quaker for generations, it is likely that Tabitha was “disowned” or otherwise “shunned” for marrying outside the Society of Friends.

Birth:
Birth is recorded at New Garden MM, Guilford County, NC

Buried:
Near Drowning Creek (Eli Park land). Doug Park would find the final resting place of our Ebenezer and Tabitha on land that was once their son, Eli Park's Farm in the woods--underneath fallen yellow pine trees (a result of an ice storm three years prior.

Tabitha married Ebenezer Park on 6 Jan 1772 in Salisbury, Rowan Co., NC. Ebenezer (son of John Parke, Jr. and Mary Unknown) was born in 1747 in Frederick Co., VA; died on 25 Apr 1839 in Drowning Creek, Madison Co., KY; was buried in 1839 in Madison Co., KY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Jonathan Park of the Court of Estill and State of Kentucky Will:Book A, Page 24-25, per Jo Ann Cox.

Names wife, Cathy and children : Isiah, Allen, Mary, Sally and AnnaPark. Probate: Vol. 3 (C) 1818-1825, p.222. Jan, 21, 1822. CatherinePark, widow of Jonathan. Will was written January 11,1814 and presented in Court July 1814, therefore, he would have died between these dates.

Jonathan was a son of Ebenezer Park as proved by a deed record located inMadison Co., KY. Deed Book F, page 37, April 1, 1807. Ebenezer Parke and Tabitha his wife , Madison Co., Ky. for in consideration of the saidJonathan Parke of said county and state being their son and one of their legal heirs at law gave mention son 100 acres Madison Co., Kentucky land on Station Camp Creek.....

Jonathan Parke, private, September 18, 1812, Capt. James White Co., ofKentucky Militia -per JoAnn Cox. From this we note that he served in theWar of 1812.

Family Group Sheet, Darcey Slaughter, Columbia, MO.
Madison Co., KY. Marriage Rec: Vol I. Bill and Kathy Vockery, 1993.
1820 Federal Census of Estill Co., KY. page 49, Caty Park
Nell Park Gum, Biographical Sketches and Genealogy o fthe Descendants of Ebenezer Park.

Note: The name was spelled "Parke" with the "e" in legal document ofApril 1, 1807 Ebenezer Parke and Tabitha his wife who gave 100 acres of land to their son, Jonathon. All other members evidently dropped the "e".

Jonathan recorded in his diary November 14, 1898 that Ebenezer Park, son of Ebenezer Park and Tabitha Mills, had eight children. He named themas: Lev, John M., Turner, Rebecca, Jemima, Polly, Milly and Emeline. He also named their spouses. Data sent by JoAnn Cox and Sue Rose on birth and death dates for the family of Ebenezer Park.

Research information from Alexandra Petrich PS#1285
Will Jan 11, 1814, Estell Co., KY - Probated Jan 21, 1822 Estell Co., KY 1. Jonathan Park of the Court of Estill and State of Kentucky Will:Book A, Page 24-25, per Jo Ann Cox.

Names wife, Cathy and children : Isaah, Allen, Mary, Sally and AnnaPark. Probate: Vol. 3 (C) 1818-1825, p.222. Jan, 21, 1822. CatherinePark, widow of Jonathan. Will was written January 11,1814 and presented in Court July 1814, therefore, he would have died between these dates.

Jonathan was a son of Ebenezer Park as proved by a deed record located inMadison Co., KY. Deed Book F, page 37, April 1, 1807. Ebenezer Parke and Tabitha his wife , Madison Co., Ky. for in consideration of the saidJonathan Parke of said county and state being their son and one of their legal heirs at law gave mention son 100 acres Madison Co., Kentucky land on Station Camp Creek.....

Jonathan Parke, private, September 18, 1812, Capt. James White Co., ofKentucky Militia -per JoAnn Cox. From this we note that he served in theWar of 1812.

Family Group Sheet, Darcey Slaughter, Columbia, MO.
Madison Co., KY. Marriage Rec: Vol I. Bill and Kathy Vockery, 1993.
1820 Federal Census of Estill Co., KY. page 49, Caty Park
Nell Park Gum, Biographical Sketches and Genealogy ofthe Descendants of Ebenezer Park.

Note: The name was spelled "Parke" with the "e" in legal document ofApril 1, 1807 Ebenezer Parke and Tabitha his wife who gave 100 acres of land to their son, Jonathon. All other members evidently dropped the "e".

Jonathan recorded in his diary November 14, 1898 that Ebenezer Park, son of Ebenezer Park and Tabitha Mills, had eight children. He named themas: Lev, John M., Turner, Rebecca, Jemima, Polly, Milly and Emeline. He also named their spouses. Data sent by JoAnn Cox and Sue Rose on birth and death dates for the family of Ebenezer Park.

Research information from Alexandra Petrich PS#1285
Will Jan 11, 1814, Estell Co., KY - Probated Jan 21, 1822 Estell Co., KY 1. Jonathan Park of the Court of Estill and State of Kentucky Will:Book A, Page 24-25, per Jo Ann Cox.

Names wife, Cathy and children : Isaah, Allen, Mary, Sally and AnnaPark. Probate: Vol. 3 (C) 1818-1825, p.222. Jan, 21, 1822. CatherinePark, widow of Jonathan. Will was written January 11,1814 and presented in Court July 1814, therefore, he would have died between these dates.

Jonathan was a son of Ebenezer Park as proved by a deed record located inMadison Co., KY. Deed Book F, page 37, April 1, 1807. Ebenezer Parke and Tabitha his wife , Madison Co., Ky. for in consideration of the saidJonathan Parke of said county and state being their son and one of their legal heirs at law gave mention son 100 acres Madison Co., Kentucky land on Station Camp Creek.....

Jonathan Parke, private, September 18, 1812, Capt. James White Co., of Kentucky Militia -per JoAnn Cox. From this we note that he served in theWar of 1812.

Family Group Sheet, Darcey Slaughter, Columbia, MO.
Madison Co., KY. Marriage Rec: Vol I. Bill and Kathy Vockery, 1993.
1820 Federal Census of Estill Co., KY. page 49, Caty Park
Nell Park Gum, Biographical Sketches and Genealogy of the Descendants of Ebenezer Park.

Note: The name was spelled "Parke" with the "e" in legal document ofApril 1, 1807 Ebenezer Parke and Tabitha his wife who gave 100 acres of land to their son, Jonathon. All other members evidently dropped the "e".

Jonathan recorded in his diary November 14, 1898 that Ebenezer Park, son of Ebenezer Park and Tabitha Mills, had eight children. He named themas: Lev, John M., Turner, Rebecca, Jemima, Polly, Milly and Emeline. He also named their spouses. Data sent by JoAnn Cox and Sue Rose on birth and death dates for the family of Ebenezer Park.

Research information from Alexandra Petrich PS#1285
Will Jan 11, 1814, Estell Co., KY - Probated Jan 21, 1822 Estell Co., KY

Died:
or July 1, 1814

Jonathan married Catherine (Caty) Turner on 26 May 1797. Catherine was born on 22 Aug 1780 in Rowan Co., NC; died on 18 Aug 1852 in Boone Co., MO. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• USR1: By accident

Notes:

John became sheriff and magistrate of Estill County Kentucky. When he died he owned 12 Negro slaves.

Died:
By accident

Family/Spouse: Harris. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Mary (Polly) Peeler on 1 Jun 1793 in Rowan Co., NC. Mary was born on 25 Dec 1774 in Rowan Co., NC; died in 1856 in Estill Co., KY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• CLER: Y

Notes:

Representative from Estill County in 1838.

The inventory of his estate as recorded in Estill County, dated Aug 11, 1860, contains, in part, the following: silver spoons and plates, grain, hogs, oxen, cows, steers, 80 head of cattle at $60, and slaves amounting to $9,725. The vast number of notes he had gone on as security proves the Park failing for generosity, and the desire to help one less fortunate as well as trust in his fellowman.

Ebenezer married Katurah (Turcy) Turner on 29 Dec 1797 in Madison Co., KY. Katurah was born on 11 Feb 1777 in Rowan Co., NC; died in 1845 in Estill Co., KY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Asa became owner of 1000 acres on Station Camp. It was upon this land that oil was early discovered in Estill County. The land was then in possession of one of his descendants. To each of his nine children was given one hundred acres of land. Son Ebenezer received the old home place. Asa, his wife, and one daughter are buried on the old home place on the first 1000 acres of land owned by him.
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Doug Park’s research calls our Asa “a noted artist of his time”….BUT see the following:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/133000490/asa-park
PLEASE NOTE: At least one "authoritative" and often-quoted work provides inaccurate biographical information for Asa Park, as well as for several other members of the Park family who were early residents of Kentucky. In each of these cases, information for several men with the same given name was lumped together as if they were one person. Asa Park the artist descends from Richard Park who arrived aboard the 'Defence' in 1635. There were at least two men by the name of Asa Park residing in Kentucky during the same period. 

Died:
(or 25 Apr 1839)

Buried:
Warford Farm

Asa married Susannah Park on 28 Nov 1802 in Madison Co., KY. Susannah (daughter of Allen Park and Elizabeth Giles) was born about 1779 in Rowan Co., NC; died on 12 Jun 1856 in Station Camp Creek, Estill Co., KY; was buried in Wagersville, Estill Co., KY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• CLER: Y

Notes:

William was a Calvinist preacher who later joined the Christian Church. Many of the Estill Co. young folks were united in marriage by this Godly man.

A copy of his will may be found in the office of the clerk of Estill Co., Will Book B, page 107. It is dated 1 Apr 1851, and probated 16 Dec 1851. All of his estate during life to wife, Sallie Park, then one-half of the estate divided between John and Ryan Richardson, “My brothers-in-law,” one-half to Ebenezer and Asa Park, brothers of said Wm. Park, and Woodson P. Richardson, another brother-in-law.

William married Sallie Richardson on 30 Dec 1805. Sallie was born in 1786. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• MILF: Y
• Occupation: Farmer

Notes:

Was a colonel according to William D. Park.

Buried:
Red Hill Cemetery

Eli married Winifred “Winney” Dillingham on 14 Dec 1809 in Madison Co., KY. Winifred (daughter of Joshua Dillingham and Winifred Harris) was born on 10 Sep 1795 in Richmond, Madison Co., KY; died on 19 Dec 1854 in Station Camp Creek, Estill Co., KY; was buried in Madison Co., KY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Joseph Jones. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: Abt 1820, Franklin Co., Boone Twp., MO
• Census: 1830, Franklin Co., St. John’s Twp., MO
• Residence: 24 Jan 1831, Franklin Co., St. John’s Twp., MO

Notes:

A marriage bond date of August 8, 1809 showed bondsman Samuel Dent and Ebenezer Park. Madison Co., Ky. Marriage Records, Vol. i,1786-[1822..Compiled by Bill and Kathy Vockery, p. 62. Also named in the will of Samuel Dent 1834, Franklin Co., MO. Jessie park purchased land in Franklin Co. MO in 1831 - 106 acres Fred Kinder - descendant.
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“Jesse was supposedly perceived as the black sheep of the family as family history has it, for his rather abrupt departure to Missouri. At one time, Jesse farmed the land in Eastern Madison County along Drowning Creek (original owner was Jesse's father, Ebenezer Park, Sr.) and per agreement with his father, gave him so many bushels of corn each year. Eb Park, Sr. had previously moved to the Station Camp area of Estill County. Jesse's brother, Col. Eli Park (m. Winnaford Dillingham) and sister, Mary (m. John Scrivner) both lived on this same Drowning Creek tract of land where Eb and wife, Tabitha Mills were eventually buried (I found their graves on 20 June 2000 under fallen Pine trees), having moved in with son, Col. Eli Park in the last years. Jesse moved to Missouri at the invitation of Winnie’s father, having been promised land there.”
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“This Deed made the fifth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty eight between Jesse Park and his wife Anna of the County of Franklin and State of Missouri for and in consideration of the sum of one hundred forty five dollars to them in hand paid by John Voss of the County and State aforesaid, the receipt whereof they do hereby acknowledge, and do grant bargain and sell convey and confirm, unto the said John Voss and to his heirs and assigns forever all that certain tract or parcel of land situated or being in the County of Franklin and State aforesaid, being the south west quarter of the north west quarter of Section No. seventeen in Township No. forty three of Range No. one west, containing forty acres, with the exception however of a small piece of said __ separation? in the North West corner which is separated form the rest of said ___ ___ section by a stream running and the said North West corner separated to be about five acres--to have and hold the same with the privileges and appertenance thereunto belonging to the said John Voss his heirs and assigns forever, the said Jesse Park and Anna his wife hereby _____that their heirs____and administrator will warrant and defend the title to the said premises to the said John Voss his heirs and assigns forever, against the claim or claims of all persons whatever lawfully claiming the same--In witness whereof, the said Jesse Park and Anna his wife party of the first part have hereunto set their hands and seals the day and year first above written. “

Anna signed with her mark in the presence of W. V. N. (Bay?)

Filed and Recorded March 5, 1838, C. S. Jeffries, Clerk, per W.V.N. Bay?

Deeded land is in Krakow area.

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Jesse Park and Anna his wife; Henry Dent and Louisa his wife;
Robert Beatty and Viney his wife; Dyson Johnson and Malinda his wife;
and Olive Dent, heirs of Samuel Dent, deceased,
and Ephriam B. Strickland
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Indenture made 5th day of May, 1842, between above parties
for the sum of $225
the west half of the southeast quarter, section five, township 43, range 1 west, consisting of 80 acres.
Attest: John R. Browne

Filed Oct 24, 1849, Recorded March 1, 1850, C.S. Jeffries, Clerk

Deeded land is in Krakow area.
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Names on Jesse Park estate papers:

Administrator: William Park
Heirs: William Park,
Robert Park, Jane Park, Ephraim Park, Lewis Park, minor heirs of Willson Park, deceased
Syrena Cooper, Anderson Park, Ebenezer Park, Lavina Allum, Eli Park, Savica Park
Sworn before C. Jeffries, and D. Bishop, Clerk and Deputy Clerk
Witnesses: Ira and Eli Valentine

Inventory of estate was administered by William Park
Witnesses: Payton R. Sawyers and Ira Valentine

Names of Debtors:
Wm. C. Stites, William and Nancy Park (for 40 acres of land)
Spencer Altum, John Tomson (Thompson) James Park, David Stites, Anderson Park, Benjamin Noss?

Appraisers of the slaves and personal estate: (no slaves itemized)
Ira Vallantine, Peter B. Persell and Mathew Scott
sworn before Payton R. Sawyers, JP Total value of personal estate: $419.55

Receipts for estate payment from:
Ebenezer Park (signed), Anderson Park (his mark), George Cooper (his mark), Spencer Altum (signed).

Purchaser’s names:
Spencer Altum, George Cooper, Ebenezer Park, Anderson Park, John Ramsey, M.R. Childers, D. Dndee, Jess Altum, Mathew Scott, Jesse Hull (?), T. B Gereel, A. W. Leffers, William Park, Ira Valentine, T. B. Peneel (?), Levi Stites, James Valentine, D. Drace, Martin Cromer, John L. Linten (?), Eli Park, L. C. Inman, Isaac Stites, John Thompson, Mrs. (?), Savica Park, Chesney Cromer, Gilford….(?).

Census:
Microfilm roll #72, p. 134

Residence:
Taken up by Jesse Park living in St. John’s Twp., Franklin County, two hogs, one a barrow and the other a spaid sow, supposed to be something like two years old. The barrow is a pale red with black spots on him, marked in the left ear with a hole, swallow fork and underbit and a swallow fork and underbit in the right. The sow is a pale red and few black spots, marked with an oven bit and swallow fork in the left ear, a bit and an underbit in the right. Appraised two dollars and seventy five cents by John Stites andWlliam Park, appraiser, duly sworn before me 26th January 1831. Wm. G. Owens, JP

Buried:
Valentine-Armstrong Family Cemetery (probably)

Jesse married Winnie Ann Dent on 10 Aug 1809 in Madison Co., KY. Winnie (daughter of Samuel Dent and Martha “Patsy” Harris) was born between 1792-1795 in Franklin Co., VA; died after 1832 in Franklin Co., Boone Twp., MO; was buried in Franklin Co., MO. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary married John Howard Scrivner on 10 Mar 1810 in Madison Co., KY. John was born in 1782 in Rowan Co., NC; died about 1850. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Died young

Notes:

Birth:
or Madison Co., KY

Died:
at the Battle of the Alamo, TX (listed as being from NC)

Isaiah married Catherine (Kitty) Grant on 18 Feb 1827 in Boone Co., MO. Catherine was born on 6 May 1807 in Madison Co., KY; died on 14 Feb 1883 in Stockdale, Wilson Co., TX. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
1794?, 1804?

Allen married Emily Frances Bratton on 4 Jul 1827 in Boone Co., MO. Emily was born in 1807 in KY; died in 1859 in Boone Co., MO. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Henry Harris Dillingham. Henry (son of Joshua Dillingham and Winifred Harris) was born in 1791; died on 7 Mar 1851. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Barbara married John (Jack) Richardson,, Jr. on 11 Jan 1816 in Estill Co., KY. John was born on 9 Jun 1792 in Henry Co., VA; died on 18 Dec 1875 in Estill Co., KY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Marriage bond July 9, 1817 bondsman John Park, daughter of John Park,Estill Co., KY - Marriage Book A, p. 22

Elizabeth married John G. Boyd on 15 Jul 1817 in KY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Solomon married Eliza Jarman on 23 Sep 1829 in Madison Co., KY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Tombstone: “His Record is on High” (with picture of hand, index finger pointing upward).

In script at bottom of the stone: “Servant of God, well done. Best from Thy Loved Employ, The Battle fought, the Victory Won, Enter Thy Master’s Joy”
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Jonah age 57, Winifred age 61, widow, signed Jonah Park and John M. Park, witness

1880 census indicates that Winifred is divorced.

Birth:
Tombstone Transcription

Died:
Tombstone Transcription

Jonah married Malinda McMonegal on 14 Nov 1826 in Estill Co., KY. Malinda was born on 16 Dec 1810 in Irvine, Estill Co., KY; died on 27 May 1862 in Irvine, Estill Co., KY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Elihu married Mary (Polly) Ballew on 6 Nov 1832 in Madison Co., KY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Simpson married Rebecca Jane White on 23 May 1837 in Estill Co., KY. Rebecca was born in 1821; died in 1853. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Matilda married William Joseph Clark on 15 Sep 1836 in Estill Co., KY. William was born on 22 Feb 1813 in Clark Co., KY; died on 14 Dec 1868 in Lexington, Fayette., KY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Louise Frances Hume on 5 Nov 1840 in Madison Co., KY. Louise was born on 14 Jan 1820 in Madison Co., KY; died on 27 Dec 1894 in Richmond, Madison Co., KY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• CLER: Y
• Religion: Baptist

Family/Spouse: Winifred “Wina” Celinda Park. Winifred (daughter of Solomon Park and Rhoda Dillingham) was born in 1812 in Hampshire Co., VA (WV); died on 26 May 1897. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Solomon Dillingham Parks. Solomon (son of Solomon Park and Rhoda Dillingham) was born about 1808. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

See note for Jonah Park and wife Melinda.

Buried:
Knapper Branch

Hiram married Malinda Dillingham Park on 26 Jul 1827 in Estill Co., KY. Malinda (daughter of Solomon Park and Rhoda Dillingham) was born in 1807 in Madison Co., KY; died in Estill Co., KY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Hiram married Julia Ann (Tudor) Brinegar on 9 Dec 1871 in Estill Co., KY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Alfred Moberly. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• MILF: Y
• Occupation: Farmer, minister
• Religion: Became a member of the Christian Church in 1843
• PURC: Aft 1853, Dale Twp., McLean Co., IL

Notes:

Ten children.

He sold his 120 acres “in 1853, and started North with his family, including his wife and six children, for the prairies of Illinois. They made the journey overland and their outfit consisted of four horses and two wagons. They carried with them their household goods and provisions, camped and cooked by the wayside, and slept in the wagons at night. After eighteen days of continuous travel they landed in McLean County. Mr. Park had visited the State the previous fall, on horseback, but had not made any purchase of land, and after his arrival here with his family they spent the winter in a house belonging to Hiram Quinn, whose name is frequently mentioned in connection with the history of the early pioneers of this county. “

Town founders from Kentucky By David Pittman, Pantagraph staff
SHIRLEY - There were few settlers around Shirley [IL] until the railroad was completed from Springfield to Bloomington and a depot built seven miles southeast of Bloomington in 1853.
The depot name - Shirley -was said to have been suggested by Mrs. Corydon Weed and taken from a novel.
The first settlers around Shirley, the Moberly, Quinn, Park, Lain and Boulware clans, all came from Kentucky.
From that group, Jonathan Park a farmer living north of Shirley, was selected as the first minister of the Christian Church in 1859.

PURC:
Eventually owned 226 acres

Buried:
Scogin Hill Cemetery

Jonathan married Barthana Quinn on 6 Oct 1836 in Madison Co., KY. Barthana was born on 27 Oct 1818 in Madison Co., KY; died on 20 Aug 1882 in Dale Twp., McLean Co., IL; was buried in Bloomington, McLean Co., IL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Richard Oldham. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Gabriel Lackey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Richard Oldham Cobb. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Jesse Cobb. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Jessie Baldwin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

George married Patsy Colins on 16 Nov 1848. Patsy was born on 6 Aug 1832; died on 18 Apr 1904. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Jesse Cobb. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Samuel Harris Richardson. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Farmer
• PURC: 1848, Franklin Co., MO
• Census: 1850, Franklin Co., MO

Notes:

Served as administrator for Jesse Park’s estate, and for his son James’ estate.

“This deed made and entered into this twenty fifth day of August in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and forty nine between William Park and Polly (Cromer) his wife, of the County of Franklin and State of Missouri, parties of the first part, and Ira Vallentine, James Parsons, and Peyton D. Sawyers, trustees of the Church of Christ upon the Burbois river, parties of the second part, Witnesseth that the said William Park and Polly his wife parties of the first part, for and in consideration of the sum of five dollars to have in hand paid, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, does this day bargain grant sell convey and confirm unto the said parties of the second part and to their succession in said office forever, the following described parcel or tract of land, being and situated in the County of Franklin and State of Missouri on the west side of Little Creek, one acre of land to include the meeting house built by said Church and neighbors, it being an undivided part of the North east quarter of the North____qtr? of section No. fourteen, township No. 42 of range No. 3 west, together with all and singular the appertenances thereunto belonging or in any wise appertaining. To have and to hold the above described premises unto the said parties of the second part and their successors in said office forever and the said party o unto the said party of the second part and their successors in office against the claims or claim of all and any person or persons whomsoever do and will warrant and____forever defend by these presents. In witness whereof the said William Park and Polly his wife parties of the first part have herewith set their hands and seals the day and year first above written. “ Martin L. G. Crowe, J.P.

Polly signed with her mark.
Filed 13 Aug 18__, Recorded 19 Jan 1851


Place name: https://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_franklin.html
Meramec Cavern
Description:
A cave in the southern part of Meramec Township, near Meramec River. Earlier known as Saltpeter Cave. Gunpowder was made here during the Civil War from saltpetre found in this cave. In 1933 Mr. Dill adopted the name Meramec Cavern because the cave was near the Meramec River. (HIST. FRANKLIN, 212-13; Miss Johnson; Charles Ripley; Benton Dill; Stephen Sullivan)
Source:
Harrison, Eugenia L. "Place Names Of Four River Counties In Eastern Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1943.

Place name:
Meramec Hills
Description:
A resort and former post office in the northwest part of Calvey Township. It was established as a post office during 1887 under the name Mackie and discontinued in 1896. It was probably named for James Mackie, a Scotchman, who was its only postmaster. The place was also called Frisco Heights, as it was located on the Frisco Railroad between Robertsville and Moselle, south of the Meramec River. Morley was the earliest name of the switch on the Frisco Railroad at this place. Morley was named for a man in St. Louis who tried to build a town here. The name Shewell replaced Frisco Heights when Mrs. C.F. Shewell bought the land on the hill after the post office had been discontinued. The new name was given in her honor. The name Meramec Hills replaced the name Shewell when Charles Halsworth bought the land from Mrs. Shewell and made the resort. Cf. above. It no longer exists. However, in 1925, Kiel says the switch was still called Shewell. (Postal Guide; HIST. FRANKLIN, 342; Kiel's BIOG. DIR., 194, 205 & map; Miss Johnson: Miss Martha May Wood; G.B. Zumwaldt)
Source:
Harrison, Eugenia L. "Place Names Of Four River Counties In Eastern Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1943.

Place name:
Meramec Mine
Description:
A mine north of Silver Lead Mine in Prairie Township. The earliest name was Buskett Mine, for John Buskett, who operated it. The later name Meramec Mine, or the Meramec Mines, was given for its location on the Meramec River. According to the Washington Library Records, a disastrous fire occurred at the mines on July 1, 1901, causing a loss of about $50,000. (Washington Library Records; Miss Johnson: E.H. Hoff)
Source:
Harrison, Eugenia L. "Place Names Of Four River Counties In Eastern Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1943.

Place name:
Meramec Mines
Description:
See Meramec Mine.
Source:
Harrison, Eugenia L. "Place Names Of Four River Counties In Eastern Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1943.

Place name:
Meramec River
Description:
This "large, crooked, and beautiful stream," as it has been called, is the most important river in Franklin County, and is also one of the oldest names in the region. It rises in the northeast part of Crawford County, enters Franklin near the center of the southern border of Meramec Township, and flows in a generally northeast direction across the county, continuing as the boundary line between St. Louis and Jefferson Counties till it empties into the Mississippi River. The name is usually interpreted as an Indian word meaning "catfish," and this etymology is supported by Hodge and Gannett. Mr. Bert Lowenstein, however, writing in the St. Louis POST-DISPATCH for September 10, 1938, disagrees, and gives by far the best and most detailed history of the name Meramec. He writes that Joliet and Marquette were probably the first Europeans to pass the mouth of the Meramec; for although they make no mention of the river in their account of the voyage down the Mississippi River to the mouth of the Arkansas River, Father Marquette notes the location of the "Maroa" tribe in the country of the Illinois. The Recollect missionary, Father Membre, who accompanied the La Salle and De Tonty expedition, writes of "the village of the Tamaroas on the east bank, about six leagues below the River of the Osages." La Salle, De Tonty, Fathers Joutel, Marest, Pinet, and other missionaries mention the "Tamaroas" or "Maroas" and their villages, which they locate "ten leagues below the River of Illinois," or six miles below the mouth of the Pekitanoui," the river of the "Missouries." The first historical notice of the river is found in the account of a voyage by Father James Gravier in the year 1700. He wrote: "We discovered the river Mearamigoua where a rich lead mine is situated." Penicaut, a member of Le Seur's mineralogical expedition mentions it in 1700, "one finds a small stream called the Meramecsipy." In 1702 De Iberville applied to the French Government for the exclusive privilege to work the lead mines on the Riviere Maramecquisipi. The Sieur La Renaudiere explored the region in 1723 and wrote an "Account of the mines of M. de la Motte and M. de Maramet." In May, 1723, Dixon D' Artaguiette wrote, "About one o'clock M. Renault, director of the mines, arrived here from the Meramec Mines." On June 14, 1723, Pierre Duque de Boisbriant and Marc Antoine de La Laire des Ursin, Intendant, granted to Renault a league and a half of ground upon the "Little Merameig" and in the "river Mearmeig." The "Maroa," the Indian tribe whose villages were nearest to the river's mouth, seems to be the origin of the word according to Mr. Lowenstein. The second syllable "mec," "mac," "meg," or "meq" is a term common among the Algonquin tribes. It apparently signifies a branch river or small stream as opposed to "missi," "mitche" meaning great. The name also appears as Merramec River. The many spellings would naturally result from the difficulty of settlers with the original name. (Wetmore; Gannett, 205; Houck, HIST. MISSOURI I, 281; COM. ATLAS, 229; John E. Rothensteines, MHR XX, 200, EARLIEST HISTORY OF MINE LA MOTTE"; Bert Lowenstein, St. Louis POST DISPATCH, Sept. 10, 1938; Miss O'Brien's thesis; Miss Welty's thesis)
Source:
Harrison, Eugenia L. "Place Names Of Four River Counties In Eastern Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1943.

Place name:
Meramec State Park
Description:
A famous area of great natural beauty in the southern part of Meramec Township. In 1928 the state bought this 7,124-acre tract for the fish and game department, made it into a state park and named it for the Meramec River, which flows through the park. There are more than twenty caverns in this park. A CCC camp is now located here. (Schultz, 14; Miss Johnson: Benton Dill; Stephen Sullivan)
Source:
Harrison, Eugenia L. "Place Names Of Four River Counties In Eastern Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1943.

PURC:
NE qtr of NW qtr of Twp.42, Sec 14, R3W (40 acres)

Census:
#206 Listed with wife Mary, three of Polly Stites’ children, and Eli, Nancy A. and Ebenezer

Buried:
Probably Little Creek Cemetery

William married Mary (Polly) Stites on 4 Aug 1830 in Franklin Co., MO. Mary died before 1843. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

William married Mary (Polly) Cromer on 21 Dec 1843 in Franklin Co., MO. Mary (daughter of Martin Cromer and Malvina Franziska Kellenbach) was born on 23 Nov 1821 in IN; died on 31 Dec 1864 in Franklin Co., MO; was buried in MO. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

“This deed made and entered into this thirty first day of March eighteen hundred and thirty eight, between Wilson Park and Nancy his wife of the County of Franklin and State of Missouri of the first part, and Jesse Park of the County and State aforesaid of the other part--Witnesseth--that the said Wilson Park and Nancy his wife for and in consideration of the sum of one hundred and twenty five dollars to them in hand paid, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, has granted bequest and sold and by this presents do grant bargain sell convey and confirm unto the said Jesse Park and to his heirs and assigns forever, a certain tract of land lying in said county being the South West quarter of North West quarter of Section seventeen, Township forty three, Range one West, containing forty acres more or less, to have and to hold the above described tract of land offered with all the appertenes thereunto belonging and any wise appertaining unto him the said Jesse Park and his heirs and assigns forever--In testimony whereof we have hereunto set our hands and seals the day and year first aforesaid.” Witness: C. S. Jeffries. Nancy signed with her mark.

Filed March 31st and recorded April 9th 1838 by S. S. Jeffries, Clerk
Deeded land is in Krakow area.

Wilson married Nancy Frazier on 6 Jul 1833 in Franklin Co., MO. Nancy was born about 1811. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Moved to Oklahoma.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1850, Franklin Co., MO
• Census: 1880, Franklin Co., MO

Notes:

Purchased land in Franklin Co. in 1853 - 160 acres in Boone Twp.

Birth:
bet 1816-1817

Census:
Anderson age 34, born KY; Susannah 28, b. MO; William 12, b. MO; Angeline 8; Ann 6, Samuel 4 mo.

Census:
Anderson, age 63, farmer; with wife Susannah, age 57, and daughter L.A., age 17.

Buried:
Laural Oak Cemetery

Family/Spouse: Virginia. Virginia was born in 1820 in TN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Anderson married Susannah Virginia Stiles (Stites?) on 9 May 1839 in Franklin Co., MO. Susannah was born on 21 Jan 1822 in MO; died on 25 Jun 1895 in Windsor, Henry Co., MO; was buried in Henry Co., MO. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Buried:
Dan Miller Cemetery

Lavina married Spencer Altum on 10 Apr 1845 in Franklin Co., MO. Spencer was born about 1815 in TN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Serena married George Washington Cooper on 30 Jul 1834 in Franklin Co., MO. George was born on 5 Sep 1810 in MO; died on 12 Oct 1866. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• EYES: Blue
• HAIR: Dark
• HEIG: 5” 11”
• MILF: Y
• Occupation: Farmer
• Census: 1850, Franklin Co., MO

Notes:

Did Ebenezer later marry Eliza Cromer? There is a license for those two names dated 8 June 1851, and they were married by Payton R. Sawyers, J.P.

Did he perhaps marry Hannah Armistead Hearst? An Ebenezer married Hannah and they had one son Eli Bailey Park.

Census:
#474 Listed with Nancy, William age 5, and William Stites age 19.

Ebenezer married Nancy Stites on 18 Jan 1843 in Franklin Co., MO. Nancy was born in 1825 in Franklin Co., MO. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ebenezer married Unknown on 18 Jan 1843 in Franklin Co., MO. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• DESC: Death notice called him “Franklin County’s greatest hunter.”
• MILF: Y
• Occupation: Farmer
• USR1: Mitrial Incompl---?

Notes:

Birth:
according to death certificate. Born 20 May 1829 according to source # 1294

Died:
John Parks of Villa Ridge was informant

Buried:
Valentine-Miller Cemetery

Elijah married Sarah Ann Stites on 12 Feb 1852 in Franklin Co., MO. Sarah was born in 1832 in Franklin Co., MO. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Elijah married Martha Mary (Polly) Clarinda Miller on 12 Oct 1854 in Villa Ridge, Franklin Co., MO. Martha was born on 4 Nov 1840 in Spring Creek, Franklin Co., MO; died on 1 Jul 1888 in Franklin Co., MO; was buried in Leslie, Franklin Co., MO. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Eli Cox. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Find-A-Grave shows William Eli Park’s spouse to be Mary E. Park (1851-1904), with a son William with unknown birth date, but who died in 1969 in California. It seems this entire family moved to California.

All earlier information confirms William Eli as a son of Jonathan Park. But William Eli’s obit reports his mother not as Lillian Stroud, but rather, Mary E. Park, and his father as William H. Park. So more research needs to be done to find the correct connections. It is possible that Lillian was a first wife (she died at age 25), but that doesn’t account for the William H. Park as father.

Or, could William Park who died in 1969 and Lillian Stroud be Homer William Park’s parents, since left as is, William Eli was an unlikely 70 years old when Homer William was born.

Buried:
Cypress Lawn Memorial Park

Family/Spouse: Mary E. Park. Mary was born in 1851; died in 1904 in CA; was buried in Colma, San Mateo Co., CA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Elizabeth married Thomas James Armistead on 15 May 1854 in Franklin Co., MO. Thomas (son of William Armistead and Phoebe Walton) was born in 1819 in Smith Co., TN; died on 11 Jun 1880 in Franklin Co., MO. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 22 Sep 1862, Boone Twp., Franklin Co., MO
• Residence: 9 Jul 1864, Dundee, Franklin Co., MO

Notes:

The ages of Martha in pension document don’t quite match with her being wife of this William R. West. But she did marry a William West. Is this the one?

Martha signed Pension Application with her (x) and it was witnessed by Wm. Becker, Francis Keath (?) and Lewis C. Cromer. The affidavit says she “has been true and loyal to the Constitution of the US and not taken up arms or aided or abetted in the present rebellion.” Sworn in Union, MO before M.L.G. Crowe, Clerk.

Other witnesses for Martha and William were Robert Johnson and Robert B. Armisted, both of Franklin Co. (both signed their own names).

Martha had an attorney, William S. Field, handle her pension claim in St. Louis. Pension was admitted on 29 Sept 1864--$8 a month starting Feb 13, 1862.

Birth:
Pension app would indicate birth was 1838

Residence:
“age 24”, Had one child, Melinda Elizabeth, 2 years

Residence:
“age 26”

Martha married William R. West on 31 May 1857 in Franklin Co., MO. William (son of Parker West and Catherine Fry) died on 13 Feb 1862 in St. Louis, St. Louis Co., MO; was buried in St. Louis, St. Louis Co., MO. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• EYES: Blue
• HAIR: Light
• HEIG: 6’
• MILF: Y
• Occupation: Farmer
• Residence: 21 Sep 1861, Shotwell, Franklin Co., MO
• Census: 1880, Boone Twp., Franklin Co., MO

Notes:

In 1878 a James owned 40 acres of land in Franklin Co., shown on the plat as belonging to James Park.

Jack Thompson sent xerox of page 280 of a book he called “History Illustrated” MO 1888. Chapter title is History of Franklin County. Last paragraph reads:
“William L. Hall ran the most remarkable career as a murderer of any one in Franklin County. On January 18, (year is not readable) he was twice before the following jury for the murder by (word unreadable) of Andrew Bullock: William W. Johnson, William E. Brown (?), Henry Anderson, James Park, John Evans, Thomas W..(word unreadable), Joseph J. Brown, William Reynolds, William P. (word unreadable), James Waggoner, John D. Carter and George W. McCullough. This jury brought in a verdict of “guilty of murder in the first degree, as charged in the indictment.” on the date named above. On January 19, a new trial was granted, and a change of venue to Washington County also granted.”

There is another James Park, husband of Ollie Dent, and they had a son named James.

Probate records for James Park, dated 4 Feb 1863, give Wm Parkes adm. of the estate of James Parkes, decd.

Chesney Cromer was clerk of the sale.

There were credits for P. R.Sawyers, Wm. Parks, Elizabeth Rhodus.
Purchasers included: Daniel Miller, Wm H. Wagers, Wm Park, Wm. W. Park, Mrs. Ware, R.T. Vallentine, Anderson Park, Jasper H. Wagers, John Miller, James Park, and David M. Cromer.

Source gives wife’s name as Harriet.

Birth:
Enlistment papers say he was 22 on date of enlistment

Residence:
Single at the time

Census:
#97, farmer, age 40, with wife Elizabeth age 40, and brother William F. age 11.

Family/Spouse: Elizabeth Alvirry Wager. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• HIST: Place name: Stanton Description: A small mining community in the east central part of Meramec Township. It is the successor to a vanished town on a site a short distance to the south, originally called Reedville. Reedville was named for its founder, Dr. Silas Reed, a physician who was born in Ohio in 1810. He came out to Franklin County and became surveyor for Missouri. When the post office was established at Reedville on July 25, 1856, he was its only postmaster. A few months later in the same year, Dr. Reed discovered a very rich copper deposit nearby in the southern part of Meramec Township. These were given the name of the Stanton Copper Mines, for John Stanton, an Eastern man who had come out to Missouri and was proprietor of a powder mill in the vicinity. John Stanton had died a few years earlier, about 1850. On November 11, 1856, the name and location of the post office was changed to Stanton Copper Mines. August Wengler was the first postmaster, and was succeeded by Dr. Silas Reed. The first mine was opened in 1860 and the yield proved abundant. From 1865 to 1867 the town was one of the most flourishing in Franklin County. By 1868, however, deterioration set in, and the population steadily dwindled. In 1920 there was only one person, a renter, living at the former site of Reedville. Meanwhile another community began to grow up a short distance to the north. Charles Gallaher was the first white person to settle there. Bennett Thurmond built the first house in 1866. In 1868 a new town was platted by Theophile Papin, H.W. Leffingwell, R.S. Elliott, Sylvester Papin, and Henry T. Mudd, and given the name of Stanton, shortened from the name of the copper mines. A post office by the name of Stanton was finally established here on August 19, 1880, and has since remained. Also spelled Staunton. (Postal Guide; Davis & Durrie, 364; COUNTY ATLAS 1878, 13, 16; HIST. FRANKLIN, 338-9; Eaton; Kiel's BIOG. DIR., 209; 211; Miss Johnson: Charles Ripley) Source: Harrison, Eugenia L. "Place Names Of Four River Counties In Eastern Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1943. Place name: Stanton Copper Mines Description: See Stanton. Source: Harrison, Eugenia L. "Place Names Of Four River Counties In Eastern Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1943. Stanton Description: A small mining community in the east central part of Meramec Township. It is the successor to a vanished town on a site a short distance to the south, originally called Reedville. Reedville was named for its founder, Dr. Silas Reed, a physician who was born in Ohio in 1810. He came out to Franklin County and became surveyor for Missouri. When the post office was established at Reedville on July 25, 1856, he was its only postmaster. A few months later in the same year, Dr. Reed discovered a very rich copper deposit nearby in the southern part of Meramec Township. These were given the name of the Stanton Copper Mines, for John Stanton, an Eastern man who had come out to Missouri and was proprietor of a powder mill in the vicinity. John Stanton had died a few years earlier, about 1850. On November 11, 1856, the name and location of the post office was changed to Stanton Copper Mines. August Wengler was the first postmaster, and was succeeded by Dr. Silas Reed. The first mine was opened in 1860 and the yield proved abundant. From 1865 to 1867 the town was one of the most flourishing in Franklin County. By 1868, however, deterioration set in, and the population steadily dwindled. In 1920 there was only one person, a renter, living at the former site of Reedville. Meanwhile another community began to grow up a short distance to the north. Charles Gallaher was the first white person to settle there. Bennett Thurmond built the first house in 1866. In 1868 a new town was platted by Theophile Papin, H.W. Leffingwell, R.S. Elliott, Sylvester Papin, and Henry T. Mudd, and given the name of Stanton, shortened from the name of the copper mines. A post office by the name of Stanton was finally established here on August 19, 1880, and has since remained. Also spelled Staunton. (Postal Guide; Davis & Durrie, 364; COUNTY ATLAS 1878, 13, 16; HIST. FRANKLIN, 338-9; Eaton; Kiel's BIOG. DIR., 209; 211; Miss Johnson: Charles Ripley) Source: Harrison, Eugenia L. "Place Names Of Four River Counties In Eastern Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1943. Place name: Stanton Copper Mines Description: See Stanton. Source: Harrison, Eugenia L. "Place Names Of Four River Counties In Eastern Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1943. Description: A small mining community in the east central part of Meramec Township. It is the successor to a vanished town on a site a short distance to the south, originally called Reedville. Reedville was named for its founder, Dr. Silas Reed, a physician who was born in Ohio in 1810. He came out to Franklin County and became surveyor for Missouri. When the post office was established at Reedville on July 25, 1856, he was its only postmaster. A few months later in the same year, Dr. Reed discovered a very rich copper deposit nearby in the southern part of Meramec Township. These were given the name of the Stanton Copper Mines, for John Stanton, an Eastern man who had come out to Missouri and was proprietor of a powder mill in the vicinity. John Stanton had died a few years earlier, about 1850. On November 11, 1856, the name and location of the post office was changed to Stanton Copper Mines. August Wengler was the first postmaster, and was succeeded by Dr. Silas Reed. The first mine was opened in 1860 and the yield proved abundant. From 1865 to 1867 the town was one of the most flourishing in Franklin County. By 1868, however, deterioration set in, and the population steadily dwindled. In 1920 there was only one person, a renter, living at the former site of Reedville. Meanwhile another community began to grow up a short distance to the north. Charles Gallaher was the first white person to settle there. Bennett Thurmond built the first house in 1866. In 1868 a new town was platted by Theophile Papin, H.W. Leffingwell, R.S. Elliott, Sylvester Papin, and Henry T. Mudd, and given the name of Stanton, shortened from the name of the copper mines. A post office by the name of Stanton was finally established here on August 19, 1880, and has since remained. Also spelled Staunton. (Postal Guide; Davis & Durrie, 364; COUNTY ATLAS 1878, 13, 16; HIST. FRANKLIN, 338-9; Eaton; Kiel's BIOG. DIR., 209; 211; Miss Johnson: Charles Ripley) Source: Harrison, Eugenia L. "Place Names Of Four River Counties In Eastern Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1943. Place name: Stanton Copper Mines Description: See Stanton. Source: Harrison, Eugenia L. "Place Names Of Four River Counties In Eastern Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1943.
• MILF: Y
• Occupation: Farmer
• USR1: Bronchial Pneumonia
• Census: 1880, Boone Twp., Franklin Co., MO
• Residence: Apr 1921, Gerald, Franklin Co., MO

Notes:

Elizabeth Boone, daughter of Frank Park, tells the story her grandfather, Eli B. Park, told her as a child how he lost one of his fingers: In a letter dated July 8, 1993, Elizabeth relates:

"It was when he was in the war between the North and South. The war was over, but he had been taken prisoner by the South (and was still being held by them). It was late in the afternoon and he was with a bunch of other prisoners in the back of a wagon. They came to a big corn field which covered many acres. The captain of the North said, 'Some of you fellows get out and gather enough corn and we will stop and build a fire and roast it for supper.' Grandpa and the next guy to him jumped out and he picked up a hatchet out of the wagon to take along. They ran down the rows of corn and when they were out of sight they just kept going. When they got to the end of the field, there was another road. They went across into the woods and tried to hide. After dark they decided to roast some corn to eat.

"Grandpa took out his hatchet, started cutting wood for a fire, but hit his finger and cut it off. It was winter and had it not been so cold he probably would have bled to death, but as it was, his finger froze as it began to bleed and froze it over. About the time this was happening they heard a wagon coming, so they hid under a brush pile until the wagon went by. When it was far enough away they built a fire and roasted the corn and tried to wrap up Grandpa's finger. They walked back the other way until they thought they were over the northern line and then slept until the sun came up. They ran into some of their (northern) men and kept walking and getting a ride on wagons until they got home."

According to Dave Boone, Frank Park’s grandson, his grandfather told the following stories about Eli:

“Eli went to a neighbor’s farm to visit and found two brothers about to kill one of their cousins. He took a singletree and knocked them out and stopped the fight. Later they did kill the cousin and put the blame on Eli. Eli had to hide out in the woods because the sheriff had people watching the house. Eli’s mother would hang a colored towel in the window if it was not safe to come in and get food, and a white towel if it was safe. He hid several weeks until someone told who really killed the cousin.

“When Eli was plowing by the river, three men came and asked to borrow his mule to cross the river. He refused, but offered to take them across one at a time. He took the first one over and when he went back the other two said they would take the mule away from him anyway. There was a fight and he whipped them both and they had to swim the river to get away.

“My grandfather said he (Eli) had a reputation as a fighter and a fiddler.”

12 Dec 1890 Tribune Champion City Items, reports, “Mr. Eli Park is erecting a new house, he says he knows it is set straight East and West because he set it by his corn rows and Otto Gahlough marked off the ground.”

In the year 1905 (Sept 29) the Tribune Champion City Chips reported, “Our famers have nearly completed corn cutting and are preparing to sow wheat. Most of the fodder cut before the rain is reported worthless and some corn is spoiling in the shock. But the ridge farmers should feel sorry for the bottom farmers this season. And in return the bottom farmers should be sorry for the ridge farmers five to one as it has been about five years since the ridge farmers harvested a crop equal to the one they are harvesting at present.”

FAG gives another child to the couple: Charles E. Park.




Eli Park, Pvt. in Company I under Captain Crowe in 26th Regiment of Infantry Volunteers; Enlisted Sept. 21, 1861 at Union, MO. and mustered in Dec. 26, 1861 at Pacific, MO.; Dis (discharged) Nov 21, 1862 at St. Louis, MO.}

Census:
#73, age 32, farmer, with wife and five children

Died:
Informant was Mrs. E.B. Parks of Stanton, Cert. signed by Walter R. Mattox of Sullivan

Buried:
Stanton Cemetery

Eli married Melinda Olive Thompson on 28 Mar 1867 in Franklin Co., MO. Melinda (daughter of John Anderson Thompson and Angeline Park) was born on 30 Mar 1847 in Franklin Co., MO; died on 6 Oct 1930 in Overland, St. Louis Co., MO; was buried on 9 Oct 1930 in Stanton, Franklin Co., MO. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

A record of Nancy was never known until 1999 when she was discovered listed in a census by Joe Miller. Not proven to be a child.

Notes:

Birth:
Perhaps 1850

Notes:

“Joe Park sold his farm near Champion City to Ben Havener and moved to the southern part of the county.” (Newspaper note of 26 Dec 1883)

According to Fred Kinder, Joseph married Sarah E. Anderson, born abt 1858, daughter of Henry Anderson and Mathey Ann Bandy.
Children from this marriage are:
William Henry Isaiah Park b. 10 July 1880 (my GF)
James Edward Park b. 30 July 1886
Thomas Albert Park b. 9 July 1888
Mary Virginia Park b. 2 Feb 1890
Martha Elizabeth Park b. 2 Feb 1890
David Eli Park b. 5 Mar 1893
Hally Park b. Abt 1895
all 7 children were born in Franklin Co. MO

Notes:

Moved to Arkansas

Sophia married George Maier in 1883. George was born in 1854 in GR; died in 1919. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1885, Clamore, OK
• Residence: 1922, Clamore, OK

Notes:

Samuel Isaiah Park was born to William Park and Mary Polly "Cromer" Park. Sam is my great-grandfather. The man in the family photo, below, is his son (my grandfather) William Dudley Parks with his family. My father is the blonde boy standing to the right of picture. His name is Dudley but he is not a junior as he does not have a middle name.

Sam's first wife (my biological great-grandmother) was Mary E. "Hammer" Park (There is no known picture of Mary). She died while giving birth to their third child and my grandfather, William Dudley Parks. 

Samuel and Mary's children are:
Nellie - b: 1889 in Missouri
Charles Walter - b: 1890 in Missouri
William Dudley - b: 1894 in Missouri

Sam remarried Loucrecia "Jammison" Park (Pictured with Samuel). Their children are:
Clay - b: 1903 in Oklahoma
Oscar - b: 1905 in Oklahoma
Johnnie (daughter) - b: 1909 in Oklahoma
Eb - b: 1911 in Oklahoma
Arthur - b: 1913 in Oklahoma
Arlie - b: 1915 in Oklahoma
Earl - b: 1907 in Oklahoma

Samuel was a retired sexton.

Cause Of Death: Apoplexy

Residence:
Eli’s obit

Buried:
Woodlawn Cemetery

Samuel married Mary E. Hammer in 1888. Mary (daughter of Leander C. Hammer and Fidelia Sloat) was born in 1874 in MO; died on 17 May 1894 in Deepwater, Henry Co., MO. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Samuel married Martha Loucrecia Jamison in 1896 in Indian City, Payne Co., OK. Martha was born on 25 Dec 1872 in Calf Creek, Searcy Co., AR; died on 18 Apr 1943 in Claremore, Rogers Co., OK. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• USR1: Chronic cardio-renal desease (fractured humerus)

Notes:

“The first anyone heard of Carolina, she was walking from Gerald with a suitcase in her hand. She stopped at a farmhouse and asked where F.M. Weirich lived. She was told and went on and newspaper clipping later announcing the marriage of F. M. Weirich and Carolina Park.

“...how did they meet? ..she was working in a boarding house or restaurant in Washingto...F.M. drove stock to Washington to ship by train. Maybe that is how they met...Another theory is that he met her through her brother Eli...(who) lived on the next farm from F.M.Weirich.

“Eli was known as Uncle Eely and Aunt Lindy and cousins, Lindy and Mally.....remembers an Uncle Sam visiting and taking him to Little Creek Cemetery....thinks William and mary are buried there.

“Wilbert did tell that his mother was jolly and liked to talk. It is believed the jolliness and sense of humor came from the Park side of the family. Carrie liked to tell her children stories, especially ghost stories.

Birth:
Champion City?

Buried:
Martin-Weirich Cemetery, across the road from her home.

Caroline married Frederick Martin Weirich on 18 Apr 1883 in Champion City, Franklin Co., MO. Frederick (son of Friedrich Johann Weirich and Louisa Caroline Schroeder) was born on 6 Mar 1857 in Schwaan, Mechelenburg, GR; died on 7 Jan 1942 in Champion City, Franklin Co., MO; was buried on 11 Jan 1942 in Leslie, Franklin Co., MO. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• EYES: Black
• HAIR: Dark
• HEIG: 5’ 5”
• MILF: Y
• Occupation: Farmer
• Residence: 20 Oct 1861, Sullivan, Franklin Co., MO
• Census: 1880, Boone Twp., Franklin Co., MO

Notes:

“Louis C. Park, stock trader, was born in Franklin County, Mo., in 1843, and is the youngest of the six children, three sons and three daughters, of Wilson and Nancy M. (Frazier) Park. Wilson Park died when Louis was about one year old; his mother is still living with her son, and is now in her seventy-seventh year. Louis C. Park was brought up on a farm, receiving a limited education in the common schools of the county. He followed agricultural pursuits until the war broke out, when he enlisted in Company I, Twenty-sixth Missouri Volunteer Infantry, Union army, and served two years; he was honorably discharged, and in 1865 was married to Martha Z., daughter of Levy Lovelace, and to their union have been born three daughters: Nancy S (now Mrs. Allen Bell), Effie S. (wife of Elijah McCallister), and Melvina E. (living with her parents). After his marriage Mr. Park settled in Bolivar, Polk Co., Mo., where he engaged in the drug business for a number of years; he also ran a livery stable, stage line, and was engaged in various pursuits until 1874, when he returned to Franklin County, and his since been engaged in stock trading. In 1883 he bought his present homestead and farm of sixty acres, upon which he has made many improvements. He is a member of Osage Lodge, I.O.O.F., and a staunch Democrat, politically. He is one of the substantial citizens of the county, and has never aspired to office.”

Census:
#157, age 37, with wife Martha age 38, and three daughters

Buried:
Union Cemetery

Louis married Martha Z. Lovelace in 1865. Martha (daughter of Levy Lovelace) was born on 25 Jan 1841; died on 20 Mar 1923; was buried in Union, Franklin Co., MO. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Could this be the Sarah Jane Park who married James A. West, son of Parker West?

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1880, Franklin Co., MO
• Census: 1900, Henry Co., MO
• Census: 1910, Windsor, Henry Co., MO

Notes:

Children listed on 1880 census:
S.C. dau 20 (Susan C., b. Jan 1859; married Robert B Havener b. Nov 1862, minister) Lived Seward Co. NE.
J.W. son 17 (died 1930)
I.L. son 15
A.R. son 13
J.E. son 9 (Edward J.) in 1910 was in Windsor City, Henry Co., a retail grocery merchant.
C. W. son 4 (Charles W.) “ “ “ “ “ “ (died 1934)

Probably the son of Anderson and Susanne Stites Park.

Birth:
Calculated from census records

Census:
This is the W.W. Park listed as #74 on the 1880 census, with wife, E.A., and six children.

Census:
William W., 60, May 1840; Elizabeth A. 63, VA VA VA, Feb 1837,married 41 years, 8 children born, 5 living. Also living with them were Charles W. (24 Dec 1875) and wife Mary C. (Mary Kathleen Foster) 22 Feb 1878, no children, married within the year. And Edward J. 27 Jun 1872 and his wife Elva E. 30 Jun 1869, 4 children born, 2 living, married 7 years; Cora H. 5; Orva V.1.

Census:
Wm. W., 69 married 50 years, MO TN TN; Elisabeth, 73, VA VA VA.

William married Elizabeth A. Blankenship on 20 Jan 1859. Elizabeth (daughter of Blankenship) was born about 1837 in VA; was buried in Leslie, Franklin Co., MO. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Angeline married William R. Blankenship on 19 Feb 1859 in Franklin Co., MO. William (son of Blankenship) was born in Jan 1831. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

1890 Special Census, Boone Twp., Franklin Co., MO has a listing:
Nancy A. Harris, widow of Luke West.

Died:
Four-Rivers info says gravestone date is 26 Jul 1890

Buried:
Little Creek Cemetery

Nancy married Luke A. West on 12 Sep 1859 in Franklin Co., MO. Luke (son of Morris West and Elizabeth Davis) was born on 27 Apr 1864; died on 22 Jun 1900; was buried in Leslie, Franklin Co., MO. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Nancy married William H. Harris on 16 Jan 1868 in Franklin Co., MO. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary married Gabriel C. Crawford on 21 Aug 1856 in Franklin Co., MO. Gabriel was born in TN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Susan married August Labinger on 19 Apr 1871 in Franklin Co., MO. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Jesse married Mercy I. (Sis) Wagers on 6 Jul 1884 in Franklin Co., MO. Mercy (daughter of William Wagers and Lydia Wilson) was born on 9 Aug 1854 in St. Louis, St. Louis Co., MO; died on 22 Jan 1940 in St. Louis, St. Louis Co., MO. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Died:
At age 19 years

Notes:

Children are: Nancy Melviney; Sarah Ellen; Phoebe Agnes; Jesse Josiah; George Washington; John Henry; Charles Edward; William Eli (Bill); Thomas Richard.

Buried:
Flat Rock Cemetery

Eli married Elizabeth Francis Armistead on 20 Feb 1868 in Franklin Co., MO. Elizabeth was born on 9 Oct 1848 in Franklin Co., MO; died on 31 Oct 1884 in Union, Franklin Co., MO. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Eli married Nancy Ann Bandy on 15 Nov 1888 in Franklin Co., MO. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married William Henry Bandy, who was killed at Stanton, MO, 25 Oct 1909. They had children: Edward b. Dec 1881, Ida b. Apr 1884, Katie b. Jul 1885, Norah b. Feb 1888, James b. Feb 1891, Myrtle b. Nov 1896.

Family/Spouse: William Henry Bandy. William died on 25 Oct 1909 in Stanton, Franklin Co., MO. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Buried:
Anaconda Cemetery

William married Nancy McEuen on 31 May 1877 in Franklin Co., MO. Nancy (daughter of Edward McEuen) was born in 1856 in Franklin Co., MO; died on 11 Nov 1896 in Franklin Co., MO; was buried in Franklin Co., MO. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

William married Hattie Vaughn on 12 Apr 1896. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Had children: Eli Robert b. June 1884 and John A. (blind) b. April 1887
Then married Margaret Mary Miller nee Bigley. They had no children.

Family/Spouse: Mary A. Shepard. Mary was born on 11 Jan 1863 in MO; died on 6 Apr 1940 in Franklin Co., MO. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Obituary
Mrs. Virginia A. Weirich (nee Park) wife of H.T. Weirich, died at her home in Gerald, Monday morning, June 13, 1921, after a lingering illness. Deceased was born May 4, 1862, near Beaufort, Franklin County, MO., and at the time of her death had reached the age of 59 years. With the exception of two years that she made her home in Eldon (?), Mo., she resided in the county all her life. She was married to Herman T. Weirich over forty years ago, and for many years made her home in Spring Bluff where Mr. Weirich was engaged in a country store business. Mr. and Mrs. Weirich both united with the Baptist Church at Spring Bluff in August 1901, under Rev. B. S. Hutton. About ten years ago Mr. Weirich built a beautiful home in Gerald where the deceased spent the last years of her life.
Mrs. Weirich was a woman loved and respected by all who knew her. She was a lover of her home and family and never shirked her duty to make her home happy. She was a devoted companion to her husband and a kind mother. She always took an active interest in those things that stood for the best of the community. She was a member of the Gerald Camp of Royal Neighbors and a member of the Republican county central committee of Franklin County and by her death both organizations have lost an active member. During all her illness she kept in mind the future welfare of her family and her friends, always willing to sacrifice that others might be happy. Besides her husband she is survived by one son, Eli, of Gerald. One daughter, Mrs. McCreety, died some over 12 years ago. She also leaves six grandchildren, two brothers and two sisters. The funeral services were held at the home Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock, conducted by _____of Owensville. From there the remains were taken to the Evangelical Church where further services were held after which the body was taken to the Evangelical Church cemetery where burial was made in the presence of a large crowd of neighbors and friends. The large attendance at the funeral services was a testimony of the high esteem in which she was held in the community in which she lived.

Buried:
St. Pauls Evangelical Cemetery

Virginia married Herman Theodore Weirich on 13 Jan 1881. Herman (son of Friedrich Johann Weirich and Louisa Caroline Schroeder) was born on 2 Aug 1851 in Schwaan, Mechelenburg, GR; died on 6 Sep 1921 in Gerald, Franklin Co., MO; was buried on 8 Sep 1921 in Gerald, Franklin Co., MO. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: George W. Clover. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]