I am searching for information on parents/siblings of Robert Henry Parks, who, according to his obituary, was born 17 Sep 1871 in Little Rock, Arkansas. I believe his father was B. (Benjamin?) F. Parks, who appears at age 43 in Mill Twp, Garland County, Arkansas in 1880 with wife Verzena J., 24; Antonio, age 10; Robert H., age 8; Evelyn, 8 mos, a stepdaughter. Robert died in Pocatello, Idaho 26 Jul 1951, and had a surviving brother, A.T. of Fort Worth, Texas. Robert was known to have had relatives in Weatherford, Parker County, Texas, and we have located a cemetery record for A.T. "Tony" Parks, who died 22 Nov 166, in Oakland Cemetery, Parker County, Texas. V. Jane Parks is buried in the same cemetery, and must be Verzena J. from the 1880 census. We also located (online) Benjamin F. Parks in Strouds Creek Cemetery, Hood County, Texas, with no dates recorded, but with Co. K-12 Kansas Inf. on the stone. The Civil War database shows Benjamin F. Parks, residence Mound City, Kansas, enlisting in Co. K, 12th Infantry Regiment Kansas on 30 Sep 1862 and mustering out 30 Jun 1865. The pension card file shows Benjamin filing for an invalid pension in 1891 and widow Verzena J. applying in 1917. Presumably Verzena was Benjamin's second wife. We will get the pension file at the earliest opportunity, but would love to hear from anyone who has any knowledge of this family. Judy Damewood

Hi! I have a book that has a benjamin f parks. Contact me at my email address of llthomas@iwon.com. I will be happy to forward you all my information! Linda ----- Original Message ----- From: "Judith Damewood" <jhdame@erols.com> To: <PARKS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, September 07, 2002 12:12 PM Subject: [PARKS] Parks in Arkansas, Texas, Kansas? > I am searching for information on parents/siblings of Robert Henry > Parks, who, according to his obituary, was born 17 Sep 1871 in Little > Rock, Arkansas. I believe his father was B. (Benjamin?) F. Parks, who > appears at age 43 in Mill Twp, Garland County, Arkansas in 1880 with > wife Verzena J., 24; Antonio, age 10; Robert H., age 8; Evelyn, 8 mos, a > stepdaughter. Robert died in Pocatello, Idaho 26 Jul 1951, and had a > surviving brother, A.T. of Fort Worth, Texas. Robert was known to have > had relatives in Weatherford, Parker County, Texas, and we have located > a cemetery record for A.T. "Tony" Parks, who died 22 Nov 166, in Oakland > Cemetery, Parker County, Texas. V. Jane Parks is buried in the same > cemetery, and must be Verzena J. from the 1880 census. We also located > (online) Benjamin F. Parks in Strouds Creek Cemetery, Hood County, > Texas, with no dates recorded, but with Co. K-12 Kansas Inf. on the > stone. The Civil War database shows Benjamin F. Parks, residence Mound > City, Kansas, enlisting in Co. K, 12th Infantry Regiment Kansas on 30 > Sep 1862 and mustering out 30 Jun 1865. The pension card file shows > Benjamin filing for an invalid pension in 1891 and widow Verzena J. > applying in 1917. Presumably Verzena was Benjamin's second wife. We > will get the pension file at the earliest opportunity, but would love to > hear from anyone who has any knowledge of this family. > Judy Damewood > > > ==== PARKS Mailing List ==== > If you are unsubscribed from the list unintentionally, simply > resubscribe. A full mailbox, computer error or spam may cause you > to be unsubscribed. >