I am interested in the book please send details to me. Gail Park ----- Original Message ----- From: "BETSY FARLOW" <BFARLOW1@TRIAD.RR.COM> To: <PARKS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, December 14, 2002 4:11 PM Subject: [PARKS] New book > A new book is available containing the edited and annotated letters of > James M. Parks (1810-1897) of Mecklenburg and Haywood counties, NC, written > 1858 to 1897. It is valuable particularly for Haywood Co. history, but > also contains much information about this branch of the Park/Parks family. > James had two wives and two families: Mary Matilda McCulloch (marriage 1832) > was the mother of Jane, William and Mary. She died in Mecklenburg Co. in > 1838. About 1854 Parks married Louisa Rowann Parks of Burke Co. and moved > to Haywood. There two more children, Sarah and James, were born. Louisa > died in 1865. > James Parks' parents were George and Elizabeth Sharp Parks; > grandparents, Moses and Mary Hill Parks. They were member of Providence > Presbyterian Church in Mecklenburg Co. > His daughter, Jane, married Hugh Alexander Grey, a successful educator > of Mecklenburg. Nineteen of their descendants graduated from Davidson > College. Around 1941 their son, James Parks Grey, donated funds for the > Hugh and Jane Parks Grey library at Davidson College, which was dedicated in > 1942. > Dozens of Mecklenburg and Haywood persons are identified in the > letters. > For more information, contact me off list. > > > ==== PARKS Mailing List ==== > No spamming of the list! That includes Jokes, Poems, Recipes, Chain > Letters, Garden Tips, Ghost Tales, etc. Spamers will be unsubbed. > This is a genealogy mail list only!! >