My MIA Parks: David parks, father of Matilda. Ancestors of Matilda Parks Generation No. 1 1. Matilda Parks, born July 14, 1818 in Mt. Gilead, Morrow Co., Ohio; died January 19, 1844 in Morrow County, Ohio. She was the daughter of 2. David Parks and 3. Elizabeth Lance. She married (1) William Kemp August 27, 1837 in Richland Co., Ohio. He was born Abt. 1815 in Ohio. He was the son of George Kemp and Susannah Stephens. More About Matilda Parks: Burial: Pleasant Grove Cemetery, Richland Co., Ohio Generation No. 2 2. David Parks, born 1790 in Pennsylvania; died 1834 in Congress Township, Richland Co., Ohio. He married 3. Elizabeth Lance Abt. 1808 in Pennsylvania. 3. Elizabeth Lance, born 1791 in Beaver Co., Pennsylvania; died July 26, 1864 in Congress Township, Richland Co., Ohio. She was the daughter of 6. Peter Lance and 7. Eleanor ???. Notes for David Parks: Moved from Pennsylvania to Ohio with wife sometime prior to 1820. First settled in Mifflin Twp. later moving to Congress Twp which became part of Morrow County in 1848. More About David Parks: Burial: 1834, On the family farm in Congress Twp. Notes for Elizabeth Lance: Moved from Pennsylvania to Ohio with husband sometime prior to 1820. First settled in Mifflin Twp. later moving to Congress Twp which became part of Morrow County in 1848. More About Elizabeth Lance: Burial: Pleasant Grove Cemetery, Morrow County, Ohio Children of David Parks and Elizabeth Lance are: i. Margaret Parks, born March 05, 1808 in Pennsylvania; died August 10, 1868 in Kosciusko Co., Indiana; married Adam Teel; born September 29, 1805 in Pennsylvania; died August 11, 1869 in Indiana. ii. John Parks, born October 1811; died September 14, 1870; married (1) Margaret Kincade; born 1815; died July 03, 1844; married (2) Abigail James April 28, 1848 in Morrow Co., Ohio. iii. Maria Parks, born Abt. 1815; married James Casto; born 1810. iv. Thomas H. Parks, born February 16, 1816; died May 28, 1882; married Elizabeth Van Dorn June 16, 1840; born 1817. 1 v. Matilda Parks, born July 14, 1818 in Mt. Gilead, Morrow Co., Ohio; died January 19, 1844 in Morrow County, Ohio; married William Kemp August 27, 1837 in Richland Co., Ohio. vi. Perry Parks, born May 11, 1822; died September 05, 1888; married Mary A. Wilkins December 27, 1844; born March 17, 1828; died September 16, 1901. vii. Elizabeth Parks, born 1825; married Nathaniel Van Dorn March 09, 1845; born 1821; died 1920. viii. Jackson Parks, born November 08, 1827 in Ashland Co., Ohio1; died September 15, 1898; married Julia Ann Snyder June 13, 1852 in Morrow Co., Ohio1; born April 1834 in Morrow Co., Ohio; died May 1916. ix. Caroline Parks, born 1831. x. Lavina Parks, born 1833; married Jacob Willouer October 11, 1864. Endnotes 1. Morrow County, Ohio Vital Records.