My most wanted Parks ancestor is Syrel Parks. He married to Lucretia Moore on 02/01/1838 in Greene County, Ill. Lucretia is listed in the 1850 Pike, Ill Census with three children: Caroline,9, Terrel, 6, and James,4. Also living with them was a Agnes Barr, 70, and Susan Moore, 21 and Louisa Moore,1. Terrel is my ggrandfather and was born in 1844 (1846) in Pittsfield, ILL After the Civil War, Terrell went to KS and married Jennie Coulbourne on 01/13/1888. He had two more sons Stephen S. Parks born 10/26/1873 in Missouri (I think with another wife) and Lee H with Jennie as mother born 5/1889 in KS. Anything sound familiar. Diana in OK