Thomas Parkinson and Miss Susan A. Walker were married July 22, 1855, and lived in the Centre Mill Community. (It is now known as the Temple Hall Community.) They resided here until his death on January 22, 1890. During his lifetime he owned and operated a flour mill and gin on Mill Branch. He also owned several hundred acres of land in Hood County. View complete article at: http://www.granbury.com/~ancestor/z/biog/ParkinsonThomas.htm -- Frank Saffarrans Home Page Editor Hood County Genealogical Society http://www.hcnews.com/~ancestor opa ['opa] masculine noun, colloquial German: grandpa