This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Hickman, Hickmoth, Parks Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/DFC.2ACE/2364.1 Message Board Post: Submitted by Mary Randles Daniels <frogmar@charter.net+++> From “The Stevens Point Journal” Nov 2, 1878 DIED: Louisa Hickmoth Parks PARKS — At the residence of her son Schuyler B. Parks, in the town of Stockton, Portage Co. Wis. Oct. 19th, 1878, Louisa Hickmoth Parks aged 64 years. Mrs. Parks was a native of England, coming to New York about 1832, where she married in 1834, and lived some years; afterwards removing with her husband to Tully, Onondaga Co. N. Y., and in 1840 to Wisconsin. The family removed to Portage County in September 1853, settling in what is now the town of Hull, where she has since resided continuously She leaves four sons and one daughter, and numerous grandchildren to mourn the loss of a kind relative. +++++ On-line sources to check: Stevens Point Area Obituary Index http://library.uwsp.edu/depts/archives/obits/osearch.htm Cemetery records at: http://library.uwsp.edu/depts/archives/Cemetery/ Census records at: http://library.uwsp.edu/depts/archives/Census/ Portage County Historical Society http://www.pchswi.org/index.htm Portage County Courthouse: http://www.co.portage.wi.us/ UW-St Point Archives http://library.uwsp.edu/depts/gen/genealog.htm#ARCHIVES Where to write http://www.rootsweb.com/~wiportag/links/portadd.htm Recent obits can be obtained from WI Newpapers On-line - http://www.wisinfo.com/ I am not related to nor have any additional information on these surnames. If there is a question of error in this transcription please consult the original documents. R/S MAK http://www.rootsweb.com/~wiportag +++++ I owe a lot of thanks to Carol Gardner on your site for having the picture of my great great grandmother Louisa Hickman Parks' (spelled Louisa Hickmoth Parks in the the obit) tombstone. Without the information from that I could not have found the attached cemetary which has give me the best clues yet on my Parks side of my family. Here is my descendancy showing me as Louisa's great great granddaughter Direct Descendants of Louisa Hickman 1 Louisa Hickman b: Abt. 1814 d: October 19, 1878 in Stevens Point, WI . +John Parks b: Abt. 1814 m: 1834 .... 2 Stewart John Parks b: June 1854 ........ +Annie Adelia Foss b: May 1873 m: September 29, 1890 in Portage, WI ........... 3 Cora Adelia Parks b: April 17, 1897 in Marshfield, Wood County, WI d: February 17, 1968 in Nekoosa, WI ............... +Claire Layton Randles b: March 02, 1895 in Longwood, WI d: June 24, 1953 in Ogden, Utah m: January 17, 1917 in Marshfield, WI .................. 4 Dale Freeman Randles b: January 20, 1923 in Marshfield WI d: March 22, 1977 in Nekoosa WI ...................... +Carol Elizabeth Rose Ottosen b: withheld in Adams WI m: September 10, 1948 in Albuquerque, NM ......................... 5 Mary Ann Randles b: withheld in Milwaukee WI With the information from the tombstone I found an obituary for Louisa Hickam Parks. I'm still looking for when John Parks died and perhaps an obituary and if I find that I will be happy to send that for you to included for future searches on your site. Thanks so much for all you do, Mary Randles Daniels <frogmar@charter.net+++>