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David Parks----->-----John Parks----->-----Thomas James Parks----->-----Esther V Parks
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(?) Mosier          Malinda Enoch            Rachel Gamble                   Henry Cowden----->-----go to Cowden Family page


Generation 1

David Parks  He married (?) Mosier. 

        Child:
i.    John Parks, d. 1856, Sullivan Co. In.


Generation 2

John Parks died 1856 in Sullivan Co. In.  He married Malinda Enochs January 23, 1851 in Sullivan Co. In, daughter of Jones Enochs and Mary Mock.  She was born 1809 in Ky, and died February 15, 1889 in Sullivan Co. In.  Malinda married first a  John W Bedwell.

Children:

                   i.    Thomas James, b. May 26, 1858, In; d. October 16, 1917, Sullivan Co. In.

                  ii.    Francis Marion, b. 1855.

                 iii.    Samuel, b. 1853.


Generation 3

Thomas James Parks  was born May 26, 1858 in In, and died October 16, 1917 in Sullivan Co. In.  He married Rachel (Gamble) Gambill February 02, 1878 in Sullivan Co. In, daughter of Thomas Gamble and Catherine Booker.  She was born December 1861 in In, and died in Sullivan Co. In.

Children:

                    i.    Esther V, b. February 05, 1884, Il.; d. March 04, 1922, Sullivan Co. In.

                  ii.    William, b. August 1879.

                 iii.    John T, b. 1880.

                 iv.    Charles B, b. August 1881.

                  v.    Margaret Pearl, b. October 1886,  m   (?) Deckard

                 vi.    Katherine (Flossie), b. November 1889.

                vii.    Daisey, b. November 1896.  m .  (?) Wonders

Thomas James Parks Picture ca 1880



Generation 4

Esther V Parks  was born February 05, 1884 in Il., and died March 04, 1922 in Sullivan Co. In.  She married Henry Jackson Cowdew April 15, 1900 in Sullivan Co. In, son of Dock Cowden and Martha Robertson.  He was born June 14, 1878 in Sullivan Co. In, and died August 20, 1958 in Sullivan Co. In.

        Children:

                   i.    Pearl Edith, b. April 16, 1904, Sullivan Co. In; d. February 07, 1983, Sullivan Co. In; m. Bert Chambers, December 30, 1920, Sullivan Co. In; b. January 06, 1902, Sullivan Co. In; d. May 12, 1978, Sullivan Co. In.

                  ii.    Claude, b. March 13, 1901.

                 iii.    Sylvia, b. June 03, 1907.

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