Park

Note:  The spellings PARK, PARKE, PARKS, and PARKES are interchangeable.

I was able to trace the PARK line back to the birth of my great great grandfather, Columbus Craig PARK, in 1837.  This was easy, since his birthdate is on his tombstone in Richwoods Cemetery.  Going beyond that presented a brick wall, since he died in 1911, three years before Arkansas began keeping death records.  The obituary of his oldest child, Oscar Hewitt PARK, stated that Oscar was born in Sunnybrook, Kentucky.  For such a small place, Sunnybrook contains a surprising number of records -- none.  A disappointing surprise.  The fact that Oscar was not born there didn't help matters any.  His birthplace was actually about seventy-five miles to the northwest, in Elizabethtown.

However, Linda Merrell, a great-granddaughter of Oscar's brother, John Hunt PARK, has traced the PARK line back to about 1650s Ireland, with the help of some other PARK descendants, Jack Jeffries and Judy Tooman.  The earliest PARK Ms. Merrell and her friends have found is Arthur PARK, who was born in Ireland.  It is possible that Arthur's father name was William.  Here is the lineage thus far:

To follow the lineage to my grandfather, John PARK, follow the "*".

William (?) PARK (b. Scotland):
1.  *Arthur PARK (b. ca. 1677, Glasgow, Scotland, d. <21 Feb 1739/40, Chester Co., PA), m. 3 Jul 1700 Mary Esther JACK (b. 7 Aug 1680, Glasgow, Scotland, d. ca. 1760, Chester Co., PA) daug. of William JACK and Esther TODD.

Family of Arthur PARK and Mary Esther JACK:
1.  *Joseph PARK (b. ca. 1700, Ireland, d. <13 Aug 1779, SC) m. Agnes _____.
2.  Margaret PARK (b. ca. 1702, Ireland, d. >1740, GA) m. William NOBLITT.
3.  Samuel PARK (b. ca. 1704, Ireland, d. <Jan 1739/40)
4.  John PARKE (b. ca. 28 Sep 1706, Ireland, d. 28 Jul 1787, Chester Co., PA) m. Elizabeth MCKNIGHT.

Family of Joseph PARK (above) and Agnes _____:
1.  Joseph PARK (d. <21 Nov 1783) m. Rachel _____.
2.  George PARK (b. 1728, Chester Co., PA, d. 1805, Union Co., SC) m. Margaret MAYES.
3.  *Arthur PARK (d. <29 Mar 1783, KY) m. Rebecca CULBERTSON.
4.  John PARK (b. ca. 1726, Chester Co., PA, d. ca. 1780, SC) m. 11 Oct 1752 Ann NOBLITT (b. ca. 1732) daug. of William NOBLITT and Margaret PARK, above.

Family of Arthur PARK (above) and Rebecca CULBERTSON:
1.  Joseph PARK (b. 31 Jan 1764) m. Jane CULBERTSON, daug. of Robert CULBERTSON.
2.  Janet PARK (b. 23 Oct 1766, d. Apr 1835) m.  1787, KY, James CUNNINGHAM.
3.  Jane PARK (b. 15 Nov 1767).
4.  Culbertson PARK (b. 3 Aug 1769, d. 30 Dec 1833, Hamilton Co., OH) m. 3 Feb 1791, Jefferson Co., KY, Sarah THICKSTUN.
5.  Andrew PARK (b. 18 May 1771, d. 2 Jun 1814, Hamilton Co., OH) m. Agnes _____.
6.  *George PARK (b. 31 Jan 1773, Soldiers Delight, MD) m. (1) 30 Apr 1795, Nelson Co., KY, Elizabeth HAHN (b. 26 Jul 1777, Soldiers Delight, MD), daug. of Johann Peter HAHN and Mary Magdalena SCHMITT, (2) 24 Jul 1828, Nelson Co., KY, Alice Combs.
7.  Rebekah PARK (b. 11 Dec 1775) m. (1) 2 Apr 1792, Jefferson Co., KY, David BOYLL, (2) 19 Jan 1804, Shelby Co., KY, Stephen BEARD.
8.  Robert PARK (b. 27 Sep 1776).
9.  Arthur PARK (b. 27 Feb 1777?, d. ca 1818, Hamilton Co., OH) m. 12 May 1806, Butler Co., OH, Elizabeth MCCLOSKEY (d. <25 Dec 1820, Hamilton Co., OH).

Family of George PARK (above) and Elizabeth HAHN:
1.  James PARK (b. 1796, KY, d. 21 Mar 1823, Elizabethtown, KY) m. (1) 10 Aug 1818, Hardin Co., KY, Nancy WILLIAMS (d. 27 Apr 1820), (2) 19 Jun 1821, Hardin Co., KY, Sarah C. MCELROY.
2.  Arthur PARK (b. ca. 1798, Bardstown, Nelson Co., KY, d. ca. 1846) m. 17 Jan 1822, Hardin Co., KY, Maria SHACKLEFORD.
3.  John PARK (b. 21 Oct 1800, Bardstown, Nelson Co., KY, d. 30 Nov 1856, Hardin Co., KY) m. (1) 23 Sep 1824, Hardin Co., KY, Catherine E. MATTHIS (d. 1838), (2) 8 Aug 1839, Armenia _____.
4.  Rebecca PARK (b. ca. 1804, Bardstown, Nelson Co., KY, d. >1868) m. 26 May 1828, Hardin Co., KY, Daniel KENNEDY (d. <Nov 1868).
5.  George PARK (b. 19 May 1805), m. Margaret MCQUEN.
6.  Caroline PARK (b. Jan 1808, Nelson Co., KY, d. 27 Aug 1876, Hardin Co., KY) m. 13 Jun 1846, Hardin Co., KY, Alfred H. KENNEDY (d <1870).
7.  *Joseph Lapsley PARK (b. 12 Nov 1810, Elizabethtown, KY, d. 19 Sep 1851, Elizabethtown, KY) m. 19 Mar 1835, Hardin Co., KY, Mary MCDONALD (16 Mar 1816, LaRue, KY, d. 1 Aug 1888, Greenbush, IL), daug. James MCDONALD.
8.  Mary PARK (b. 10 Nov 1811, Bardstown, Nelson Co., KY, d. 22 Jul 1855, Hardin Co., KY) m. 7 Oct 1833, Hardin Co., KY, David Garrard MILLER.
9.  Culbertson PARK (b. 20 Nov 1812, Hardin Co., KY, d. 4 Jan 1883, Mitchell, IN) m. 14 Feb 1837, Hardin Co., KY, Juliana Ann WALKER (sister of Allen WALKER, below).
10. Lucinda PARK (b. ca. 1815, Bardstown, Nelson Co., KY) m. 15 Feb 1837, Hardin Co., KY, Allen WALKER (brother of Juliana Ann WALKER, above).

Family of Joseph Lapsley PARK (above) and Mary MCDONALD:
1.  William B. PARK (b. 24 Dec 1836, KY, d. 1862)
2.  *Columbus Craig PARK (b. 17 Aug 1837, Elizabethtown, KY, 31 Dec 1911, Clay Co., AR) m. 29 Oct 1859, Elizabethtown, KY, Sarah Ann STANDIFORD (b. 21 Jul 1839, Larue Co., KY, d. 17 Nov 1894, Clay Co., AR), daug. of Isreal W. STANDIFORD and Sarah Ann FOGLE.
3.  Josephine PARK (b. 17 Sep 1839, KY), m. (1) 29 Dec 1860, John J. BUTLER, (2) 25 Jun 1866, J. Robert LLOYD, (3) 30 Mar 1882, James E. AMOS.
4.  John A. PARK (b. 9 Jan 1842, KY) m. Mary Elizabeth PARK, daug. of Culbertson PARK and Juliana Ann WALKER (above).
5.  Wallace A. PARK (b. 19 Jun 1844, KY) m. Nancy HAINS.
6.  Marian PARK (b. 17 Sep 1849, KY) m. John PATTON.
7.  Sarah E. PARK (b. 8 May 1852, KY, d. Jun 1937) m. Daniel GATT.

Family of Columbus Craig PARK (above) and Sarah Ann STANDIFORD:
1.  *Oscar Hewitt PARK (b. 15 Nov 1860, Elizabethtown, KY, d. 17 Jan 1954, Heelstring, AR, bur. Richwoods Cem., Clay  Co., AR) m. (1) 1 Oct 1881, Randolph Co., AR, Alice Josephine STAYTON (b. 12 Dec 1862, d. 24 Oct 1883, Randolph Co., AR., bur. Shiloh Cem., Randolph Co., AR, (2) 22 Dec 1885, Clay Co., AR, Nancy Ella SMITH (b. 14 Mar 1870, d. 11 Dec 1906, Clay Co., AR, bur. Richwoods Cem., Clay Co., AR), daug. of Jasper B. SMITH and Harriett PITCOCK, (3) 31 Oct 1907, Pocahontas, AR, to Nancy L. SMITH (b. 12 Jun 1875, KY, d. 21 Nov 1919, Pulaski Co., AR), daug. of Richard SMITH and Martha MICENES, divorced 1912, Clay Co., AR, (4) 1914, Martha Jane BEST (b. 6 Apr 1876, Wild Cherry, AR, d. 18 Nov 1968, Corning, Clay Co., AR, bur. Richwoods Cem., Clay Co., AR), daug. of Nathan BEST and Rhoda LANHAM.
2.  Joseph Lapsly PARK (b. 24 Jan 1862, Elizabethtown, KY) m. (1) Agnes Lenore Duncan (b. 1859, Elizabethtown, KY, d. 1901, Randolph Co., AR, bur. Masonic Cem., Randolph Co., AR), (2) 4 Nov 1903, Randolph Co., AR, Ada A. FRAZIER (b. 1865, Elizabethtown, KY).
3.  John Hunt Morgan PARK (b. 22 Apr 1863, Elizabethtown, KY, d. 5 Feb 1939, Nampa, ID, bur. Kohlerlawn Cem., Nampa, ID) m. 25 Sep 1885 Minnie Alice AMOS (b. 19 Aug 1869, Smithfield, IL, d. 8 Jul 1947, Nampa, ID, bur. Kohlerlawn Cem., Nampa, ID), daug. of James E. AMOS and Nancy M. BAUGHMAN.
4.  Lena R. PARK (b. 10 Mar 1868, Elizabethtown, KY, d. 8 Nov 1917), m. 22 Dec 1885, Clay Co., AR, James B. SMITH (b. 1850).
5.  Isreal Whitaker PARK (b. 5 Apr 1871, Elizabethtown, KY, d. 14 Oct 1937), m. 29 Nov 1898 Estelle VAN CLEAVE (b. <1875).
6.  Elizabeth PARK (b. 17 Mar 1875, Pocahontas, AR, d. 28 Mar 1958, Boise, ID, bur. 3 Apr 1958, Morris Hill Cem., Boise, ID), m. (1) 31 Aug 1893, Clay Co., AR, James Ervin DAVIS (b. ca. 1861), (2) 18 Apr 1900, Caldwell, ID, Thomas Dolan POSTON (b. 18 Apr 1853, Abingdon, VA, d. 12 Feb 1934, Boise, ID, bur. Morris Hill Cem., Boise, ID), son of Joseph POSTON and Sarah MOORE.
7.  Jessie Bernard PARK (b. 27 Sep 1878, Elizabethtown, KY, d. 1922) m. Mina _____.

Family of Oscar Hewitt PARK (above) and (1) Alice Josephine STAYTON:
1.  Dolly Josephine PARK (b. 22 Jun 1883, d. 8 Sep 1955) m. Sam W. SMITH (b. 1876, d. 1959).

Family of Oscar Hewitt PARK (above) and (2) Nancy Ella SMITH:
1.  Arthur Maurice PARK (b. 27 Jan 1886, d. 28 Jan 1935) m. 10 Nov 1907 Sallie Maggie PARKS (b. 14 Oct 1891, Clay Co., AR, d. 28 Jan 1972, Paragould, AR), daughter of Otis PARKS and Laconia ROBINSON.
2.  Edgar PARK
3.  Arka Helen PARK (b. 22 Feb 1891, d. 15 Apr 1967), m. 8 Aug 1909, Corning, AR, to Soula Douglas HERREN (b. 2 Feb 1891, d. 27 Sep 1979), son of James Washington HERREN and Anna Jane Agnes STUBBLEFIELD.
4.  *John PARK (b. 8 Jan 1894, Heelstring, AR, d. 10 Apr 1971, Cabot, AR) m. 17 Apr 1917, Heelstring, AR, to Mary Ellen WATSON (b. 5 Sep 1896, Heelstring, AR, d. 30 Apr 1962, Memphis, TN), daughter of George Washington Sherad WATSON and Almeda (nee Sharp) STOKES.
5.  Ethell PARK (b. 14 Jul 1896, 3. 9 Sep 1898).
6.  Dewey PARK (b. 1 May 1899, d. 13 Aug 1899).
7.  Joseph PARK (b. 22 Jun 1900, d. 26 Jun 1900).
8.  Thrissie PARK (b. Feb 1901, d. 24 Dec 1976) m. (1) Ben BEST, son of Nathan BEST and Rhoda LANHAM, (2) C.O. BUSHY, (3) Amos POGUE.

Family of Oscar Hewitt PARK (above) and (4) Martha Jane BEST:
1.  Cecil Adolphus PARK (b. 11 Feb 1917, d. 14 Mar 1920).
2.  private

Additional photos:

• John, Arka, Thrissie, and Dolly Park.

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Updated 3-20-06.