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, d. 24 Mar 1857, Elizabethtown, Hardin Co., KY, bur. Elizabethtown City Cem., Elizabethtown, Hardin Co., KY) m. (1) 30 Apr 1795, Nelson Co., KY, Elizabeth HAHN (b. 26 Jul 1777, Baltimore, MD, d. 9 Sep 1824, Elizabethtown, Hardin Co., KY, bur. Elizabethtown City Cem., Elizabethtown, Hardin Co., KY), daug. of Johann Peter HAHN and Mary Magdalena SCHMITT, (2) 24 Jul 1828, Nelson Co., KY, Alice COMBS (b. 11 Jul 1782, d. 26 Dec 1856, Elizabethtown, Hardin Co., KY, bur. Elizabethtown City Cem., Elizabethtown, Hardin Co., KY).
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, Hardin Co., 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, Hardin Co., KY, d. 19 Sep 1851, Elizabethtown, Hardin Co., KY, bur. Williams Cem., Hardin Co., KY) m. 19 Mar 1835, Hardin Co., KY, Mary MCDONALD (16 Mar 1816, LaRue, KY, d. 1 Aug 1888, Greenbush, IL, bur. Greenbush Cem., Greenbush, Warren Co., IL), daug. James MCDONALD and Theodosia DODGE.
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) m. Rebecca MORRIS.
2.  *Columbus Craig PARK (b. 17 Aug 1837, Elizabethtown, Hardin Co., KY, 31 Dec 1911, Clay Co., AR, bur. Richwoods Cem., Clay  Co., AR) m. 29 Oct 1859, Elizabethtown, Hardin Co., KY, Sarah Ann STANDIFORD (b. 21 Jul 1839, Larue Co., KY, d. 17 Nov 1894, Clay Co., AR, bur. Richwoods Cem., Clay  Co., AR), daug. of Israel W. STANDIFORD and Sarah Ann FOGLE.
3.  Josephine PARK (b. 17 Sep 1839, KY), m. (1) 29 Dec 1860, John J. BUTLER (b. 1836, d. 27 Jun 1864), (2) 25 Jun 1866, J. Robert LLOYD (b. 1832, d. 21 Dec 1878), (3) 30 Mar 1882, James E. AMOS.
4.  John A. PARK (b. 9 Jan 1842, KY, d. 29 Mar 1911, Warren Co., IL, bur. Greenbush Cem., Greenbush, Warren Co., IL) m. Mary Elizabeth PARK (b. 9 Dec 1843, Hardin Co., KY), daug. of Culbertson PARK and Juliana Ann WALKER (above).
5.  Wallace A. PARK (b. 19 Jun 1844, KY, d. Joplin, Jasper Co., MO) m. 26 Dec 1868, McDonough, IL, Nancy HAINS.
6.  Marian PARK (b. 17 Sep 1849, KY) m. (1) 1861, Chu LIEURANCE, (2) John PATTON.
7.  Sarah E. PARK (b. 8 May 1852, KY, d. Jun 1937) m. (1) Michael CARROLL, (2) Daniel GATT.

Family of Columbus Craig PARK (above) and Sarah Ann STANDIFORD:
1.  *Oscar Hewitt PARK (b. 15 Nov 1860, Elizabethtown, Hardin Co., KY, d. 17 Jan 1954, Heelstring, Clay Co., AR, bur. Richwoods Cem., Clay  Co., AR) m. (1) 1 Oct 1882, Randolph Co., AR, Alice Josephine STAYTON (b. 12 Dec 1862, d. 24 Oct 1883, Randolph Co., AR., bur. Shiloh Cem., Randolph Co., AR), daug. of Walter Thomas STAYTON and Anna Caroline _____, (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 P. SMITH and Martha Ellen 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 Lapsley PARK (b. 24 Jan 1862, Elizabethtown, Hardin Co., KY, d. 5 Oct 1940, Randolph Co., AR, bur. Masonic Cem., Pocahontas, Randolph Co., AR) m. (1) Agnes Lenore Duncan (b. 1859, Elizabethtown, Hardin Co., KY, d. 1901, Randolph Co., AR, bur. Masonic Cem., Pocahontas, Randolph Co., AR), (2) 4 Nov 1903, Randolph Co., AR, Ada Artemesia BEAKLEY (b. 1 Dec 1865, AR, d. 31 Jul 1935, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Co., OK), daug. of Napoleon Bonaparte Beakley and Mary E. Poindexter.
3.  John Hunt Morgan PARK (b. 22 Apr 1863, Elizabethtown, Hardin Co., KY, d. 5 Feb 1939, Nampa, Canyon Co., ID, bur. Kohlerlawn Cem., Nampa, Canyon Co., ID) m. 25 Sep 1885 Minnie Alice AMOS (b. 19 Aug 1869, Smithfield, IL, d. 8 Jul 1947, Nampa, Canyon Co., ID, bur. Kohlerlawn Cem., Canyon Co., Nampa, ID), daug. of James E. AMOS and Nancy M. BAUGHMAN.
4.  Lena R. PARK (b. 10 Mar 1868, Elizabethtown, Hardin Co., KY, d. 8 Nov 1917, Corning, Clay Co., AR, bur. Corning Cem., Corning, Clay Co., AR), m. 22 Dec 1885, Clay Co., AR, James B. SMITH (b. 18 Aug 1848, AR, d. 5 Jul 1917, Corning, Clay Co., AR, bur. Corning Cem., Corning, Clay Co., AR).
5.  Israel Whitaker PARK (b. 5 Apr 1871, Pocahontas, Randolph Co., AR, d. 14 Oct 1942, Portland, Multnomah Co., OR), m. 29 Nov 1898 Edna Estelle VAN CLEAVE (b. 24 Jul 1875, IN, d. 1 Feb 1958, Marin Co., CA, bur. Mt. Olive Cem., Vigo Co., IN).
6.  Elizabeth PARK (b. 17 Mar 1875, Pocahontas, Randolph  Co., AR, d. 28 Mar 1958, Boise, Ada Co., ID, bur. 3 Apr 1958, Morris Hill Cem., Boise, Ada Co., ID), m. (1) 31 Aug 1893, Clay Co., AR, James Ervin DAVIS (b. ca. 1861), (2) 18 Apr 1900, Caldwell, Canyon Co., ID, Thomas Dolan POSTON (b. 18 Apr 1853, Abingdon, VA, d. 12 Feb 1934, Boise, Ada Co., ID, bur. Morris Hill Cem., Boise, Ada Co., ID), son of Joseph POSTON and Sarah MOORE.
7.  Jessie Bernard PARK (b. 27 Sep 1878, Corning, Clay Co., AR, d. 1920, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co., CA) m. 4 Jul 1901, Obion Co., TN, Mina Smith (b. 8 May 1882, KY, d. 22 Apr 1943, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co., CA), daug. of Boyd SMITH and Frances HAWKS.

Family of Oscar Hewitt PARK (above) and (1) Alice Josephine STAYTON:
1.  Dollie Josephine PARK (b. 22 Jun 1883, Five Mile Springs, Randolph Co., AR, d. 8 Sep 1955, bur. Richwoods Cem., Clay Co., AR) m. Samuel W. SMITH (b. 1876, KY, d. 1959, bur. Richwoods Cem., Clay Co., AR), son of Richard P. SMITH and Martha Ellen MICENES.

Family of Oscar Hewitt PARK (above) and (2) Nancy Ella SMITH:
1.  Arthur Maurice PARK (b. 27 Jan 1886, Heelstring, Clay Co., AR, d. 28 Jan 1935, Heelstring, Clay Co., AR, bur. Richwoods Cem., Clay Co., AR) m. 10 Nov 1907 Sarah Margaret PARKS (b. 14 Oct 1891, Clay Co., AR, d. 28 Jan 1972, Paragould, Greene Co., AR, bur. Richwoods Cem., Clay Co., AR), daughter of Otis Aaron PARKS and Laconia Lee ROBINSON.
2.  Edgar PARK (bur. Richwoods Cem., Clay Co., AR).
3.  Arka Helen PARK (b. 22 Feb 1891, Heelstring, Clay Co., AR, d. 15 Apr 1967, Datto, Clay Co., AR, bur. Richwoods Cem., Clay Co., AR), m. 8 Aug 1909, Corning, AR, to Soula Douglas HERREN (b. 2 Feb 1891, d. 27 Sep 1979, bur. Richwoods Cem., Clay Co., AR), son of James Washington HERREN and Anna Jane Agnes STUBBLEFIELD.
4.  *John PARK (b. 8 Jan 1894, Heelstring, Clay Co., AR, d. 10 Apr 1971, Cabot, Lonoke Co., AR, bur. Richwoods Cem., Clay Co., AR) m. 17 Apr 1917, Heelstring, Clay Co., AR, to Mary Ellen WATSON (b. 5 Sep 1896, Heelstring, Clay Co., AR, d. 30 Apr 1962, Memphis, Shelby Co., TN), daughter of George Washington Sherad WATSON and Almeda (nee Sharp) STOKES.
5.  Ethell PARK (b. 14 Jul 1896, Heelstring, Clay Co., AR, 3. 9 Sep 1898, Heelstring, Clay Co., AR, bur. Richwoods Cem., Clay Co., AR).
6.  Dewey PARK (b. 1 May 1899, Heelstring, Clay Co., AR, d. 13 Aug 1899, Heelstring, Clay Co., AR, bur. Richwoods Cem., Clay Co., AR).
7.  Joseph PARK (b. 22 Jun 1900, Heelstring, Clay Co., AR, d. 26 Jun 1900, Heelstring, Clay Co., AR, bur. Richwoods Cem., Clay Co., AR).
8.  Thrissie Vera PARK (b. Feb 1901, Heelstring, Clay Co., AR, d. 24 Dec 1976, Hardy, Sharp Co., AR, bur. Grand Junction Memorial Gardens, Grand Junction, Mesa Co., CO) m. (1) 14 May 1920, Butler Co., MO, Ben T. BEST (b. 1902, MO), son of Nathan BEST and Rhoda LANHAM, (2) 1938, Calvin Otho BUSHEY (b. 28 Jan 1894, Muscotah, KS, d. 26 May 1961, Grand Junction, Mesa Co., CO, bur. Grand Junction Memorial Gardens, Grand Junction, Mesa Co., CO), (3) 1961, Amos Leroy POGUE (b. 11 Jan 1902, AR, d. 8 Nov 1989, Citrus Co., FL).

Family of Oscar Hewitt PARK (above) and (4) Martha Jane BEST:
1.  Cecil Adolphus PARK (b. 11 Feb 1917, Heelstring, Clay Co., AR, d. 14 Mar 1920, Heelstring, Clay Co., AR, bur. Richwoods Cem., Clay Co., AR).
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Additional photos:

• John, Arka, Thrissie, and Dolly Park.

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Updated 18 Nov 2017.