A Wilson Family Tree
Notes for James Parks
From the Parks manuscript:
James the oldest son married Mary B. Harland July 24, 1821, in Christian County, Kentucky, where he resided till the fall of 1833 or ’34 when he removed to Macoupin County, Illinois, where he died July 13, 1835, leaving a widow and seven children, the oldest but thirteen years of age, Sarah Elizabeth, still unmarried, Ann Rebecca, who married Wm. H. Edwards; John Vance, who died aged about twenty-one months; Augusta, married to Joseph Trabue, Mary Jane, who married Robert D. Quigley; Thomas Walter, who died aged between twenty-one and twenty-two, and Letitia James, who married E. G. W. Quigley, Mrs. Anne Edwards children are James Wm. Edwards, Marly L. married Gurton, Bessie J. Married Randolph, Susan Eudora, Kate Augusta, and Charles Ernest. Mrs. M. L. Trabue’s children are Mary Lizzie, Bennie, James, Annie Letitia, Edward Martha, Agnes and Josephint [sic] Augusta. Mrs. Mary J. Quigley’s children are Walter Somers, Robert Parks, Jessie Eadelia, and Minnie (Mary). Mrs. L. J. Quigley’s children are Thomas, James Malcolm, Ella E. Willie, and John.
From the Dryden manuscript:
In 1833, James and Mary Porterfield Harlan Parks and their family came to Illinois, probably with Mary's father, George Harlan, travelling overland with teams to Gillespie Township, Macoupin County, where James purchased a small farm of 240 acres in Sections 19 and 20. He also bought 160 acres in Sections 22 and 24 of Township 8 North, Range 8 West. His were original purchases from the United States Government at $1.25 per acre. In total, he bought 400 acres between November 22, 1833 and March 27, 1835....
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