A Wilson Family Tree
Notes for Thomas Davis Parks
From the Parks manuscript:
Thomas Parks studied medicine under Dr. Gall, and Attended lectures at the Transylvania University, Lexington, Kentucky. In 1828 he came to Missouri, and in 1830 (April 22) he married S. L. Hartt, daughter of Dr. C. C. Hartt, of Boonville, Mo. Their children were Elizabeth D. Joseph, Maria, H. C., George H., Martha C., James, Thomas D., Walter D., and Sarah L. In 1855, Elizabeth D. married W. W. Kennedy, and lived till March 12th, 1864, when she died, leaving four children, Mary Louisa, Sudie B. David P., and Mattie J. H. Ten years afterwards, W. W. Kennedy died leaving the children with their grandfather Parks, where they had lived since a year before their mother’s death. In June Sudie B. Kennedy married Samuel T. Dysart, and died November 20th of the same year. Joseph, oldest son of Thomas Parks, died at the age of fourteen, though so young had established a character for punctuality and thoughtful attention to business, was studious and intelligent, unusual at his age. George Hart, the second son, died at eight years of age, having given evidence of sincere piety during his year’s illness. Thomas Davis Parks entered the army from a sense of duty in defense of his country’s laws, at the age of nineteen, and died the following spring, and now sleeps in Pisgah Churchyard.
Dr. Thomas Davis Parks is the author of the Parks manuscript. In the section on his brother Walter, Thomas mentions that he moved to Illinois for a time, desiring to free his slaves and live in a free state, but after an outbreak of illness there he moved back to Missouri in 1838.
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