YT (DNA Group 046)
King Cyrus Alexander (1YT1) Park
(1800, TN – b 1880, TX) (Represented) m. Mahala W. Tumlinson (c1803, NC – c 1880, TX) b 1824, Scott Co, AR. Twelve children. Based on preliminary reviews, this line may be connected to the Thomas of Virginia Lineage, Lineage Key “C”.
Children:
Samuel Louis (2YT1) Park, (1824, AR – a1860, AR), Listed as “Dumb”, nothing further is known. (Thought to have died in 1830, he is found in the 1860 Census as age 35.)
William Joseph (02YT2) Park, (1826, AR – 1896, TX) m1) Rebecca Donaho (1822, MS – 1871, TX), 1846, Nacogdoches Co., TX. Ten Children. m2) Martha Elizabeth Jane Everett (1851,TX – 1947, OK) 1872, Dewitt Co., TX. Five children.
Joanna (02YT3) Park, (1827, AR – 1860, AR), m. Edmund Pennington Gains Arrington (1822, AR – 1901, TX) 1843, Nacogdoches Co., TX. Six children.
Elizabeth Ann (02YT4) Parks, (1825, AR – 1848, TX) m. Isaac Donaho (c1823, MS – ??) 1845, Nacogdoches Co., TX. One child.
An un-named son, (02YT5), early infant death or still born (1830-1835) Scott County, AR.
Mary Jane (02YT6) Park, (1836, AR – 1912, TX) m1) John William Stell (1827, TN – 1859, TX) Cherokee County, TX. Six children. The rest of the record is confused; to the best of my knowledge, this is how it appears to be: m2) Richard F (or A) Williams, no dates. Married 25 Sept 1870, Dewitt Co., TX. One child: Theodocia Williams (1871, TX – 1962, TX). m3) James Benjamin Cook (as his second marriage, previously married to her sister Nancy Catherine (02YT9) Parks who had died in 1873.) (1834,GA – 1890, TX). Probably in late 1873in Dewitt Co., TX, though no record has been found. Two children.
Sarah Matilda (02YT7) Park, (1838, AR – 1870, TX), m1) Abraham Hilary Goodson, (1838, GA – 1860, TX) 1855, Cherokee Co., TX. Three children. m2) John David “Jack” Cook (c1836,GA – 1908, TX) 1861, Cherokee Co., TX. Two children.
George Washington (02YT8) Park, (1840, AR – 1911, AR) Nothing further known.
Nancy Catherine (02YT9) Park, (1841, TX – 1873, TX) m. James Benjamin Cook (1834,GA – 1890, TX) 1857, Cherokee Co., TX. Seven children. [He later married Nancy’s sister Sarah Matilda in 1861.]
Alcy C. [Alice] (02YT10) Parks, (1844, TX – 1914, TX). Nothing further known.
Rebecca (02YT11) Park, (1846, TX – 1879, TX) m. Caswell W. Cook (
King Cyrus Alexander (02YT12) Parks, Jr., (1850, TX – 1892, TX) m. Mary Alcesta Darst (1855, TX – 1913, TX) 1869, Scott Co., AR. Ten children.
(PS#1095R, [no active members on this line])
Source Material
Lineage papers and correspondence of descendant member (very thin).