(1843, IN – 1927, IN) (Represented)  m1). Rebecca Chenoweth (1845, IN – 1871, IN) 1865, Vern Co., IN, two children; m2) Leah C. Purvo (1841, IN – 1904, IL) 1877, Fountain Co., IN, five children. There may also have been a third marriage to May Hinton in 1915, Danville, IL, but collaborating evidence is missing.

Children by First Marriage:

• Thomas Parks, (1868, IN – 1947, IN) married Ida May Meyers (1873, IN – 1935, IN 1892, Fountain Co., IN, ten children.  

• Louisa E. Parks, (1866, IN – 1951, MN) married Lee Melvin Forshier (1862, IL – 1927, MN) 1895 in Illinois, seven children surnamed Forshier.

Children by Second Marriage:

• Rhuben Parks (1968, IN – 1947, IN), never married.

• Dora Parks, b. 1874, IN, nothing further known.

• Sallie Evelyn Parks, (1881, IN – 1947, IN) married William A. Courtney (1881, IN – 1903, IN) in 1910, location unknown, four children surnamed Courtney.

• William Parks, (1883, IN – 1951, ??) married Cora E. Smith (no dates given) in 1910, location unknown, no issue noted.

• Omar Parks, (1888, IN – 1974, ??), never married.

(PS#757D [no active members on this line])