(1807, TN – 1890, IL) m1) Mary Jane ‘Polly’ North (1883, VA – 1873, IL) 1830, Jefferson Co., TN, nine listed children, there may have been as many as 12, but some did not survive infancy and names were not found; m2) Mrs. Sarah (Enyart) McMurray, (1815, KY – 1880, IL) 1875, Sangamon Co., IL 

Children: 

• Hiram Parkes (1854, IL – 1934, IL) married Pavia Howes (1868, IL – 1934, IL) 1895, Warsaw, IL, four children

• Peter Parkes, (1830, TN – 1831, TN) Died Young

• Robert Parkes (1832, TN – 1836, IL) Died Young

• William Parkes, Jr., (1835, IN – 1839, IL) Died Young

• Anderson Parkes, (1838, IL 1838, IL) Died Young

• Eveline Parkes, (1841, IL – 1880) married J. South, 1863, two children.

• Henry Parkes (1843, IL – 1863, TN) Died in the Civil War.

• Minerva Parkes (1845, IL – 1912, KS) married Charles Roberts in 1867, one child surnamed Roberts.

• Elizabeth Parkes (1847, IL – 1925, IL) married Edgar Eckel, 1869. No information on issue.

• James Parkes (1851, IL – 1932, IL) Nothing further is known.

• Caroline Parkes (1839, IL – ??) married Charles Bochme, 1857 Sangamon Co., IL, 5 children surnamed Bochme.

• Daniel Parkes, (1847, IL – 1851, IL) Died Young

 (PS#1526).