Jul-28-2018
Husband: Abel Bond Parks
Born: Jul-31-1807 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 1,2,3 Died: Feb-20-1892 in Doddridge Co, WV 2,1 Buried: in Middle Island 7th Day Bapt Cem, Sugar Camp, New Milton, Doddridge Co WV 4 Census: 1870, 1880 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1850, 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA Occupation: shoemaker 5 Occupation: farmer, Justice of the Peace 3 Father: Mother:
Wife: Hannah Vannort 6 Also known as: Hannah Vanort 2 Married: 1831 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 7
Born: 1807 2,3 Died: Oct- 8-1879 in Doddridge Co, WV 2 Census: 1870 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1850, 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA Father: John Vannort Mother: Lydia Ramey
M Child 1: Jonathan Parks Born: ca 1832 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 8,3 Census: 1870 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Occupation: farmer 3 Wife: Jane Vannort b. ca 1834 d. bef Aug 1870 Also known as: Ann Vannort 9 Married: Sep- 7-1853 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA 8 Wife: Narcissus K. Lefever b. ca 1852 Married: May-11-1871 in Doddridge Co, WV 10
M Child 2: Joseph Parks Born: Sep-13-1833 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 1,11 Died: Jan- 8-1920 in Doddridge Co, WV 12,1 Buried: in Middle Island 7th Day Bapt Cem, Sugar Camp, New Milton, Doddridge Co WV 13,14 Census: 1870, 1880 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1850, 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA Occupation: farmer 5 Occupation: 1861 carpenter 11 Wife: Nancy Jane Fox b. Sep-14-1834 d. Mar-16-1896 Census name: M. Jane Fox Married: Feb- 7-1861 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA 11
F Child 3: Eliza Parks Born: ca 1835 15 Census: 1850 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA
M Child 4: Robert Parks Born: ca 1837 15 Census: 1850 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA
F Child 5: Hannah Parks Born: Oct-30-1840 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 1,11 Died: Mar-26-1903 1 Buried: in Ayers (aka Smithville) Cemetery, Smithville, Ritchie Co, WV 16,14 Census: 1900 in Murphy District, Ritchie Co, WV Resided: 1881 in Doddridge Co, WV 11 Census: 1880 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1870 in Pruntytown, Taylor Co, WV Census: 1850, 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA Husband: Lemuel E. Brown b. ca 1823 d. Sep-10-1877 Also known as: L. E. Brown 11,17 Married: Sep-16-1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA 18 Husband: John Lynn Russell b. Feb-16-1827 d. Jun-29-1894 Married: Sep-15-1881 in Doddridge Co, WV 11
F Child 6: Mary Parks Born: ca 1842 15 Census: 1850 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA
M Child 7: Samuel Clevenger Parks Born: 1845 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 19,8 Died: Dec-12-1919 in Rutherford, Ritchie Co, WV 2,19 Buried: in Oil Ridge (aka Fairview) Church Cemetery, Co Rd 26, Ritchie Co, WV 14 Census: 1870, 1880 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1850, 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA Occupation: farmer 2,5 Military: Co A, 14th W.Va. Inf, Civil War (prisoner of war) 14,20 Wife: Margaret P. Lefever b. 1854 d. 1913 Married: Jan- 4-1872 in Doddridge Co, WV 8
Sources: (1) Headstone. (2) West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (3) 1870 Census, Doddridge County, WV (New Milton Twp). (4) Findagrave.com, Name on headstone: A. B. Parks. (5) 1880 Census, Doddridge County, WV (New Milton District). (6) Marriage record of son. (7) West Virginia Marriages Index, 1785-1971 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (8) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993) (9) Marriage record of daughter. (10) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993), Identified as Jonathan Parks, widowed, 38, b. Harrison Co, res. Doddridge Co, son of Abel B. & Hannah; and Narcissus K. Lefever, 19, of Doddridge Co, dau of Isaac & Permilla. Married May 11 1871. (11) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. (12) Doddridge County WV Deaths 1853-1969, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101. (13) Donald Edward Ramage, Doddridge County Cemeteries, Vol. II, 4117 Almaville Rd, Smyna TN 37167 (1988, rev. 1999) (14) Findagrave.com. (15) 1850 Census, Doddridge County, (W)VA. (16) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995, pp. 353-354. (17) Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV. (18) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, Identified as L. E. Brown, widowed, 37, b. Lewis Co, res. Doddridge Co, son of Thomas & Martha; and Hannah Parks, single, 20, b. Harrison Co, res. Doddridge Co, dau of Abel B. & Hannah. Married Sep 16 1860. (Note: Husband's father was identified in his death record as John Brown.), MR p. 132 : www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11790824&Type=Marriage. (19) Headstone (year only) (20) H. H. Hardesty, History of Doddridge County (1883), http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wvpioneers /doddridgecountyhistory.html.Name Index