Robert Parks and Jane Bratton

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Husband Robert Parks ¹

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           Born: Abt 1768 - Mifflin Co, PA
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           Died: 1858 2
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Wife Jane Bratton ³

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           Born: Abt 1769
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           Died: 21 Oct 1847 2
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         Father: James Bratton (      -      ) 4
         Mother: Isabella Bratton (      -      ) 4

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Children

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1 F Isabella Parks ^{2 5 6}

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           Born: Abt 1794
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           Died: 1880 5
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         Spouse: Andrew Arnold (Abt 1795-1861) 2 5 6

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2 M John Parks ²

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3 M James Bratton Parks ⁷

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           Born: 1 Nov 1810 2
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           Died: 1892 2
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         Spouse: Lucinda C. Hill (1824-1878) 7

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4 M William George Parks ²

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5 F Margaret Parks ²

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         Spouse: Joseph Shields (      -      ) 2

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6 F Phoebe Parks ²

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           Died: 1 Nov 1864 8
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         Spouse: James E. Brown, Esq. (1799-1880) 4 9
           Marr: 2 Mar 1819 10

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7 F Elizabeth Parks ²

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         Spouse: Thompson Crawford (      -      ) 2

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8 F Sydney Parks ²

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         Spouse: Samuel LeFevre (      -      ) 2

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9 F Maria Parks ²

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         Spouse: James Fitzgerald (      -      ) 2

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10 F Sarah Parks ²

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         Spouse: Alexander Gordon (      -      ) 2

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General Notes: Husband - Robert Parks

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His father was a soldier in the Revolutionary War.

He was born in Mifflin County, Pennsylvania, came to Armstrong County in 1814, making the trip with his wife and six children overland. Their entire earthly possessions were contained in a covered wagon, drawn by one horse. Arriving in Armstrong County, he took up 200 acres of land in what was afterwards to become his name-sake township, and 150 acres in another tract. The first one was later owned by his grandson, Robert G. Parks, and lay along the Kiskiminetas river. He cleared his land, and put up the log cabin in which the family resided until it was replaced, in 1841, by a substantial brick house, long the homestead residence. The barn was erected in 1835. Robert Parks rounded out a long and useful life, attaining his ninetieth year. His remains were interred in a private burying ground on the farm. He was a member of the Presbyterian Church; politically he was a Democrat.

1 —, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 454, 563.

2 —, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 455.

3 —, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 455, 563.

4 —, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 563.

5 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 714.

6 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 717.

7 —, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 455, 573.

8 Robert Walter Smith, Esq., History of Armstrong County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins, & Co., 1883), Pg 597.

9 Robert Walter Smith, Esq., History of Armstrong County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins, & Co., 1883), Pg 595.

10 Robert Walter Smith, Esq., History of Armstrong County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins, & Co., 1883), Pg 596.