Elizabeth (Davis) Parks (1770 - 1844)

Born 30 Sep 1770 in Rock Spring Farm, Augusta, Virginia

Ancestors

Wife of Joseph Parks — married 24 Jul 1795 in Augusta, Virginia, United States

Descendants

Died 6 Sep 1844 at age 73 in Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States

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Biography

"Elizabeth, my mother, the eighth child of Walter and Martha (C) Davis, was born September 30th, 1770, married Joseph Parks, a gentleman from Pennsylvania, then a resident of Virginia, 24th of July 1795. Their children were James, born January 11th, 1798, Thomas Davis, Born December 8th, 1799, Philander, born January 28th, 1802, and died in infancy, Walter Davis, born November 10th, 1803, William Augustus, born February 26th, 1806, Rebecca Clark, August 8th, 1808, Martha Cunningham, born November 10th, 1810. Rebecca C. died September 2nd, 1815, aged seven years. William A., the 6th of the same month, Joseph Parks moved from Augusta county, Virginia, to Lincoln County, Kentucky, in the autumn of 1814; undetermined whether to settle permanently in the northern or southern part of the State, remained there until the spring, (1815) went into Mercer County, then in the spring, of 1816, settled in Christian County on Montgomery Creek, a branch of the West fork of the Red River, residing there till his death, September 11th, 1825, from which time his wife Elizabeth remained a widow till her death in October, 1844, making her home with her son James till he removed to Illinois in 1833 or ’34. She then made her home with her daughter Martha, now residing in Hopkinsville, Kentucky, till her death. She was active and helpful while she lived, one of whom it could not be said she outlived her usefulness. My Father, Joseph Parks, though never known in public life, was a man of good judgment, persevering industry, and unvarying amiability, having in all my life never heard him utter a dozen impatient words, and never petulant, but always kind, genial, and cheerful."^[1]

She was married to Joseph Parks on 24 Jul 1795 in Augusta Co., VA. The family moved to Kentucky twenty years later. Elizabeth Davis and Joseph Parks had the following children:

• James Parks (b. 11 Jan 1798)
  
• Thomas Davis Parks (b. 8 Dec 1799)
  
• Philander Parks (b. 28 Jan 1802 in Augusta Co., VA. d. 1802)
  
• Walter Davis Parks (b. 10 Nov 1803)
  
• William Augustus Parks (b .26 Feb 1806 in Augusta Co., VA. d. 6 Sep 1815)
  
• Rebecca Clark Parks (b. 8 Aug 1808 in Augusta Co., VA. d. 2 Sep 1815.
  
• Martha Cunningham or Augusta Parks (b. 10 Nov 1810)

Elizabeth was widowed in 1825. She lived with her son James until he moved to Illinois in 1833 or 1834. After this, she lived with her daughter Martha until her death.

Sources

1. ↑ Family Record by Dr. Thomas Davis Parks (1878) Available online at https://archive.org/details/parks_201805

• See also: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mlwilson/RC_6gen.pdf