Margareth Ann (Dew) Parks (1837 - 1915)

Born 2 Mar 1837 in Tennessee, United States

Wife of Joseph Parks — married about 15 Apr 1861 in Mason County, Illinois

Died 17 May 1915 at age 78 in Illinois, United States [uncertain]

Biography

Margareth was born in 1837. Her parents were Wallace Dew and and Mary Jane (Lamar). There is info on Dew lineage in book cited in Sources.

In 1850 she is 13 and living with her parents and siblings, along with Spencer family in Illinois. ^[1]

She married Joseph Parks on 15 Apr 1862 in Illinois. ^[2]He was born in 1830 in Illinois. He died 25 Mar 1898, likely in Illinois.

They had six children:

1. Charles L (1863-before 1915)
   
2. Elmer E (1866-1934)
   
3. William A (1869-1942)
   
4. Doris C (1874-1927)
   
5. Clara (1879-1966)
   
6. (unidentified child) - Died in infancy.

In 1880 she is living with husband and five children in Illinois. ^[3]

She passed away in 1915. Buried in Category:Laurel Hill Cemetery, Havana, Illinois. Find A Grave: Memorial #132063998

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M85Z-GY5 : 12 April 2016), Peggy Ann Dew in household of Wallace Dew, Mason county, Mason, Illinois, United States; citing family 253, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
2. ↑ "Illinois Marriages, 1815-1935," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2PS-D5M : 10 February 2018), Joseph Parks and Margareth A. Dew, 15 Apr 1862; citing Mason,Illinois; FHL microfilm 1,313,033.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXV5-TVK : 20 August 2017), Margrett Parks in household of Joseph Parks, Bath, Mason, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district ED 129, sheet 448A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0235; FHL microfilm 1,254,235.

See also:

• https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/sources/LZPK-J27
• Book: Glattfelder/Clotfelter : A family history tracing some of the decendents of Casper Glattfelder of Glattfelden, Switzerland and, in particular, the descendents of his grandson, Johann Jacob Glattfelder/Clotfelter [Hardcover] [1994] Janet L. Zemaneck; Ruth Clotfelter Camenisch Downey-1809 has a copy of the book. Pg. 512-513.