John Esten Park (abt. 1814 - 1872)

Born about 1814 in Putnam County, Georgia

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Died 26 May 1872 at about age 58 in Austin, Travis County, Texas

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Biography

John Esten Park, educated in chemistry and medicine, experimented with using concrete to construct buildings before the American Civil War. His work left the town of Seguin, Texas, with the largest concentration of 19th-century concrete structures in the U.S., if not the largest such concentration in the world.

John Esten Park (1815-1872) m. Rebecca Hubbard (1808-1877)

*James Richard Park (1836-1916) m. c.1867 Mary Scott (c. 1846-????)

*Lunsford Yandell Park (1839-1905) m. 1861 Isabella Ann Eliza Barron (1845-1907)

*Martha H. Park (1841) m. 1875 Wilbur F. Randle (1838-1918) (no children)

* John Henry Park (c.1844-1863) (no children)

*Thomas J. Park (c.1845-1862) (no children)

*Robert R. Park (c.1846-?) (fate unknown)

*Mary E. Park (1849-1937) (no children)

Sources

1. "United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHRV-BQG : 8 December 2020), John Park, Putnam, Georgia, United States; citing p. 194, NARA microfilm publication , (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll ; FHL microfilm .[1]
2. "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXLK-PMN : 14 December 2020), John E Park, Guadalupe, Guadalupe, Texas, United States; citing family 162, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).[2]
3. "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXFL-QD2 : 11 November 2020), Jno E Park, 1860.
4. "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD8C-V8G : 19 March 2020), John E Park, 1870.
5. Texas, Muster Roll Index Cards, 1838-1900. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
6. John Esten Park, Wkipedia [3]
7. Death record is from the Austin History Center, Oakwood Cemetery database.
8. Hauser, Vincent (1980), The Concrete Era of Seguin Texas, p 54 and p 60.