Benjamin Parks (1851 - 1905)

Born 1851 in Tennessee, United States

Died 26 Jul 1905 at about age 54 in Fort Scott, Bourbon, Kansas, United States

Biography

Ben Parks is a part of US Black heritage.

Ben Parks was born in 1851. He was the son of America and James Asbury Parks.

Ben and his wife Anna had four children: America, Julia, Eddie, and Inice.

In 1905, Ben had an accident at work that resulted in one of his hands being mangled. He contracted tetanus and died. He is buried in Evergreen Cemetery in Fort Scott, Kansas.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVP3-4GB9 : 9 June 2021), Ben, ; Burial, Fort Scott, Bourbon, Kansas, United States of America, Evergreen Cemetery; citing record ID 136570471, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.

• "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD8B-GRB : 29 May 2021), Benj Parks in entry for Asbury Parks, 1870.
• "Kansas State Census, 1895", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QL8V-7BVV : 12 March 2020), Benj Parks, 1895.
• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMT3-4Y2 : accessed 16 November 2021), Benjamin Parks, Fort Scott city Ward 5, Bourbon, Kansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 39, sheet 8A, family 163, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,471.