He served in Civil War [3] and received pension. [4]
He passed away in 1865. [1][5] He died from wounds received during Civil War.
Buried in Mount Zion Cemetery, Kilbourne, Illinois. [6]
Sources
↑ 1.01.11.21.3 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. Pg. 519-521. Downey-1809 has a copy of the book.
↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M85X-J3K : 12 April 2016), Oliver Parks in household of Mary Parks, Pike county, part of, Pike, Illinois, United States; citing family 1467, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
↑ "United States Civil War Soldiers Index, 1861-1865," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F9PS-TY8 : 4 December 2014), Oliver W. Parks, Private, Company D, 85th Regiment, Illinois Infantry, Union; citing NARA microfilm publication M539 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 69; FHL microfilm 881,689.
↑ "Illinois Soldier Burial Places, 1774-1974," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVY9-9PSC : 10 September 2019), W Oliver Parlis, ; citing Burial, Kilbourne, Mason, Illinois, United States, Mount Zion Cemetery, Illinois State Archives, Springfield; FHL microfilm 1,001,196.
↑ Find a Grave, database and images (www.findagrave.com/memorial/26816698/oliver-w.-parks : accessed 08 June 2021), memorial page for Oliver W. Parks (10 Apr 1843–26 May 1865), Find A Grave: Memorial #26816698, citing Mount Zion Cemetery, Kilbourne, Mason County, Illinois, USA ; Maintained by LoRetta Hughes (contributor 46865226) .
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