General Information

Birth
29 APR 1841
Hickman, Sevier County, Tennessee
Death
14 APR 1889
Prairie Grove, Washington County, Arkansas
Burial
Prairie Grove Cemetery, Washington County, Arkansas

Notes

PARKS, John O. – Col. John O. Parks, of Prairie Grove, was a welcome visitor at this office Saturday last. We are glad to see the Col. fully recovered from a recent spell of sickness. [Fayetteville Democrat 1/31/1884]

Tribute of Respect – Hall of Occidental Lodge, No. 436, F.& A.M., Prairie Grove, Ark.. April 16 1889 – Whereas, Death the great leveler of all human distinction has again visited the circle of our brotherhood, and removed from life and usefulness, our esteemed friend and brother, John O. Parks, a man long and favorably known in the circle of business and in the private walks of life; and,

Whereas, He was ever held in high respect, for his exalted integrity, his faithfulness in friendship, his eminent social qualities and his love of masonry; therefore,

Resolved, That in the death of our lamented brother, we have lost one of our most beloved and esteemed members, whose loss we deplore and whose absence we mourn.

Resolved. That we are comforted by the hope that our loss is his eternal gain, and that in the resurrection of the just, we shall, if faithful, meet him in the Grand Lodge above.

Resolved. That we his brethren of Occidental Lodge No. 436, hereby tender to his bereft family our most sincere and profound expressions of sympathy in this their day of great sorrow.

Resolved. That in testimony of our esteem for our departed brother, and in token of sorrow for his death, the members of the Lodge wear the usual badge of mourning for thirty days, that these resolutions be spread upon the minutes of this Lodge, that a copy be sent to the family of the deceased brother, and also to papers of the county for publication. (Signed) E.G. McCormick, W.N. Butler, J.J. Baggett - Committee

Parents

John Perry Aaron Parks
- Father
1808 - 1892
Birth
20 JAN 1808
Bedford, Tennessee
Death
26 APR 1892
Hog Eye, Washington County, Arkansas
Burial
Parks Family Cemetery, Washingtonn County, Hog Eye, Arkansas
Mary Anne Hollabaugh
- Mother
1811 - 1883
Birth
25 SEP 1811
Rowan, North Carolina
Death
18 JUN 1883
Hog Eye, Washington County, Arkansas
Burial
Parks Family Cemetery, Washingtonn County, Hog Eye, Arkansas

Spouse

Trephonia Adeline "Addie" Dyer
- Wife
1844 - 1915
Birth
16 JUL 1844
Hubbard Community, Washington County, Hog Eye, Arkansas
Married
11 NOV 1868
Hubbard Community, Washington County, Hog Eye, Arkansas
Death
6 DEC 1915
Mulberry, Franklin County, Arkansas
Burial
Mulberry, Franklin County, Arkansas

Children

Ida Lee Parks
- Daughter
1869 - 1900
Birth
27 SEP 1869
Death
5 FEB 1900
Prairie Grove, Washington County, Arkansas