Magonie Parks

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• Name: Magonie Kerr

Magonie married A. M. Kerr on 08 May 1894 in Bradley County, TN. [Group Sheet]

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Married:
bond: R. Kerr, by O.B. McClary MG

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• Occupation: Henry Parks is listed in the 1880 Census as a Blacksmith

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GOODSPEED BIOGRAPHIES OF BRADLEY COUNTY, TENNESSEE

H. J. PARKS, sheriff of Bradley County, was born February 12, 1842, in East Tennessee. He is the eldest of a family of four sons and three daughters of Andrew J. and Minerva (PRICE) PARKS. The father was born in East Tennessee, and was one of the first magistrates in that section. In 1838 he took an active part in removing the Indians westward. He was a farmer by occupation. His death occurred several years ago. The mother still lives; she is a daughter of Rev. Henry PRICE, a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and the first circuit court clerk of Bradley County. The subject of our sketch received a common school education. At the age of seventeen he volunteered in Company E, Fourth Tennessee Cavalry, Federal Army. During three years of gallant service he was neither imprisoned nor wounded. After the war he engaged in the wagon-making business, at which he worked fourteen years. Two years he was a magistrate, in 1884 was elected sheriff, and has held the office since that time. He is a warm Republican, and a member of the Masonic Order and of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, to which his first wife also belonged. In 1872 he married Miss Mary E. FINNELL, by whom he had two children: George W. and Maggie I. In 1884 our subject married Miss Emma BROWN, who is connected with the Methodist Church.

Henry married Mary E. Finnell on 10 Nov 1872 in Bradley Co., Tennessee. Mary was born about 1842; died on 04 Jun 1883 in Cleveland, Bradley County, TN. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Mary E. Parks

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Name:
Mary's last name was supplied by Pam White on GEnie information service. Pam has a CDROM that lists Tennessee marriages.

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Married:
09 Nov 1872 supplied by Pam White on GEnie information service. Pam has a CDROM with Tennessee marriages.

Ceremony performed by by R.F. McClary

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• Occupation: Bradley Co., Tennessee; A. H. Parks is listed as a Blacksmith

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Name:
1850 Cenus has him listed as A.H. Parks

Andrew married Martha Minerva Price about 1841. Martha (daughter of Rev Henry Price and Susan Stults) was born about 1827; died after 1909. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Martha Minerva Parks

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Birth:
Born possibly in Pennsylvania

William married Mary McCollum on 28 Aug 1798 in Greene County, TN. Mary (daughter of Thomas McCollum and Mary Veneman) was born on 03 Sep 1777 in MD; died on 16 Apr 1856; was buried in Hayes Shed & Michigan Ave. Cemetery, Cleveland, Bradley County, TN. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Mary Parks

Henry married Susan Stults. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Susan Price