Greene-Sullivan County IN Archives Biographies.....Parks, James P. 1861 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/in/infiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com May 15, 2006, 11:45 pm Author: Goodspeed (1884) JAMES P. PARKS, eldest son of C. M. D. and Mary E. (Richcreek) Parks, was born in Greene County, Ind., February 10, 1861, and was reared on the farm of his parents. His early schooling was obtained in the country near his home, but subsequently he attended the graded schools of Sullivan, the business school at Bloomfield, the Lebanon Normal and Business College, and finally the Sullivan Normal School, finishing in June, 1883. He is now engaged in teaching his second term of school, and although young in years he has shown an ability in his profession which ranks him among the able educators of his county. He is bright and genial in his ways, a hard student, and one of the public-spirited and enterprising young men of his township. Additional Comments: Wright Township Biographies Extracted from: HISTORY OF GREENE AND SULLIVAN COUNTIES, STATE OF INDIANA, FROM THE EARLIEST TIME TO THE PRESENT; TOGETHER WITH INTERESTING BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES, REMINISCENCES, NOTES, ETC. ILLUSTRATED. CHICAGO: GOODSPEED BROS. & CO., PUBLISHERS. 1884. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/in/greene/bios/parks608nbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/infiles/ File size: 1.6 Kb