Johnson County KS Archives Biographies.....Parks, Horace 1843 - 
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Author: Ed Blair (1915)

  Horace Parks, a Civil war veteran who has spent over forty-three years-of his
life in Johnson county, is a native of Indiana. He was born in St. Joseph county
in 1843, and is a son of Isaac K. and Sarah (Huntsman) Parks, the former a
native of the Empire State and the latter of Ohio. They were the parents of five
children, all of whom were born in Indiana, as follows: Seth, was a soldier in
the Civil war and was killed at the battle of Chickamauga; Robert also served in
the Civil war and was wounded near Memphis, Tenn., and taken prisoner. He was
later exchanged and died at Annapolis, Md., while in service. Norman, now
resides at Mishawaka, Ind.; Ebin, spent his life in Indiana and died at
Mishawaka; and Horace, the subject of this sketch. Horace Parks received his
educational discipline in the public schools of Indina and before he had reached
maturity the great Civil war came on and when he was about eighteen years old he
enlisted in Company I, Ninth regiment, Indiana infantry, and served three years.
He took part in many of the important and and [sic] hard fought battles of the
Civil war, including Greenbriar, Stone River, Shiloh, Lookout Mountain,
Missionary Ridge, and at the latter battle was wounded in the thigh by a minnie
ball, after which he returned to Indianapolis on a veteran's furlough where he
remained six months, when he was mustered out of service on account of
expiration of his term of service and was honorably discharged. He remained in
his native State until 1872 when he came to Kansas, locating in Johnson county.
He bought a farm of 160 acres in Spring Hill township, four miles north of
Spring Hill, where he has since been successfully engaged in farming and stock
raising. In 1912, he removed to Olathe, but continues to conduct his farming
operations. Mr. Parks was united in marriage at Mishawaka, Ind., in 1868, to
Miss Sarah Minor, and six children have been born to this union, as follows: A
daughter, died in infancy; Seth, a practicing physician at Bartlesville, Okla.;
Wade R., an attorney in Montana; Isaac, an attorney in South Bend, Ind.; a sou
who died at the age of one year; and Lillian died at the age of one year. Mr.
Parks is well known in Johnson county and is one of the substantial citizens of
the community, and has many friends.

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HISTORY OF Johnson County Kansas
BY
ED BLAIR

AUTHOR OF
Kansas Zephyrs, Sunflower Sittings and Other Poems and Sketches

IN ONE VOLUME

ILLUSTRATED
STANDARD PUBLISHING COMPANY
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
1915


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