BIO: Milo E. PARK, M. D., Clearfield County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Judy Banja & Sally Copyright 2005. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/clearfield/ NOTE: Use this web address to access other bios: http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/clearfield/1picts/swoope/swoope.htm _____________________________________________________________ From Twentieth Century History of Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, and Representative Citizens, by Roland D. Swoope, Jr., Chicago: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Company, 1911, pages 798 - 800. _____________________________________________________________ MILO E. PARK, M. D., of Westover, is not only a successful physician and surgeon, but is also a man largely interested in various business and other enterprises, and ranks high among the progressive citizens of Clearfield county. He was born at Cochran Mills, Armstrong county, Pa., Feb. 13, 1859, a son of James Kelly and Elizabeth (Ludwick) Park. The great-grandfather of James Kelly Park was physician for a Queen of the German States. While on his second trip to America, he was lost in the Atlantic Ocean, sometime in the 17th century. The father of our subject, James Kelly Park, was born in Westmoreland county, Pa., April 20, 1828, and was graduated from the medical department of the Western Reserve University at Cleveland, Ohio, in 1852. He practiced his profession at Murraysville for four years, then removed to Cochran Mills, Armstrong county, where he remained fifteen years. From 1871 to 1888 he practiced at Whitesburg, Armstrong County, Pa. In 1888 he came to Westover, Clearfield county, where he continued in practice until his death in 1889. He was a member of the Methodist church, and belonged also to the Masonic order. An active Democrat politically, he was at one time a candidate for the legislature and failed of election only by 102 votes in a strong Republican district. His wife Elizabeth, born April 20, 1829, in Westmoreland County, Pa., a daughter of John Ludwick. She died Sept. 28, 1883. Their children now living, in addition to the subject of this sketch, are as follows: W. C. Park, a physician at New Millport, Pa., H. L. Park, a ginseng farmer residing in Westover; Delmora, wife of Dr. J. A. Kelly, of Whitesburg; and Mary Elizabeth, wife of J. B. McKee of Westover, who is superintendent of a tannery; Hannah Agnes, born in 1866, died in 1886. Milo E. Park, after graduating from the common schools at the age of 18 years, spent three terms at an academy at Elderton, Armstrong county. He then taught school in that county for three terms after which he entered the Western Reserve University at Cleveland, his father's alma mater, and was graduated from the medical department there in 1884. He first located for practice in Utahville, Clearfield county, but after a short stay there, removed to Kellys Station, Armstrong county, where he followed his profession for a short time, subsequently returning to Utahville. In 1887 he came to Westover, of which place he has since been a resident. In addition to practicing medicine, he has considerable business interests in other directions, notably in coal and oil. He was one of the promoters of the gas and oil industries near Westover in 1905 and spent considerable money in boring and drilling experiments, both there and elsewhere. He has also gold mining interests near Wind river, Wyoming, close to the new Yellowstone Park. In 1908 he laid out and opened a deer park near Westover, consisting of 30 acres which now contains seven deer, besides a number of mountain goats. He was until recently president of the Clearfield and Cambria Telephone Company, and he is a stockholder in the Mahaffey bank and in various other business enterprises all of which are in a flourishing condition. A Democrat in politics, Dr. Park was the first burgess of Westover borough and , in fact, took a leading part in the organization of the borough. He held the office of burgess for ten years and is at present serving as councilman. Dr. Park was married in 1884 to Emma E. Rishel, who was born in Lycoming county, Pa., March 5, 1865, a daughter of P. K. and Margaret (Miller) Rishel. Mrs. Park had five brothers, of whom four are now living, namely: Henry H., a blacksmith, residing in Westover; John A., who lives in Johnstown, Pa.; G. C. Rishel of Westover, and William Rishel, of Johnstown, Pa. The one deceased was Dan C. Dr. Park and wife have had three children: Claud L. and Ganelle, who are both deceased; and Margaret Odessa, who is the wife of W. B. Clark, assistant cashier in the Mahaffey bank. Dr. and Mrs. Park are popular members of the best society in this part of the county. The doctor has one of the largest collections of deer and elk mounts that could be found in any private residence anywhere, a source of pleasure to all interested in natural history. Two brothers of the Doctor, who are now deceased, were Kelly Otis, who died in 1895 at the age of 27, while engaged in the practice of medicine in Cambria county; and Robert B., born in 1854, who died in 1893. The latter was an operator on the Pennsylvania Railroad system. He married Miss Ollie Neff. The subject of this sketch twice crossed the Rocky Mountains on horseback, in 1905, on a hunting tour, and in 1907, on account of mining interests.