Lincoln County TN Archives Biographies.....Parks, Elisha T. 1839 - 
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Author: Goodspeed

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PARKS, THOMISON, ALEXANDER



Elisha T. PARKS, farmer, and a native of Lincoln County, was born August 1,

1839, son of Benjamin T. PARKS, a native of Lincoln County, born in 1815,

and a farmer by occupation.  In 1838 he married Martha THOMISON, and

located where the village of Kelso now stands.  After remaining here till

1850, he moved to what is now known as the Twenty-first District, and

remained there till 1856, when he purchased 520 acres in the Fifth

District, where he located and remained till his death, which occurred in

February, 1857.  The mother was born in Lincoln County in 1816, and died in

1880.  Our subject received his education in the school of the vicinity,

and after the father's death, assisted his mother on the farm.  At the

breaking out of the war he enlisted in what as first Company H, afterward

Company K, Eighth Tennessee, of Mulberry Riflemen.  He was wounded at the

battle of Murfreesboro, and returned home in December, 1862, where he

remained till July, 1863.  He then joined the army in Georgia, and served

through the Georgia campaign.  He was captured at Petersburg, and taken to

Nashville and finally to Columbus, Ohio, where he was held for about five

months.  November, 1865, he married Mary Ann ALEXANDER (daughter of Col. L.

S. and Mary ALEXANDER), and this union resulted in the birth of four

children:  Benjamin N., S. O., Ernest and Cora A.  Directly after marriage

Mr. PARKS located on the old home-place where he still continues to reside.

 He has 100 acres of excellent land, all well cultivated, and is living in

one of the oldest houses in the vicinity.  It was built eighty years ago.

In 1882 he was elected magistrate and filled the office to the entire

satisfaction of the public.  In politics he is a life-long Democrat, and he

is also a Mason.  Mrs. PARKS is a member of the Primitive Baptist Church.

Date forwarded:   Tue, 23 Sep 1997 06:02:33 -0700 (PDT)



Additional Comments:
From Goodspeed's "History of Tennessee"





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