MARSHALL COUNTY, TN - GOODSPEED BIOGRAPHIES - Moses Park
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MOSES PARK, an early settler of Marshall County, Tenn., is a son of Moses
and Mary (Wier) Park, who were born in North Carolina, the father in 1780
and the mother in 1779. They came to Tennessee in 1804 and located in
Williamson County first and Marshall County about 1812.
They were the parents of eight children and members of the Cumberland
Presbyterian Church. The father was an old-line Democrat and a hatter by
trade, but the greater part of his time was spent in agricultural pursuits.
The mother died in 1859 and he in 1864. Moses, our subject, inherits Irish
blood from his mother; he was born in the county March 16, 1818, and his
days have been passed as a tiller of the soil. He attended the common
schools, and while in his "teens" learned the cabinet-maker's trade. He
worked in Missouri for some time, and then returned and worked at his trade
until his shop was consumed by fire, and then engaged in farming. Eight
children were born to his marriage with Mary A. Davis, which occurred in
1842. His son, Jerome, died from exposure at Fort Donelson. Mr. Park is a
Democrat, and by hard work and good management has become the owner of 800
acres of good farming land. He has also been quite extensively engaged in
raising fine stock.

Surnames: Davis, Park, Wier
Source:  " The Goodspeeds History of Tennessee, 1886."