PENN-PARKS FAMILY CEMETERY, BEDFORD COUNTY, VIRGINIA Penn's Mill Farm, 3210 Penn's Mill Road, Big Island, VA 24526 ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. ************************************************************************ submitted by: Mary-Margaret Parks Cash Cash@CentralVa.net 1. PARKS MARGARET MORRISON NOVEMBER 22, 1906 OCTOBER 13, 2001 FRANCIS BURKS MARCH 23, 1903 FEBRUARY 16, 1995 2. PARKS ROBERT HENRY JULY 13, 1864 OCT.6, 1932 (Footstone) FATHER FRANCES E. PENN WIFE OF ROBERT H. PARKS DEC. 20, 1857 AUG. 6, 1931 (Footstone) MOTHER 3 MARTIN GOODE PARKS JULY 15, 1896 OCT.3, 1918 (Footstone) MGP (transcriber's note: was in the U.S.Navy, died in the influenza epidemic in Norfolk, Va.) 4. SUE ELIZA PARKS BORN FEB. 28, 1854 DIED MAY 28, 1912 We shall miss the, for thy chair will be emty. Footstone: SEP (Transcriber's note: the misspellings as are found on the stone) 5. WILLIAM GOODE PARKS BORN DEC. 22, 1845 DIED JULY 8, 1904 He is not dead but sleepth. Footstone: WGP 6. CHARLES SAMUEL PARKS AUG. 5, 1887 - FEB.7, 1923 JOHN ENGLUND PARKS MAR.18, 1916 - FEB.1, 1980 7. THERESA AMANDA BURKS WIFE OF SAMUEL GOODE PARKS DEC.29, 1819 (note: this is her date of birth, exact date of death is unknown) (note: the following graves were moved in the 1930"s and placed under the concrete slab.) 8. BESSIE H. PENN JULY 19, 1881 APRIL 14, 1938 9. HANNAH R. PENN 1842-1928 10. ELIZA A. PENN 1873 - 1898 11. BENJAMIN H. PENN 1877 - 1895 12. PAUL S. PENN 1829- 1884 13. MOSES PENN 1796 - 1878 (Buried under the oak tree, at his request, but without a headstone. There is a fieldstone for a footstone, and the millstones from the mill he built have been placed there by the family as his marker.) 14. Note: There are other graves, outside the fence, some unmarked, some marked with fieldstones. These are thought to be infants who died at birth, and possibly, some slaves.