Husband: Newton PARKS (1, 2)
Birthdate: About 1812
Birthplace: North Carolina (3)
Death date: 1868
Place of death: Texas (4)
Father:
Mother:

Marriage dates: About 1851
Marriage places:

Wife: Elizabeth GALAHER (2, 5)
Birthdate: About 1817
Birthplace: Tennessee (2)
Death date: After June 1, 1880
Place of death: (6)
Father:
Mother:

CHILDREN

Child No. 1: Mary Melvina Parks (2, 5)
Sex: F
Birthdate: April 11, 1852 (2, 5, 7)
Birthplace: Missouri (2, 5)
Death date: March 6 1925 (5, 7)
Place of death: Leuders, Jones Co., Texas (5)
Marriage dates: March 28, 1872
Marriage places: Lampasas Co., Texas
Spouses' names: John Nelson Loop

Child No. 2: Sarah PARKS
Sex: F
Birthdate: About 1854 (2)
Birthplace: Texas (2)
Death date: After January 1, 1920 (8)
Place of death:
Marriage dates: July 20, 1870 (9)
Marriage places: Bell Co., Texas
Spouses' names: Samuel G. Evetts

Child No. 3: Newton PARKS (2)
Sex: M
Birthdate: About 1858 (2)
Birthplace: Texas (2)
Death date: After June 1, 1880 (6)
Place of death:
Marriage dates:
Marriage places:
Spouses' names:

Child No. 4: Robert PARKS (2)
Sex: M
Birthdate: About 1858 (2)
Birthplace: Texas
Death date:
Place of death:
Marriage dates:
Marriage places:
Spouses' names:
 
 
Documentation:
(1) History of Bell Co., TX, p. 809.
(2) 1860 Federal census, Cow House Beat, Coryell Co., TX, p. 283, family 262.
(3) 1850 Federal census, Dyer Co., TN, Civil Dist. #9, family 735.
(4) Texas General Land Office, Bell Co. Abstract 822, File 1136.
(5) Death record of Mary Melvina Parks Loop, Jones Co., TX, vol. 3, p. 35.
(6) 1880 Federal census report, Bell Co., TX.
(7) Grave stone, Swans Chapel Cemetery, Jones Co., TX.
(8) 1920 Federal census, Uvalde Co., TX.
(9) Bell Co., TX, marriage records, book B, p. 177.

Notes:
There are at least 3 and possibly 4 additional children who were born in the 1840s listed in the Parks household on the 1860 and 1870 Federal census reports of Coryell Co., Texas, who are not listed in the 1850 Federal census report of Dyer Co., Tennessee in the household of Newton and Mary Moore Parks. It is possible they were children of Elizabeth Galaher and a previous husband but that has not been documented.