Benjamin F ParksAge: 79 years1837–1916
- Name
- Benjamin F Parks
- Given names
- Benjamin F
- Surname
- Parks
 Birth | May 4, 1837 |
 Marriage | Virginia Jane Wilson — View this family unknown |
 Historical Event | Mexican-American War from 1846 to 1848 (Age 8 years)Note: The Mexican-American War was an armed conflict between the United States of America and the United Mexican States from 1846 to 1848 in the wake of the 1845 U.S. annexation of Texas, which Mexico considered part of its territory despite the 1836 Texas Revolution - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican%E2%80%93American_War |
| Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 19 years)Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884 |
| Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 23 years)Note: In the spring of 1861, tensions between the northern and southern United States over issues including state's right versus federal authority, westward expansion and slavery exploded into the American Civil War - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War |
| Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 29 years)Note: The Alaska Purchase was the purchase of 586,412 square miles of new territory by the United States from the Russian Empire (a bargain at two cents an acre) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Purchase |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic 1867 (Age 29 years)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 31 years)Note: The First Transcontinental Railroad was a 1,907-mile contiguous railroad line constructed between 1863 and 1869 across the western United States to connect the Pacific coast with the existing Eastern U.S. rail network - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Transcontinental_Railroad |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 40 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
 Birth of a daughter#1 | Oma Parks September 6, 1881 (Age 44 years) |
| Birth of a son #2 | William Wiley Parks October 30, 1886 (Age 49 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 60 years)Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War |
| Marriage of a child | Joseph Parish Cherry — Oma Parks — View this family August 2, 1903 (Age 66 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #1 | Vanoy Cherry June 18, 1904 (Age 67 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #2 | Glaydes Cherry August 8, 1906 (Age 69 years) |
| Death of a granddaughter | Glaydes Cherry 1906 (Age 68 years) |
| Death of a daughter | Oma Parks October 23, 1906 (Age 69 years) |
 Census | May 3, 1910 (Age 72 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 78 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
 Death | December 23, 1916 (Age 79 years) |
| Family with Virginia Jane Wilson |
| himself |
Benjamin F Parks Birth: May 4, 1837 — Tennessee, United States Death: December 23, 1916 — Tolar, Hood, Texas, United States |
| wife |
Virginia Jane Wilson Birth: June 12, 1853 — Arkansas, United States Death: December 14, 1934 — Weatherford, Parker, Texas, United States |
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Marriage: — |
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| daughter |
Oma Parks Birth: September 6, 1881 44 28 — Arkansas, United States Death: October 23, 1906 — Weatherford, Parker, Texas, United States |
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5 years son |
William Wiley Parks Birth: October 30, 1886 49 33 — Ladonia, Fannin, Texas, United States Death: January 24, 1946 — Butte City, Glenn, California, United States |
No family available
| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - Benjamin F Parks - Household
Hood, Texas
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