When William Homer Parke was born on 26 August 1864, in Keokuk, Iowa, United States, his father, Harris Parke, was 26 and his mother, Mary Jane Ferry, was 20. He died on 24 September 1865, in his hometown, at the age of 1, and was buried in Johnson Cemetery, Sigourney Township, Keokuk, Iowa, United States.
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Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
"While attending the play ""Our American Cousin"" in Ford's Theatre, actor John Wilkes Booth climbed up the stairs to the suite that President Abraham Lincoln and his wife resided. Once inside the suite Booth pulled out his pistol and shot The President in the head. In critical condition The President was carried out of the theatre for urgent medical attention. Unfortunately, Lincoln died the following day. Abraham Lincoln was the first American president to be assassinated, and his death caused a period of national mourning both in the North and South."
English: variant of Park . This form of the surname is common in Ireland.
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