When William Monroe Parks was born on 26 September 1818, in Buncombe, North Carolina, United States, his father, John Parks, was 23 and his mother, Sarah Elizabeth Beck, was 28. He married Naomi Ann Sales about 1836, in Buncombe, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Mountaintown, Gilmer, Georgia, United States in 1880 and District 958, Gilmer, Georgia, United States in 1900. He died on 22 April 1903, in Mountaintown Baptist Church Cemetery, Ellijay, Gilmer, Georgia, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Mountaintown Cemetery, Gilmer, Georgia, United States.
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English:
variant of Park 1 with genitival, plural, or post-medieval excrescent -s.
variant of Perk , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s.
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