When William Austin Parks was born on 19 January 1869, in Tipton, Indiana, United States, his father, Jonas Austin Parks, was 42 and his mother, Catherine Purvis, was 35. He married Catherine Bertha Terrell on 23 November 1892, in Tipton, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Prairie Township, Tipton, Indiana, United States for about 50 years. He died on 3 June 1939, in Kokomo, Center Township, Howard, Indiana, United States, at the age of 70, and was buried in Sharpsville, Liberty Township, Tipton, Indiana, United States.