Brief Life History of Pilgrim Curtis
When Pilgrim Curtis Parks was born on 30 November 1849, in Grayson, Virginia, United States, his father, Jackson B Parks, was 29 and his mother, Sarah M Haga, was 30. He married Sarah Ann Cornett on 14 February 1872, in Grayson, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Virginia, United States in 1870 and Wilson Creek, Grayson, Virginia, United States in 1900. He died on 19 June 1903, at the age of 53, and was buried in Fairview United Methodist Church Cemetery, Jonesborough, Washington, Tennessee, United States.
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- Curtis Parks in household of Jackson B Parks, "United States Census, 1860"
- Pilgrim C., "Virginia, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Birth Records, 1853-1896"
- P. C. Parks, "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940"
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1861 · The Battle of Manassas
The Battle of Manassas is also referred to as the First Battle of Bull Run. 35,000 Union troops were headed towards Washington D.C. after 20,000 Confederate forces. The McDowell's Union troops fought with General Beauregard's Confederate troops along a little river called Bull Run.
1862 · Battle of Shiloh
The battle of Shiloh took place on April 6, 1862 and April 7, 1862. Confederate soldiers camp through the woods next to where the Union soldiers were camped at Pittsburg Landing on the Tennessee River. With 23,000 casualties this was the bloodiest battle of the Civil War up to this point.
1864 · Arlington Cemetery
Arlington Cemetery is a military cemetery. It was originally a plantation owned by George Washington Parke Custis. This is the location of Robert E. Lee, 16,000 Civil War soldiers, William Howard Taft, John, Jackie, Robert, and Edward Kennedy. The tomb of the unknown soldier is also located here it was dedicated on November 11, 1921. It contains the remains of those soldiers unknown from WWI, WWII, Korea, and Vietnam.
Name Meaning
English:
variant of Park 1 with genitival, plural, or post-medieval excrescent -s.
variant of Perk , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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