When Alexander Parks was born in 1828, in Rowan, North Carolina, United States, his father, Ebenezer Parks, was 60 and his mother, Sarah Pool, was 38. He married Sarah Bean on 3 May 1849, in Rowan, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Mount Ulla, Rowan, North Carolina, United States in 1850. He died in 1858, in Rowan, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 30, and was buried in Rowan, North Carolina, 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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