Joseph Abner Parks

Male13 November 1872–1957

Brief Life History of Joseph Abner

When Joseph Abner Parks was born on 13 November 1872, in Niantic, Macon, Illinois, United States, his father, Sheldon Parks, was 44 and his mother, Irena Copeland, was 40. He lived in Macon, Illinois, United States in 1935 and Decatur, Macon, Illinois, United States in 1940. He died in 1957, in Illinois, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Harristown, Macon, Illinois, United States.

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Family Time Line

Sheldon Parks
1828–1878
Irena Copeland
1832–1922
Sarah Catherine Parks
1858–1939
Caroline A Parks
1860–1877
Lucy Ann Parks
1862–1923
William Sheldon Parks
1864–1962
Irena Ellen Parks
1865–1958
George Edgar Parks
1868–1946
Samuel M Parks
1870–1961
Joseph Abner Parks
1872–1957
Mary Elizabeth Parks
1874–1960

Sources (13)

  • Abner Parks in household of Irena Parks, "United States Census, 1910"
  • Joseph Abner Parks, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
  • J Abner Parks, "BillionGraves Index"

Parents and Siblings

Siblings (9)

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World Events (8)

1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii

Age 3

In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.

1877 · The First Workers Strike

Age 5

The country was in great economic distress in mid-1877, which caused many workers of the Railroad to come together and began the first national strike in the United States. Crowds gathered in Chicago in extreme number to be a part of the strike which was later named the Great Railroad Strike. Shortly after the strike began, the battle was fought between the authorities and many of the strikers. The conflict escalated to violence and quickly each side turned bloody.

1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

Age 24

A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.

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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