Brief Life History of Thompson
When Thompson Parke was born on 23 December 1838, in Jackson, Missouri, United States, his father, Thomas Harris Parke, was 35 and his mother, Huldah Jane Curtis, was 33. He married Julia Sessions on 31 December 1863, in Bountiful, Davis, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Elba, Cassia, Idaho, United States in 1880 and Tikura, Blaine, Idaho, United States in 1900. He died on 29 November 1909, in Hailey, Blaine, Idaho, United States, at the age of 70, and was buried in Carey Cemetery, Blaine, Idaho, United States.
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- Thompson Park, "United States Census, 1900"
- Thomason Parke, "BillionGraves Index"
- Thompson Parke in entry for Mr Perregreen Sessions and Mrs Perregreen Sessions, "United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011"
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1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1850
Named after the early pioneer leader Daniel C. Davis the County was established as a territory in 1850.The territorial legislature created Davis County in 1852 and designated its County seat at Farmington-midway between boundaries-the Weber River on the north and the mouth of the Jordan River on the south. Westward the County includes a portion of the Great Salt Lake-its largest island on which Antelope Island State Park is now located.During first half-century Davis County grew slowly.It supported a hardy pioneer people engaged in irrigation agriculture and raising livestock.The Utah Central Railroad(now the Union Pacific crossed the County from Ogden on the north to Salt Lake City on the south in 1870 and offered welcome transportation links to bring manufactured products.This was the beginning of a transition in the County's history that led to mechanized agriculture, a surge of commerce, banking, and local business along with improved roads, new water systems, and the electrification of homes and business
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Park . This form of the surname is common in Ireland.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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