When Elizabeth Parke was born in 1835, in Jackson, Missouri, United States, her father, Thomas Harris Parke, was 32 and her mother, Huldah Jane Curtis, was 30. She had at least 5 sons and 4 daughters with Harvey Lytle Perkins. She lived in Davis, Utah, United States in 1850. She died on 19 November 1913, in Otto, Fremont, Wyoming, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Otto, Fremont, Wyoming, United States.
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Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
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
Historical Boundaries: 1861: Washoe, Nevada, United States
English: variant of Park . This form of the surname is common in Ireland.
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