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Descendants of Solomon Parks

Below are the descendants of Solomon Parks, pioneer, who left home at the age of 13 from North Carolina and traveled on horseback from place to place until he ended up in Austin in 1846. He panned for gold in California and returned to Goliad, Texas where he amassed a fortune and accumulated 14,000 acres at his death in 1914.ACCORDING TO HIS ATTORNEY SOLOMON PARKS WAS ' GENEROUS, A GOOD NEIGHBOR AND EASY TO GET ALONG WITH, PROVIDED THE OTHER FELLOW HAD HIS RESPECT AND CONFIDENCE, SOUGHT TO BE TAKEN, HE WAS A GOOD AND LASTING ENEMY.'HIS TOMBSTONE READS: HE RODE ON HORSEBACK FROM THE ATLANTIC TO THE PACIFIC. HE CAME TO GOLIAD IN 1851. NO ONE IN NEED EVER APPEALED TO HIM WITHOUT RECEIVING ASSISTANCE.

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Lorna Vera Parks Branecky

24 Feb 1928 – 12 Mar 2013

Seguin, Guadalupe County, Texas, USA

Louise Huggins Donoghue

24 Nov 1908 – 31 Mar 2003

Goliad, Goliad County, Texas, USA

Martha Jean Parks Goodman

9 Jul 1933 – 4 Jun 2008

Hitchcock, Galveston County, Texas, USA

Ida Laura Parks Huggins

18 Dec 1879 – 22 Jan 1961

Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA

Plot info: Mausoleum

Cyrus Brohier Parks Sr.

6 Nov 1875 – 18 Dec 1959

Goliad, Goliad County, Texas, USA

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Helen Altman Parks

26 Oct 1904 – 2 Dec 1996

Goliad, Goliad County, Texas, USA

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Louise Lucas Parks

4 Jul 1851 – 11 Mar 1944

Goliad, Goliad County, Texas, USA

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Pryor Dore' Parks

5 Oct 1925 – 18 Jan 2010

Hitchcock, Galveston County, Texas, USA

Sol Minchen Parks

14 Mar 1905 – 4 Sep 1977

Goliad, Goliad County, Texas, USA

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Solomon Parks

20 Sep 1831 – 7 Nov 1914

Goliad, Goliad County, Texas, USA

Plot info: C-i-1

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