Special thanks to Harley Hoover for photographing George Parks' headstone and to Bud Hopkins for sponsoring my great great great grandfather's memorial.
George Washington Parks was born on October 2, 1793 in Sharon, Windsor County, Vermont. At the present time, the names of his parents aren't known. Little is known about his childhood, but George was to know great responsibility at a young age, by serving our country while the United States was still in its infancy. George Parks served in the Army in the state of Maine as a Private in Captain Treats Company in the 21st Regiment of United States Infantry during the War of 1812. His service did come at a price. George Parks injured his right knee in the line of duty while attempting to unload barrels of pork. According to his pension file, "George W. Parks was lifting a barrel of port to unload it, his foot slipped and the barrel of pork fell with a crushing weight upon his knee in such a manner as to wrench and bruise it in a terrible manner and as he was exposed to the cold that night following the injury he took cold in his knee and it became so swollen and inflamed that matter gathered around the joint and it became necessary for him to have his knee lanced. Said injury was aggravated by the fact that at the time it occurred the said Parks was in the incipient stages of measles and his blood and body as a consequence was in such a diseased condition that such an injury to the knee as above described was greatly augmented thereby."
This injury did cause George Parks to become disabled. He was discharged from the Army on March 20, 1815.
Just before he was discharged from the Army, George Parks married Rebecca Morton on Feb 13, 1815 in Northport, Maine. The made their home in Unity, a small town in Kennebec County. To their union was born a set of twins the next year, aptly named George and Rebecca. It is believed that they had thirteen children in all. Sometime about 1825, George, Rebecca and their family left Maine and traveled to Ohio. Their destination seems to fall along the Zane's Trace Pioneer migration route. The Parks' made their home in Licking County, Ohio near Newark. It is believed that many of Rebecca's relatives migrated to the Muskingum-Licking county area earlier around the 1818-1819 time frame.
They had several more kids while they were in Licking County. George W. Parks died on October 18, 1847 in Norton, Licking County, Ohio at the home of his daughter, Matilda (Parks) Worline. According to a statement made by Rebecca in George's pension file, "she is confident that the death of her said husband George W. Parks was caused by inflammation which originated in his said knee in consequence of said injury & disease, because his last sickness was a violent inflammation of his right leg, proceeding from his knee up along his thigh and hip and along and into his body." He was buried in Waldo Cemetery, in Marion County, Ohio.
George Washington Parks was born on October 2, 1793 in Sharon, Windsor County, Vermont. At the present time, the names of his parents aren't known. Little is known about his childhood, but George was to know great responsibility at a young age, by serving our country while the United States was still in its infancy. George Parks served in the Army in the state of Maine as a Private in Captain Treats Company in the 21st Regiment of United States Infantry during the War of 1812. His service did come at a price. George Parks injured his right knee in the line of duty while attempting to unload barrels of pork. According to his pension file, "George W. Parks was lifting a barrel of port to unload it, his foot slipped and the barrel of pork fell with a crushing weight upon his knee in such a manner as to wrench and bruise it in a terrible manner and as he was exposed to the cold that night following the injury he took cold in his knee and it became so swollen and inflamed that matter gathered around the joint and it became necessary for him to have his knee lanced. Said injury was aggravated by the fact that at the time it occurred the said Parks was in the incipient stages of measles and his blood and body as a consequence was in such a diseased condition that such an injury to the knee as above described was greatly augmented thereby."
This injury did cause George Parks to become disabled. He was discharged from the Army on March 20, 1815.
Just before he was discharged from the Army, George Parks married Rebecca Morton on Feb 13, 1815 in Northport, Maine. The made their home in Unity, a small town in Kennebec County. To their union was born a set of twins the next year, aptly named George and Rebecca. It is believed that they had thirteen children in all. Sometime about 1825, George, Rebecca and their family left Maine and traveled to Ohio. Their destination seems to fall along the Zane's Trace Pioneer migration route. The Parks' made their home in Licking County, Ohio near Newark. It is believed that many of Rebecca's relatives migrated to the Muskingum-Licking county area earlier around the 1818-1819 time frame.
They had several more kids while they were in Licking County. George W. Parks died on October 18, 1847 in Norton, Licking County, Ohio at the home of his daughter, Matilda (Parks) Worline. According to a statement made by Rebecca in George's pension file, "she is confident that the death of her said husband George W. Parks was caused by inflammation which originated in his said knee in consequence of said injury & disease, because his last sickness was a violent inflammation of his right leg, proceeding from his knee up along his thigh and hip and along and into his body." He was buried in Waldo Cemetery, in Marion County, Ohio.
Special thanks to Harley Hoover for photographing George Parks' headstone and to Bud Hopkins for sponsoring my great great great grandfather's memorial.
George Washington Parks was born on October 2, 1793 in Sharon, Windsor County, Vermont. At the present time, the names of his parents aren't known. Little is known about his childhood, but George was to know great responsibility at a young age, by serving our country while the United States was still in its infancy. George Parks served in the Army in the state of Maine as a Private in Captain Treats Company in the 21st Regiment of United States Infantry during the War of 1812. His service did come at a price. George Parks injured his right knee in the line of duty while attempting to unload barrels of pork. According to his pension file, "George W. Parks was lifting a barrel of port to unload it, his foot slipped and the barrel of pork fell with a crushing weight upon his knee in such a manner as to wrench and bruise it in a terrible manner and as he was exposed to the cold that night following the injury he took cold in his knee and it became so swollen and inflamed that matter gathered around the joint and it became necessary for him to have his knee lanced. Said injury was aggravated by the fact that at the time it occurred the said Parks was in the incipient stages of measles and his blood and body as a consequence was in such a diseased condition that such an injury to the knee as above described was greatly augmented thereby."
This injury did cause George Parks to become disabled. He was discharged from the Army on March 20, 1815.
Just before he was discharged from the Army, George Parks married Rebecca Morton on Feb 13, 1815 in Northport, Maine. The made their home in Unity, a small town in Kennebec County. To their union was born a set of twins the next year, aptly named George and Rebecca. It is believed that they had thirteen children in all. Sometime about 1825, George, Rebecca and their family left Maine and traveled to Ohio. Their destination seems to fall along the Zane's Trace Pioneer migration route. The Parks' made their home in Licking County, Ohio near Newark. It is believed that many of Rebecca's relatives migrated to the Muskingum-Licking county area earlier around the 1818-1819 time frame.
They had several more kids while they were in Licking County. George W. Parks died on October 18, 1847 in Norton, Licking County, Ohio at the home of his daughter, Matilda (Parks) Worline. According to a statement made by Rebecca in George's pension file, "she is confident that the death of her said husband George W. Parks was caused by inflammation which originated in his said knee in consequence of said injury & disease, because his last sickness was a violent inflammation of his right leg, proceeding from his knee up along his thigh and hip and along and into his body." He was buried in Waldo Cemetery, in Marion County, Ohio.
George Washington Parks was born on October 2, 1793 in Sharon, Windsor County, Vermont. At the present time, the names of his parents aren't known. Little is known about his childhood, but George was to know great responsibility at a young age, by serving our country while the United States was still in its infancy. George Parks served in the Army in the state of Maine as a Private in Captain Treats Company in the 21st Regiment of United States Infantry during the War of 1812. His service did come at a price. George Parks injured his right knee in the line of duty while attempting to unload barrels of pork. According to his pension file, "George W. Parks was lifting a barrel of port to unload it, his foot slipped and the barrel of pork fell with a crushing weight upon his knee in such a manner as to wrench and bruise it in a terrible manner and as he was exposed to the cold that night following the injury he took cold in his knee and it became so swollen and inflamed that matter gathered around the joint and it became necessary for him to have his knee lanced. Said injury was aggravated by the fact that at the time it occurred the said Parks was in the incipient stages of measles and his blood and body as a consequence was in such a diseased condition that such an injury to the knee as above described was greatly augmented thereby."
This injury did cause George Parks to become disabled. He was discharged from the Army on March 20, 1815.
Just before he was discharged from the Army, George Parks married Rebecca Morton on Feb 13, 1815 in Northport, Maine. The made their home in Unity, a small town in Kennebec County. To their union was born a set of twins the next year, aptly named George and Rebecca. It is believed that they had thirteen children in all. Sometime about 1825, George, Rebecca and their family left Maine and traveled to Ohio. Their destination seems to fall along the Zane's Trace Pioneer migration route. The Parks' made their home in Licking County, Ohio near Newark. It is believed that many of Rebecca's relatives migrated to the Muskingum-Licking county area earlier around the 1818-1819 time frame.
They had several more kids while they were in Licking County. George W. Parks died on October 18, 1847 in Norton, Licking County, Ohio at the home of his daughter, Matilda (Parks) Worline. According to a statement made by Rebecca in George's pension file, "she is confident that the death of her said husband George W. Parks was caused by inflammation which originated in his said knee in consequence of said injury & disease, because his last sickness was a violent inflammation of his right leg, proceeding from his knee up along his thigh and hip and along and into his body." He was buried in Waldo Cemetery, in Marion County, Ohio.
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