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Submitted: 5/7/23 • Approved: 5/7/23 • Last Updated: 5/10/23 • R1483807-G0-S3
CAPTAIN
Company L 2nd Kentucky Cavalry
Civil War Confederate
August 22, 1839 - February 6, 1913
*Obituary
Fayetteville Daily
Thursday, February 6, 1913
PARKS, J.D. – Mr. J.D. Parks died very suddenly at his home on N. College Avenue at 8:30 o’clock this morning. He had been afflicted for several years with chronic heart disease and suffered the second severe attack about 6 o’clock this morning from which he did not rally. He had been in his usual health up to the moment stricken and was down town yesterday. Deceased came from Missouri to Fayetteville about ten years ago. He was a man of the highest character, in every way above reproach and one of the most highly esteemed and most useful citizens. The funeral, conducted by Rev. Marion Nelson Waldrip will take place at 2 p.m. Saturday. The interment will be in Evergreen Cemetery.
*Obituary
Fayetteville Daily
Friday, February 7, 1913
Funeral Notice – The funeral service of the late J.D. Parks will take place from the residence at 2:30 tomorrow afternoon conducted by Rev. M.N. Waldrip. The honorary pall bearers are: Dr. W.B. Welch, C.W. Walker, J.R. Harris, D.F. McMillan, E.B. Harrison, H.A. Dinsmore, G.W. Droke and J.J. Baggett. Active: K.C. Key, J.J. Knoch, Bruce Holcomb, H. Sour, Dr. Otey Miller and F.T. Wright. The interment will be in Evergreen Cemetery.
*Obituary
Fayetteville Daily
Monday, February 17, 1913
In Memoriam – Capt. John Dryden Parks, 1839-1913, was born in Warren County, Kentucky, August 22nd, 1839. At the outbreak of the Civil War, he enlisted in Company L, Second Kentucky Cavalry. This was in Morgan’s old Brigade, commanded by Basil Duke. Young Parks was promoted from sergeant to first Lieutenant and was in command of his company during the last year of the war. He was captured in the Bend of the Ohio River at the conclusion of the Ohio Raid; he was carried to Columbus and placed as a prisoner of war in the State Penitentiary in the next cell to General Morgan. He had a chance to escape through the tunnel dug under the walls, but he and other officers thought it best that Morgan escape, which he did and they languished long in their cells. He refused to sign the oath thinking they were deceiving him when they told him that the war was at an end; remaining in prison two months after the cessation of hostilities. He was paroled at Ft. Delaware in June 1865. After the war he went to Holden, Missouri. He went into the sheep raising business, having a ranch in Kansas. Later he engaged in banking. He was married to Miss Vinis B. Houck at Holden, Missouri in November 1889. Of this union were born three children; John Dryden, Jr., Julia Margaret and Louise. He left Missouri in 1901, going with his family to Shreveport, Louisiana. He stayed there only one year, then coming to Fayetteville and engaging in various lines of business. He united with the Central Methodist Church under the ministry of Rev. F.C. Fletcher, April 1st, 1906. He was elected Steward that year and served in that capacity until he went away to another world February 1913. Captain Parks was a brave soldier, a loving husband; a gentle father; a loyal Christian; an honest business man and an upright citizen. The weight of years brought on bitterness to him. He was a living example of Browning’s Prophecy, “Grow old along with me, The best is yet to be, ( unreadable ) –He was gentle and the elements were so mixed that all the world might say, He was a man.” –Marion Nelson Waldrip
*Obituary (Article)
Fayetteville Democrat
Thursday, January 10, 1907
J.D. Parks to be awarded the Southern Cross of Honor on January 19, 1907 by the Mildred Lee Chapter No. 98 of the U.D.C.
*Obituary (Pension)
State of Arkansas Confederate Pension Archives
Mrs. Venie B. Parks, widow of J.D. Parks, who died February 6, 1913 filed Widow Application #26358 with the Confederate Pension Board of Washington County for a Confederate widow pension and it was received as allowed in 1923 at the State, citing her husband’s service with the 2nd Kentucky Cavalry from enlistment thru 1865.
Contributed on 5/7/23 by judyfrog
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