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Charles Alonzo Parks
1867 - 1944 (76 years)-
Name Charles Alonzo Parks Birth 9 Sep 1867 White Sulphur Springs, Sullivan County, New York 
Gender Male Death 4 Jun 1944 Liberty, Sullivan County, New York Burial Liberty Cemetery, Liberty, Sullivan County, New York Notes - Dahlia, June 6. -- Charles A. Parks passed away in the early hours of Sunday, June 4, at his home here following several months of failing health.
Mr. Parks was born September 9, 1878, on the farm where he had spent the most of his life. He is the last member of the large family of Jesse and Lucy Benton Parks, pioneers of this town.
In the fall of 1889 he married Miss Nettie Hunt, who survives with nine of the ten children born to them. Their eldest daughter, Jessie, wife of Ralph Bryan of Youngsville, died January 7, 1941. Surviving are Leland of this place, George of Liberty, Earl of White Sulphur Springs; Ethel, wife of Ed Wilbur, and Ora of North Midway; Blanche, Bruce, Dorothy and William, at home. There are twenty-four grandchildren, five of whom are in the war service and all but one overseas; there are also several great-grandchildren.
The funeral service of Mr. Parks will be held from the Ramsay funeral home, Liberty, Wednesday afternoon, with Rev. John R. Lennon of Warwick, former pastor of the White Sulphur Springs Methodist church, officiating. Interment in the Liberty cemetery.
(Sullivan County Record, Jeffersonville, NY, 8 June 1944 p. 5)
Person ID I44572 OurNorthernRoots Last Modified 25 Jan 2026
Father Jesse D. Parks, b. 28 May 1820, Parksville, Sullivan County, New York d. 2 Jun 1894, Egypt, Liberty, Sullivan County, New York (Age 74 years) Mother Lucy C. Benton, b. 26 Feb 1825, Liberty, Sullivan County, New York d. 19 Nov 1893, Liberty, Sullivan County, New York (Age 68 years) Family ID F16144 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Henrietta Hunt, b. 23 Jan 1869, Liberty, Sullivan County, New York d. Aug 1944, Liberty, Sullivan County, New York (Age 75 years) Marriage 1889 Family ID F20110 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 25 Jan 2026
- Dahlia, June 6. -- Charles A. Parks passed away in the early hours of Sunday, June 4, at his home here following several months of failing health.
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Birth - 9 Sep 1867 - White Sulphur Springs, Sullivan County, New York 
Death - 4 Jun 1944 - Liberty, Sullivan County, New York 
Burial - - Liberty Cemetery, Liberty, Sullivan County, New York = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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