William Parks

Family/Spouse: Hannah Hall. Hannah was born on 27 Nov 1769 in Litchfield, Litchfield County, Connecticut; died on 4 May 1847 in Sullivan County, New York; was buried in Parksville Methodist Church Cemetery, Parksville, Sullivan County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Sally Calkins. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Cynthia married Julius Benton about 1825. Julius (son of Captain Ichabod Benton and Esther) was born in ca 1805 in Liberty, Sullivan County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/105970110/jesse_d-parks

Family/Spouse: Lucy C. Benton. Lucy (daughter of Charles Benton and Rebecca Lewis) was born on 26 Feb 1825 in Liberty, Sullivan County, New York; died on 19 Nov 1893 in Liberty, Sullivan County, New York; was buried in Old Liberty Cemetery, Liberty, Sullivan County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Noyes W. Benton. Noyes (son of Captain Ichabod Benton and Esther) was born in ca 1812 in Liberty, Sullivan County, New York; died before 1880. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Garrett Abel Dewitt. Garrett was born on 3 Sep 1820 in Greene County, New York; died on 2 Mar 1897 in Livingston Manor, Sullivan County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Noyes married Effie Elisa Willey on 25 Sep 1858 (First Presyterian Church) in Liberty, Sullivan County, New York. Effie (daughter of Seth Willey and Clarissa Bowers) was born in ca 1836 in Sullivan County, New York; died on 5 Jun 1899 in Liberty, Sullivan County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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1860 Liberty, NY with her sister, Eunice Dewitt's family
1870 Paradise, Grand Traverse Co., Michigan
1900 living with the Elijah Parks family in Liberty,NY

Elias Benton of White Sulphur Springs was buried at Parksville Tuesday by Undertaker Brand. Benton, whose age was 70, was an old woodsman and hunter of the Egypt section, and was the man who about two years ago, while out hunting, mistook a boy’s gray cap for a woodchuck and sent a bullet through the hain of a son of Alfred Bryon, who was sitting on the opposite side of a rock, with nothing visible to Benton but the cap.
(Sullivan County Record, Thursday, July 19, 1906)

Elias married Catherine M. Cherry on 12 Feb 1867 in Hardin County, Ohio. Catherine was born in 1843 in New York; died on 29 Jun 1894 in Grand Traverse County, Michigan; was buried in Fife Lake Cemetery, Fife Lake, Grand Traverse County, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, By the Grace of God Free and Independent: To Ora Manny, niece, Liberty, New York; Frank Stickle, nephew, 60 St. John Ave., Binghamton, N. Y.; Clara Belle Sweet, niece, 45 Tremont Ave., Binghamton, N. Y.; G. Wesley Stickle, nephew, 704 Ariel Building, Erie, Pa.; Eunice Stickle, niece, 45 Tremont Ave., Binghamton, N. Y.; Alvin Stickle. 64 Hoyt St., Buffalo, N. Y., nephew; Fred LeRoy DeWitt, nephew, Richwood, West Virginia, heirs at law and next of kin of David H. Benton, deceased, and to all other persons interesten in said estate send Greeting:
Whereas, Ida Larcom. of the Town of Neversink, in the County of Sullivan, New York, has by a duly verified petition lately applied to our Surrogate's Court of the County of Sullivan to have a certain instrument in writing relating to both real and personal estate duly proved and admitted to probate as the last will and testament of David H. Berfton. late of the Town of Neversink, in the County of Sullivan, New York; Therefore, you and each of you ar e hereby cited to show cause, if any you have, at a Surrogate's Court to be held in and for the County of Sullivan at tho court house in Monticello, N. Y., on the 31st day
of January, 1921, at two o'clock in the afternoon of that day, why said instrument in writing should not be proved and admitted to probate as the last will and testament of the said David H. Benton, deceased, and letter testamentary issued to the executrix therein named.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, we have caused the seal of office of our said Surrogate of the County of Sullivan to be hereunto affixed.
Witness, George H. Smith, Surrogate of our said County of Sullivan, this 27th day of December, in the year (L.S.) one thousand nine hundred and twenty.
WM. H. HOLMES, Clerk of the Surrogate's Court. GEO. L. COOKE, Atty for Petitioner, Monticello, N. Y.
(Republican Watchman, Monticello, NY, Friday, December 31, 1920)

David married Phebe B. Hall in 1871. Phebe (daughter of Peter G. Hall and Elizabeth Denman) was born in Apr 1842 in Sullivan County, New York; died on 3 Jul 1919 in Neversink, Sullivan County, New York; was buried in Claryville Reformed Church Cemetery, Claryville, Sullivan County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/59366912/abiel_bradley-parks

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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/115804352/sarah_r-barnhart

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Elijah Parks died Thursday night at his home near this village, aged 70 years. He was stricken with paralysis Saturday of last week, and weakened by age and a precious stroke, succumbed.
He was the 3rd child of Jesse and Lucy Parks and was born on the farm where he died on April 20 1849. He is survived by a brother, Charles, who lived on the farm with him, and a sister, Mrs Martha Pease of White Sulphur Springs. He was justice of the peace for 18 consecutive years. Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon in the M E Church with interment at Liberty. The Rev Robert C Reynolds preached the funeral sermon.

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/127406971/elijah-parks

Family/Spouse: Lucy M.. Lucy was born in ca 1823; died on 19 Nov 1893 in White Sulphur Springs, Sullivan County, New York; was buried in Liberty Cemetery, Liberty, Sullivan County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/54960435/emma-lindsley

Family/Spouse: Joseph P. Lindsley. Joseph (son of Cyrus Gildersleeve Lindsley and Dorothy Dolly Grant) was born in 1847; died on 5 Nov 1918 in Liberty, Sullivan County, New York; was buried in Liberty Cemetery, Liberty, Sullivan County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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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)

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/79286188/charles_a-parks

Charles married Henrietta Hunt in 1889. Henrietta was born on 23 Jan 1869 in Liberty, Sullivan County, New York; died in Aug 1944 in Liberty, Sullivan County, New York; was buried in Old Liberty Cemetery, Liberty, Sullivan County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Wakeman married Mary J. Wood in ca 1880 in Sullivan County, New York. Mary was born in 1861 in New York; died on 28 Oct 1937 in Liberty, Sullivan County, New York; was buried in Old Liberty Cemetery, Liberty, Sullivan County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Jesse married Mary E. Coventry in ca 1879 in Sullivan County, New York. Mary (daughter of Effie) was born on 14 Dec 1859 in New York; died on 4 Apr 1950. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Phebe married William R. Stickle, Jr. in 1881. William (son of William Stickle and Martha Willey) was born in Oct 1854 in Liberty, Sullivan County, New York; died before 1910 in Neversink, Sullivan County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Military Service: 4 Jan 1864; American Civil War (North) 2nd Mounted Vols, of NY, Co.D Discharged 9 Aug 1865 at Louisville, KY

John married Elizabeth H. Davis on 9 Nov 1871 in Liberty, Sullivan County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Cynthia married Gideon Bruce Robertson on 1 Jan 1868. Gideon was born on 5 May 1842 in Sullivan County, New York; died on 30 Jun 1929 in Santa Clara County, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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After her mother died in 1861, she apparently lived with her Aunt and Uncle, Elias and Susan Dewitt, (1870 census). However, she is named in her mother's Uncle David Benton's estate, as are her Stickle children.

Ida married George M. Stickle in 1876. George (son of William Stickle and Martha Willey) was born in 1848; died on 19 Feb 1914 in Liberty, Sullivan County, New York; was buried in Liberty Cemetery, Liberty, Sullivan County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Floyd married Amy Hunt on 23 Mar 1892 in White Sulphur Springs, Sullivan County, New York. Amy was born in Jan 1873 in New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Edna F. Edwards. Edna was born in 1906; died in 1982; was buried in Old Liberty Cemetery, Liberty, Sullivan County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Jeffersonville, NY May 31 1934 page 5: "White Sulphur Springs May 28 - Peter Benton, aged 30 died of tuberculosis at the home of his sister, Mrs Edwin Dewitt of this place on May 24, after a month's illness. The funeral and burial took place here today, Revs Weaver and Edwards officiating. Mr Benton was born at Dahlia, a son of Wakeman F Benton and Mary Wood.
HE was married to Violte LaForge of Orange County, NY but they separated. He had worked in Middletown at various times, and lately lived at home. Leaves besides his wife and two sons and his parents are the following sisters and brothers - Margaret of Middletown, Vivian of Virginia, James at home, Blake of Liberty and Mrs Dewitt."

Family/Spouse: Evadine Edwards. Evadine was born on 22 Sep 1899. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Margorie Osterhoudt. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: William Goerke. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Andrew Willi. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Charles Bauer. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Frieda Belle Worden. Frieda was born on 1 Aug 1898 in Liberty, Sullivan County, New York; died on 9 Jan 1996 in Fairfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut; was buried in Old Liberty Cemetery, Liberty, Sullivan County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Frank Stickle, a Binghamton tailor who was "second father" for dozens of Triple Cities brides and taught thousands of area women how to sew, died yesterday in Lourdes Hospital. Mr. Stickle 80, died at 3:45 p. m. after a long illness. His
home was at 60 St. John Avenue. A Binghamton resident for the last 43 years, Mr. Stickle made wedding gowns and veils for many area brides. Survivors include Harry E. Stickle of Port Dickinson, and Leland K. Stickle of Whitney Point; one daughter Mrs. Kathryn Shoemaker of Binghamton; two brothers, Alfin Stickle of Liberty and Wesley Stickle of St Augustine, Fla.; three sisters, Mrs. Clara Sweet of Binghamton and Mrs. Ora Many of Bradenton, Fla., and
Mrs. Eunice Hill of Atlanta, Ga.; six grandchildren and six great grandchildren. Mon., Jan. 7, 1963 PRESS, Binghamton, N. Y

Family/Spouse: William Horton Many. William was born on 23 Aug 1884 in Sundown, Ulster County, New York; died on 26 Dec 1971 in Bradenton, Manatee County, Florida; was buried in Liberty Cemetery, Liberty, Sullivan County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Henry Selby Hill. Henry was born on 25 Jan 1896 in New Bern, Craven County, North Carolina; died on 26 Oct 1986 in Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia; was buried in Crest Lawn Cemetery, Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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3 HIT BY TRAIN, I KILLED
Eugene Willi of White Sulphur Springs a Victim of the Cars at Livingston Manor Yesterday — Earl Hunt Badly Hurt.
The young men of near White Sulphur Springs—Eugene Willi, aged about 20, who lived with his grandfather, Noise Benton; Earl Hunt, aged about 35, son of Port Hunt, and Edward Welton, aged about 30, and married—were out looking for work yesterday, and while walking the Ontario and Western tracks between Livingston Manor and Hazel about 11:30 a.m., they stepped out of the way of a south bound train and were struck by a north bound train. Willi was killed. Hunt was badly injured and was taken to Thrall Hospital, Middletown. Welton escaped injury. Willi’s body was removed to undertaking rooms at Liberty.
(Sullivan County Record, Jeffersonville, NY, February 27, 1913)