The Park Family of Coshocton County, Ohio

PARK SAMUEL, White Eyes township; farmer; born in Ontario, February 23, 1833; son of WiUiam and Mary A. (Boyd) Park, natives of Ireland. Samuel Park came to this country and settled in White Eyes in 1854. Married in 1858, Miss Boyd, daughter of Wilham M. Boyd. They have seven children: William Melville, born November 21, 1858; Joseph Erastus, born August 4, 1860; Alexander, born October 24, 1864; Nancy L., born April 26, 1867; Margaret A., born April 1, 1870; Samuel Elza, born October 21, 1872. Joseph Erastus died January 3, 1868; James Renwic died January 8, 1868, and Samuel Elza died May 24, 1874. William Melville, the eldest, who makes his home with his parents commenced teaching in the summer of 1879, has taught most of the time since and expects to follow school teaching, for a while, at least.

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W. H. PARK.

\V. H. Park, now postmaster at Fresno, was born near Ottawa City, Canada, December 27, 1885, and is a son of William and Mary Ann (Boyd) Park, natives of County Tyrone, Irehuid, and of Scotch-Irish descent. They were reared and married on the Emerald island and it was about 1826 that they crossed the Atlantic and settled in Canada. The father, who was a farmer by occupation, died during the infancy of our subject, and in 1858 the mother brought her family to Coshocton county. Here she passed away in 1878 and wa- laid to rest in Keene township. There were four children but only two of the number are now living, the other being Samuel, a resident of White Eyes township[

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On the 19th of April, 1859, Mr. Park was united in marriage to Miss Nancy J. Ro.s.s, who was born in Holmes county, Ohio, in 1832, and was a daughter of Randall and Eliza (Boone) Ross, the mother being a relative of Daniel Boone. In the Ross family were eleven children. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Park were born five sons, namely: Wilber F. and James R., both of whom reside in this county; Samuel H., deceased; George J., who makes his home in Chicago, Illinois; and John B., a resident of Belmont county, Ohio. The mother of these children died June 6, 1898, and Mr. Park was again married December- 18, 1901, his second union being with Mrs. Margaret (Phillabaum) Cutchall, a daughter of George Phillabaum. She was born in white Eyes township in 1853 and is one of a family of ten children.

In politics Mr. Park is a republican, and for the past three years he has served as postmaster of Fresno, an office he is most creditably and satisfactorily filling. Religiously he is a member of the United Presbyterian church of Fresno, while his wife is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church.

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WILBUR F. PARK.

Wilbur F. Park, who since 1892 has been engaged in the grain and implement business in Fresno, was born in White Eyes township, Coshocton county. Ohio, February 29, 1860, a son of William H. and Nancy J. (Ross) Park. His father, who was born in Canada, December 27, 1835, came to White Eyes township in 1858, and here bought a farm which became the family home. On April 19, 1859, he wedded Nancy J. Ross, who was born in Homer county, this state, in 1832. They became the parents of five sons, namely: Wilbur F., of this review; James R., a resident of Adams township;

Samviel H., deceased; George J., who lives in Chicago, Illinois; and John B., who resides in Belmont county, this state. The father retired from farm life in 1896, and for the past three years has been serving as postmaster at Fresno. The mother was called to her eternal home, Jiuie 6. 1898.

AVilbur F. Park remained under the parental roof until of age and received a high-school education. At the age of sixteen years he began teaching, a vocation which he followed for fourteen years. He 'then engaged in farming for nine years, or until in 1892, when he moved to Fresno and went into the grain and implement business, an occupation which he has since followed. He has been quite successful in hi.? work and handles about four thousand bushels of grain annually.

In 1883 Mr. Park was united in marriage to Miss Mary E. Hamilton, daughter of John and Mary (Fair) Hamilton, who was born in White Eyes township, July 4, 1857. Both parents are deceased, the father's death occurring in 1884, and the mother's in 1885. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Park have been born five children, of whom the first-born died in infancy; Nellie, the second child, was born in 1885 and died in January of 1886; Mabel M., born in Augiist, 1886, is the wife of Porter ]McCrea, of Fresno; Fred H., born August 12, 1888, resides at homo with his parents; and the youngest child died in infancy.

In his political views Mr. Park is a republican, but he has never been an office seeker, preferring to give his undivided attention to his business interests. Fraternally, he is a member of Coshocton Lodge, No. 96, A. F. ct A. M.; also of Fresno Lodge, No. 11688, M. W. A. Religiously, both he and hi? estimable wife are faithful and consistent members of the United Presbvterian church.

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JAMES R. PARK.

James R. Park, a member of the firm of Park & Renner, owners of the planing-mill at Fresno, was born in White Eyes township, this county, on March 26, 1862, a son of W. H. Park, a sketch of whose life appears elsewhere in this volume. Our subject was reared on a farm and received a common-school education. At the age of twenty years he began to learn the carpenter's trade, and thus early became interested in the lumber product, with which he familiarized himself to the fullest detail by working in a sawmill during the winter months for fifteen successive years, following his trade of carpentering during the months of summer. In 1893 Mr. Park located in Fresno and from that time on devoted his entire attention to carpentering until in 1903, when in conjunction with Philip Renner he equipped a sawmill plant with all modern machinery and engaged in the manufacture of lumber, handling it from the log to the finished product. Their output consists of window sashes, door frames, and all kinds of mill work. Their patronage has been most liberal and the business has been a thriving one from the outset. In addition to his milling interests, Mr. Park is also a director and treasurer of the Avondale Glove Company, of which he was one of the organizers.

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