Parks family.
Biographical notes:
Vestus Haley Parks (1805-1889) was born in Blandford, Mass., and adopted in 1827 by Henry Parks (1769?- ) of Russell, Mass. In 1831 he married Hannah Sophia Gowdy (1811-1862) and settled in Russell as a farmer and lumberman. Prior to his marriage, Parks engaged in occasional itinerant peddling and worked in a gunpowder mill in Russell.
From the description of Papers, 1823-1830. (American Antiquarian Society). WorldCat record id: 214092288
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Subjects:
- Courtship
- Gunpowder
- Mills and mill-work
- Peddlers and peddling
Occupations:
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Places:
- Northampton (Mass.) (as recorded)
- Massachusetts (as recorded)
- Westfield (Mass.) (as recorded)
- Ohio (as recorded)
- Norwich (Mass.) (as recorded)
