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was called, ami that compliment can be paid in full measure to the late Granville Philip Parks, of \'irginia. He was rigidly honest in his dealings with the business world, and in fact in all his relations with life, and through his geniality and sociabil- ity he acquired numerous friends. All his actions were influenced by kindly considera- tion for others. He was a man who was ever striving upward, never satisfied with the smaller things of life, but always com- bining his talents and perseverance to help him reach a higher goal. His family was one of the old ones in this country. There was a Parke or Parks among the early set- tlers of Tazewell county, Virginia, and from him all of those bearing the name at the present time are descended. In association with a friend named Burke, he settled at what is now Burke's Garden, which was named in honor of this friend. Tradition has it that they bartered their land for a few horses, and were subsequently slain by the Indians.

Alartin Parks, a descendant of this early settler, was born November 16, 1768, and died Alarch 16, 1840. He was the proprietor of a plantation and a number of slaves in Amherst county, Virginia, and his entire life was spent on this landed estate. Mr. Parks married, October 27, 1801, Nancy O. Goode, of Charlotte, North Carolina, who was born August 17, 1781, and died Febru- ary 21, 1855. They became the parents of children as follows: i. William Henry, born October 27, 1802; married and moved to Texas; died in March, 1862. 2. Samuel Goode, born March 14, 1804, died January 19, 1872; married Amanda Burks and had three children. 3. Mary Collier, born July 4, 1805, died unmarried, November 26, 1883. 4. Elizabeth Gaines, born May 10, 1807. 5. Waldin Burwell, born March 21, 1809; mar- ried and moved to Texas. 6. John Martin, born March 19, 1812, died in March, 1862; married and moved to Texas. 7. Sarah Ann Susanna, born April 24, 1814, died May 27, 1859; married Whiting Davis and had three sons and four daughters. 8. Lucy Amanda, born January 9, 1816; married Richard Jones and had three sons : Richard, John and Thomas. 9. Milton M., born April 17, 1818. ID. Gaines Winslow, born May 7,

1820. II. Caroline T., born December 27,

1821, never married. 12. Nancy Margaret, born June 7, 1824. died young.' 13. Gran- ville Philip, of further mention.

Granville Philip Parks was born on the Parks homestead, in Amherst county, Vir- ginia, August 8, 1829, and died there, Janu- ary 19, 1872, in the prime of life. As the management of all the property was en- trusted to him by his mother after the death of his father, he found it advisable to remove to the home plantation with his family, so as to be able to make personal supervision whenever necessary. A large portion of his time was devoted to the cultivation of tobacco, in which enterprise he was very successful. In addition to this he became greatly interested in railroad contract work, and was extensively identified with this for some years prior to his death. Upon the outbreak of the civil war Air. Parks enlisted in the Confederate army, and was an active participant in many of the most important battles of this momentous struggle. He married, in December, 1850, Laura Fulton Ogden, and they had children: i. Lucy Armstead, born April 8, 1853 ; married, De- cember I, 1870, W. J. Cooper, deceased. 2. Nannie Goode, born in June, 1856; married, in 1882, Henry B. Jennings, and had: An- drew, Laura, Henry B., Parks, Nannie, Frank, Lottie, Ethel and Strube. 3. Frank Oscar, born January 9, 1858; married Cleopatra Douglas, and had : Robert, Laura, Jessie and Frank O. 4. Granville Beaure- gard, born May 7, 1861 ; married Lizzie Burks. 5. Mary Frances, born in 1863. 6. William J., born September 2, 1866, now de- ceased. 7. Georgie A., born October 25, 1870 ; married Edward Carrington Beasley and had : Bessie Bane, who married D. Stewart Carter, of Roanoke, Virginia ; Henry Carrington and Mary Fulton. The line of descent of Mrs. Parks is as follows:

John Ogden was a wealthy farmer, who owned a large amount of land. He married

Coppage, and they had children :

Walter, James, William, Lunsford, Arm- stead Haden, of further mention; Sarah, Louise, Harriet, Lizzie.

Rev. Armstead Haden Ogden, son of John and (Coppage) Ogden, was a Bap- tist preacher of considerable note. He lived on a fine farm in Amherst county, and culti- vated this throughout the active years of his life, his death occurring at about the age of eighty years. He married Martha A. \\ hite, who survived her husband a num- ber of years. They had children : William, who died young; John, James and Paul, also died young; Silas, twin brother of Paul,