John and Rachel (Johnson) Parks Homeplace

John and Rachel (Johnson) Parks Homeplace
This house is part of the original home of John and Rachel Parks. The farm was willed to Andrew Baker Parks. The story goes that Andrew's second wife, Elizabeth Gibson Barnett Parks, thought the house was too small. There were two other log buildings on the property. They were moved and attached to the home. It was later covered with clapboard.

When Elizabeth died the farm was left to the three children of Andrew and Elizabeth. Josephus and Ophelia lived there. Saphronia lived with Josephus and helped raise his children. The home was left to Josephus's children. Walter Parks, my husband's great-grandfather, lived there his entire life. He and Blanche Vaden Parks raised three children - Fred, J.B., and Elizabeth. Elizabeth died at the age of 12 from a heart condition. Fred died one month before his father. The farm was sold after Walter's death in 1955. It is still owned by the same people that bought the farm in 1955 and they have never sold any of the property.

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