VIRGINIA BIOGRAPHY
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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,
