Mother is Elizabeth (Long) Parks.
Served as 1st Lieutenant with Co. G of the 147th PA Infantry during the Civil War.
From the "History of the Susquehanna and Juniata Valley".
"B. T. Parks was born at New Berlin, Union Co. December 17, 1842. In 1850, in company with his parents, he came to Selin's Grove, PA. Mr. Parks has devoted considerable time to teaching, having taught in the public schools of Middleburg, Salem and Selin's Grove. (In 1862, when he was 20 years old) During the Rebellion he enlisted in Co. B, Sixth PA Reserves and then was discharged. He then re-enlisted in Co. G, 147th Regiment PA Volunteers. During his military career Lt. Parks made some very narrow escapes with his life, at one time being shot through the head." This event occurred on July 25, 1865 at Kennesaw MT. During the cannoning Lt. Parks got up on the breast-works to watch the effects of the shells on his lines. A Rebel sharpshooter shot him under his right eye and it traveled diagonally and exited out at the base of his left ear. Four boys picked him up and carried him behind the works and sent for a surgeon. He recovered consciousness before the surgeon arrived, and the first thing he said was, "who threw that stone?" It destroyed the optic nerve and destroyed his sense of hearing on the left side. No one thought he'd recover but on Feb of 1866 again reported for duty just as his company was starting a campaign through the Carolina's (from Joseph Lumbard's Civil War Diary). At September term, 1866, he was admitted to practice in the courts of Snyder Co., having previously read law under the instruction of Charles Hower, Esq. Benjamin married Mary Ann Eckelman in 1867. They had 8 children: Frances 1867, Mary L. 1869, Theodore "Theed" 1871, Miriam 1876, Eugene 1878, Mildred 1880, Florence 1882, and Chester 1884. In 1882 they moved to Nebraska.
Served as 1st Lieutenant with Co. G of the 147th PA Infantry during the Civil War.
From the "History of the Susquehanna and Juniata Valley".
"B. T. Parks was born at New Berlin, Union Co. December 17, 1842. In 1850, in company with his parents, he came to Selin's Grove, PA. Mr. Parks has devoted considerable time to teaching, having taught in the public schools of Middleburg, Salem and Selin's Grove. (In 1862, when he was 20 years old) During the Rebellion he enlisted in Co. B, Sixth PA Reserves and then was discharged. He then re-enlisted in Co. G, 147th Regiment PA Volunteers. During his military career Lt. Parks made some very narrow escapes with his life, at one time being shot through the head." This event occurred on July 25, 1865 at Kennesaw MT. During the cannoning Lt. Parks got up on the breast-works to watch the effects of the shells on his lines. A Rebel sharpshooter shot him under his right eye and it traveled diagonally and exited out at the base of his left ear. Four boys picked him up and carried him behind the works and sent for a surgeon. He recovered consciousness before the surgeon arrived, and the first thing he said was, "who threw that stone?" It destroyed the optic nerve and destroyed his sense of hearing on the left side. No one thought he'd recover but on Feb of 1866 again reported for duty just as his company was starting a campaign through the Carolina's (from Joseph Lumbard's Civil War Diary). At September term, 1866, he was admitted to practice in the courts of Snyder Co., having previously read law under the instruction of Charles Hower, Esq. Benjamin married Mary Ann Eckelman in 1867. They had 8 children: Frances 1867, Mary L. 1869, Theodore "Theed" 1871, Miriam 1876, Eugene 1878, Mildred 1880, Florence 1882, and Chester 1884. In 1882 they moved to Nebraska.
Mother is Elizabeth (Long) Parks.
Served as 1st Lieutenant with Co. G of the 147th PA Infantry during the Civil War.
From the "History of the Susquehanna and Juniata Valley".
"B. T. Parks was born at New Berlin, Union Co. December 17, 1842. In 1850, in company with his parents, he came to Selin's Grove, PA. Mr. Parks has devoted considerable time to teaching, having taught in the public schools of Middleburg, Salem and Selin's Grove. (In 1862, when he was 20 years old) During the Rebellion he enlisted in Co. B, Sixth PA Reserves and then was discharged. He then re-enlisted in Co. G, 147th Regiment PA Volunteers. During his military career Lt. Parks made some very narrow escapes with his life, at one time being shot through the head." This event occurred on July 25, 1865 at Kennesaw MT. During the cannoning Lt. Parks got up on the breast-works to watch the effects of the shells on his lines. A Rebel sharpshooter shot him under his right eye and it traveled diagonally and exited out at the base of his left ear. Four boys picked him up and carried him behind the works and sent for a surgeon. He recovered consciousness before the surgeon arrived, and the first thing he said was, "who threw that stone?" It destroyed the optic nerve and destroyed his sense of hearing on the left side. No one thought he'd recover but on Feb of 1866 again reported for duty just as his company was starting a campaign through the Carolina's (from Joseph Lumbard's Civil War Diary). At September term, 1866, he was admitted to practice in the courts of Snyder Co., having previously read law under the instruction of Charles Hower, Esq. Benjamin married Mary Ann Eckelman in 1867. They had 8 children: Frances 1867, Mary L. 1869, Theodore "Theed" 1871, Miriam 1876, Eugene 1878, Mildred 1880, Florence 1882, and Chester 1884. In 1882 they moved to Nebraska.
Served as 1st Lieutenant with Co. G of the 147th PA Infantry during the Civil War.
From the "History of the Susquehanna and Juniata Valley".
"B. T. Parks was born at New Berlin, Union Co. December 17, 1842. In 1850, in company with his parents, he came to Selin's Grove, PA. Mr. Parks has devoted considerable time to teaching, having taught in the public schools of Middleburg, Salem and Selin's Grove. (In 1862, when he was 20 years old) During the Rebellion he enlisted in Co. B, Sixth PA Reserves and then was discharged. He then re-enlisted in Co. G, 147th Regiment PA Volunteers. During his military career Lt. Parks made some very narrow escapes with his life, at one time being shot through the head." This event occurred on July 25, 1865 at Kennesaw MT. During the cannoning Lt. Parks got up on the breast-works to watch the effects of the shells on his lines. A Rebel sharpshooter shot him under his right eye and it traveled diagonally and exited out at the base of his left ear. Four boys picked him up and carried him behind the works and sent for a surgeon. He recovered consciousness before the surgeon arrived, and the first thing he said was, "who threw that stone?" It destroyed the optic nerve and destroyed his sense of hearing on the left side. No one thought he'd recover but on Feb of 1866 again reported for duty just as his company was starting a campaign through the Carolina's (from Joseph Lumbard's Civil War Diary). At September term, 1866, he was admitted to practice in the courts of Snyder Co., having previously read law under the instruction of Charles Hower, Esq. Benjamin married Mary Ann Eckelman in 1867. They had 8 children: Frances 1867, Mary L. 1869, Theodore "Theed" 1871, Miriam 1876, Eugene 1878, Mildred 1880, Florence 1882, and Chester 1884. In 1882 they moved to Nebraska.
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