The Parks Family

Alexander Thomas Parks was the son of Jordan Stokes Parks and Elvira Maxwell. He was born 8 Oct 1860 in Scott Co., AR and died in Llano Co., TX on 19 Jun 1933. He married Arsenia Jane "Sennie" Davis, daughter of Caleb A. Davis and Sarah Ann Tow about 1877. She was born 4 Jan 1861 in Llano Co., TX and died in Bluffton, Llano, TX on 19 Feb 1937.

Children of Alexander & Arsenia Parks:

• Samuel Parks was born Mar 1878 in TX.
• Thomas Caleb was born 11 Jul 1879 in TX and died 18 Apr 1956 in Los Angeles, CA.
• Johnny D. Parks was born 17 Oct 1881 in Bluffton, Llano, TX and died there 15 Oct 1882.
• Annie L. Parks was born 29 Jan 1885 in TX and died 13 Apr 1924 in Bluffton, Llano, TX.
• Wlliam Jordan Parks was born 14 Dec 1886 in TX and died 21 Jun 1956 in Burnet, Llano, TX.
• Addie Parks was born 27 Jan 1889 in TX and died 18 Oct 1976 in Wenatchee, Chelan, Washington.
• Guy Franklin Parks was born 12 Mar 1891 in TX and died 3 Mar 1918 in TX.
• Trula Parks was born 1 Apr 1895 in TX and died 12 Aug 1968 in Roswell, Chaves, New Mexico.
• Walter Earl Parks was born 1 Apr 1895 in TX and died 12 Aug 1968 in Marble Falls, Burnet, TX.
• Roy Parks was born 15 Jan 1897 in TX and died 5 Nov 1948 in Burnet Co., TX.
• Clayton Parks was born 15 May 1900 in TX and died 27 Feb 1949 in Limestone, TX.
• Gipsy Viola Parks was born 1903 in TX and died Abt. 1955 in TX.

U.S. Censuses for Alexander & Arsenia Parks:
1880 ~ Precinct 2, Llano, TX
1900 ~ Precinct 2, Burnet, TX
1910, 1920 & 1930 ~ Precinct 1, Burnet, TX

Johnny D. Parks died two days before his first birthday. His grave slipped from sight along with the rest of the tiny town of Bluffton when Lake Buchanan was filled 55 years later. In 2011, the cracked marble tombstone engraved with the date Oct. 15, 1882, which is normally covered by 20 to 30 feet of water, was eerily exposed as a yearlong drought shrank one of Texas' largest lakes.