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Sam Park was born about 1855.¹

Willie Park was born about 1853.¹

Charles Irwin Parsons was born on 3 October 1896 in Pennsylvania, USA. He married Myrtle Dewilde Reid, daughter of Alexander Paige Reid and Elizabeth Kennedy Hunter, on 20 April 1921. Charles Irwin Parsons died on 30 April 1957 in Pennsylvania, USA, at the age of 60. He was buried in West Virginia, USA.

Occupation: According to Vivian Doney Reid, Charlie was at one timethe manager of Brown's Boot Shop in Shamokin, Pa. According to BudParsons (10/94) Charlie worked for the Colonial Biscuit Company. Hemoved with this company from Shamokin to Punxsutawney to Uniontown,Pa. He was then moved to a territory in Morgantown, West Virginia.After the move there he quit and opened his own grocery store.According to Bud Parsons (10/94), on the way back to Morgantown, WestVirginia after attending his father's funeral, Charlie was asleep inthe back seat of the car. Bud, his son, was driving. Bud said theywere just outside of Mt. Pleasant, Pa. when he heard his Dad cough andthen he slumped over. Bud stopped the car and his Dad was dead.

Charles Reid 'Bud' Parsons was born on 5 October 1924 in Pennsylvania, USA.

Place of Residence: 628 Killarney Dr., Morgantown, West Virginia,26505 According to Bud, the Reids could argue with each other, butGod help the outsider who tried to argue with any of them. Budremembers one time Johnny Williams, a man who ran sort of a dirtygrocery in Punxsutawney was giving him a hard time. He told his UncleBill Reid about it, and after Bill gave Johnny a few choice words Budnever had any trouble with him again. He said the Reids would fight atthe drop of a hat and everyone knew this. This is corroborated byWilliam Doney Reid. When I mentioned this to Vivian Doney Reid shesaid that it was not true that the Reids couldn't 'lick their upperlip.' Bud worked for a dairy company in Morgantown, West Virginia. Asa result of diabetes he is almost blind.

Gertrude Partridge was born on 15 April 1907 in Listowel, Ontario, Canada. She married Willard Clemence Denbow, son of Edward Clifford Denbow and Edna Esther Gigax, in 1927 in Ohio, USA. Gertrude Partridge died on 23 April 1994 in Akron, Summit, Ohio, USA, at the age of 87. She was buried on 27 April 1994 in North Olmsted, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA.

Gertrude Partridge was also known as Gertrude Denbow.