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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 age 60. He was buried in West Virginia, USA.

Charles Irwin Parsons. 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. 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.

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 age 87 Obit from local paper: Gertrude Isabelle Denbow, age 86, died April23, 1994. She was born in Listowl, Ontario, and has lived in the Akronarea since 1971. Mrs. Denbow was a member of the First UnitedMethodist Church of Cuyahoga Falls. She was preceded in death by herhusband, Willard. Survived by sisters, Muriel Dobson of Dunnville,Ontario, Hazel Dobson of Wadsworth, and Beatric Ziebaith of Hastings,Neb. Funeral services will be held at the Billow Falls Chapel, cornerof Falls Avenue and 23rd Street, Wednesday, 11 a.m. with Dr. ForrestJ. Waller officiating. Internment in Sunset Memorial Park, NorthOlmstead. Friends may call at the Funeral Home Tuesday, 7 to 9 p.m. She was buried on 27 April 1994 in North Olmsted, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA.

Gertrude Partridge was also known as Gertrude Denbow.