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  1. Maud Parks: Birth: 17 MAR 1876 in Tittabawasse Twp., Saginaw, Michigan. Death: 25 MAR 1878 in Tittabawasse Twp., Saginaw, Michigan

  2. Lois L Parks: Birth: 1878. Death: UNKNOWN

  3. Jessie May Parks: Birth: 1879. Death: UNKNOWN

  4. Bertrum Ray Parks: Birth: MAR 1879 in Freeland, Saginaw , Michigan. Death: 3 JAN 1946 in Saginaw County, Michigan


Notes
a. Note:   VETERAN: HE WAS IN THE CIVIL WAR.
  Name: Horace L Parks ,
 Enlistment Date: 13 August 1863
 Distinguished Service: DISTINGUISHED SERVICE
 Side Served: Union
 State Served: Michigan
 Unit Numbers: 1104 1104
 Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 13 August 1863 at the age of 19
 Enlisted in Company D, 27th Infantry Regiment Michigan on 28 August 1863.
 Joined Regiment on 11 September 1863 at Nicholasville, KY
 Promoted to Full Corporal on 01 June 1865
 Mustered out Company D, 27th Infantry Regiment Michigan on 26 July 1865 in Delaney House, Washington, DC
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 Regiment Information
  Regiment: 27th Infantry Regiment MI
 Date Mustered: 26 July 1865
 Regiment Type: Infantry
 Enlisted Died of Disease or Accident: 10
 Officers Died of Disease or Accident: 215
 Enlisted Killed or Mortally Wounded: 3
 Regimental Soldiers and History: List of Soldiers
  Regimental History
 MICHIGAN
 Twenty-Seventh Infantry.
  The Twenty-seventh was composed of companies from the
 Upper and Lower Peninsulas, and its organization was partially
 completed at Ypsilanti, and eight companies were mustered into
 service April 10, 1863.
  In December of the same year company I was mustered into
 service, with the following commissioned officers: Captain,
 Abner B. Wood. First Lieutenant, Porter K. Perrin. Second
 Lieutenant, John Q. Patterson.
  Company K was mustered into service Jan. 4, 1864, with the
 following officers: Captain, Edwin J. March. First Lieutenant,
 Oscar Hancock. Second Lieutenant, John Armour.
  The field, staff and line officers of the eight companies
 at organization were as follows:
  Colonel, Dorus M. Fox, Lyons. Lieutenant Colonel, John H.
 Richardson, Tuscola. Major, William B. Wright, Eagle Harbor.
 Surgeon, Cyrus M. Stockwell, Port Huron. Assistant Surgeon,
 Hamilton E. Smith, Lexington. Second Assistant Surgeon,
 Jonathan E. Davis, Macomb. Adjutant, David F. Fox, Detroit.
 Quartermaster, William P. Spaulding, Sault Ste. Marie.
 Chaplain, Sylvan S. Hunting, Detroit.
  A. Captain, Daniel Plummer, Ontonagon. First Lieutenant,
 Charles Waite, Rockland. Second Lieutenant, Daniel G. Cash,
 Ontonagon.
  B. Captain, Samuel Moody, Houghton. First Lieutenant,
 James H. Slawson, Houghton. Second Lieutenant, Nelson Truckey,
 Marquette.
  C. Captain, William B. Wright, Eagle Harbor. First
 Lieutenant, Frederick Myers, Houghton. Second Lieutenant,
 Chester W. Houghton, Houghton.
  D. Captain, James Dafoe, Greenfield. First Lieutenant,
 Harper S. Richardson, Tuscola. Second Lieutenant, Ambrose B.
 Thomas, Vevay.
  E. Captain, James Kernahan, Springfield. First
 Lieutenant, Paul Gies, Detroit. Second Lieutenant, Alfred H.
 Bolio, Freedom.
  F. Captain, Robert S. Baker, Port Huron. First
 Lieutenant, Daniel S. Tompkins, Port Huron. Second Lieutenant,
 Warren A. Norton, Detroit.
  G. Captain, Edward S. Leadbeater, Detroit. First
 Lieutenant, Oscar F. Fox, Lyons. Second Lieutenant, Edward
 Couse, Detroit.
  H. Captain, Alonzo L. Bingham, East Saginaw. First
 Lieutenant, John Quigley, Detroit. Second Lieutenant, Lyster
 M. O'Brien, Detroit.
  The regiment, in command of Colonel Fox, started from
 Ypsilanti for Kentucky, April 12, 1863, with an enrollment of
 865 officers and men. It occupied several towns in the state
 after its arrival, and in June was assigned to the Third
 Brigade, First Division, Ninth Corps, and sent to Vicksburg,
 Miss., to co-operate with General Grant's army before that
 city.
  It joined in the movement against Jackson, Miss., in the
 rear of Vicksburg, when General Johnson was coming to the
 relief of General Pemberton, then closely besieged by General
 Grant. After the fall of Vicksburg, the Twenty-seventh was
 sent with the Ninth Corps across the mountains to take part in
 the East Tennessee campaign. After a long and toilsome march
 over almost impassable roads, it reached Lenoir Station, Tenn.,
 and was attacked by General Longstreet's forces, then advancing
 upon Knoxville. The Union lines were gradually withdrawn
 towards Knoxville, but it became necessary to halt at Campbell
 Station, to insure the safety of the trains. Here the Union
 forces were fiercely attacked by the confederates, and the
 Twenty-seventh sustained considerable loss in this engagement.
  The Union forces rallied behind their defenses at
 Knoxville and in Fort Saunders, where they were repeatedly
 charged by the enemy, who were repulsed with great slaughter in
 every attempt to get possession of the Union works.
  The Twenty-seventh met with severe losses in the defense
 of Knoxville, and when General Longstreet raised the siege and
 passed into Northeast Tennessee ,the Twenty-seventh followed
 him as far as Rutledge, and then fell back to Blain's Cross
 Roads, in January, 1864.
  The Twenty-seventh suffered the hardships and severities
 of this campaign with the other troops of the corps, as they
 were poorly supplied with rations, tents, blankets and
 clothing, and their shoes were worn out by constant marching,
 either in deep mud or over frozen ground.
  While at Mossy Creek, in March, 1864, the regiment was
 joined by companies I and K, which had been recruited since the
 regiment left Ypsilanti, under Captains March and Wood.
  General Grant concluded not to disturb General Longstreet
 in his camp in the valleys and mountains of Northeast
 Tennessee, and withdrew the Ninth Corps to send east to join
 the Army of the Potomac. The Twenty-seventh returned to
 Knoxville, and then commenced a march of 200 miles across the
 Cumberland Mountains to Nicholasville, Ky.
  The Ninth Corps was then placed upon cars and sent to
 Annapolis, Md. At this point the regiment was joined by two
 companies of sharpshooters under Captains Porter K. Perrin and
 Richard Vosper. These two companies were designated as the
 First and Second companies of sharpshooters, attached to the
 Twenty-seventh Infantry, and served with the regiment to the
 close of the war. The advent of these "sharpshooters," with
 their magazine rifles (Spencer), the then new and most
 destructive infantry arm known, was hailed with delight by
 officers and men, for not only was the regimental front made
 respectable in point of numbers, but the GUNS! the only such in
 the Ninth Corps! Petition was at once made--vive voce--to arm
 the whole regiment with "Spencers"--make them all
 "Sharpshooters." With alacrity unusual in honoring
 requisitions, this special was filled, and "Spencers" graced
 the shoulders of "ye Twenty-seventh," a prominent factor,
 later, in probable loss--certainly in artistic profanity by the
 bearers of the once coveted instruments of death. These seven-
 shot rifles at any point of attack or defense were "king bees,"
 but on advanced picket or firing lines they--the rifles--simply
 dominated the situation, as against the muzzle-loaders then in
 general use. Often was heard, on these advanced positions,
 such plaints as "Damn old Spencer and all his inventive staff;
 wish they were out here weeks at a time without relief."
 "Well, it serves us jolly well right! If we hadn't been such
 fools as to want 'em 'cause they were new, we'd be used like
 the rest, but we got 'em--the damned sputter guns--and by G---,
 we'll serve 'em!" etc., etc.
  The regiment, now composed of twelve companies, 864
 strong, in command of Major Moody, joined the Army of the
 Potomac, April 29, 1864, at Warrenton, Va., and was then in the
 First Brigade, Third Division, Ninth Corps.
  The Twenty-seventh crossed the Rapidan with the Ninth
 Corps, the 6th of May, and was immediately engaged in the
 terrific struggle of the Wilderness, losing eighty-nine in
 killed and wounded in the different engagements.
  The regiment scarcely emerged from the Wilderness before
 it was engaged in the bloody encounter of Spottsylvania, where
 its losses were 27 killed, 148 wounded and 12 missing. During
 the month of May the Twenty-seventh was constantly marching and
 fighting, sustaining frightful losses, and on June 3 fought the
 battle of Bethesda Church, where sixteen of the regiment were
 killed, sixty wounded, among them a large number of officers.
  From Cold Harbor the Twenty-seventh crossed the James
 river, and during the 17th and 18th of June charged the enemy's
 works before Petersburg, meeting with severe loss from the fire
 of both musketry and artillery.
  During the months of June and July the regiment was
 constantly under fire, and on July 30 took part in the
 disastrous charge at the "Crater," when the mine was exploded
 immediately in its front. The Twenty-seventh was in the
 advance of its brigade in this charge, and suffered severely
 from a cross-fire of the enemy, meeting with heavy loss.
  During the siege of Petersburg it held advanced positions,
 and took part in the numerous attempts to break the enemy's
 line at Weldon railroad, Peebles' Farm, Poplar Grove Church,
 South Side railroad, and helped to repel the confederates when
 they charged the Union lines.
  It participated in the desperate charge to capture Fort
 Mahone, a strong work called the "Key," in the rebel line, and
 succeeded in placing its colors on the eastern wing, capturing
 three pieces of artillery and more than 150 prisoners.
  When the confederates evacuated Petersburg and Richmond,
 the Twenty-seventh followed the retreating army, and April 18
 was ordered to Washington, where it did light guard duty,
 account state prisoners at navy yard, and it took part in the
 grand review of the Army of the Potomac, May 23. It was
 mustered out of service at Tannallytown, July 26, and was paid
 and disbanded at Detroit, Mich., July 29, 1865.
  The Twenty-seventh participated in encounters with the
 enemy at Jamestown, Ky., June 2, 1863; siege of Vicksburg,
 Miss., June 22 to July 4, 1863; Jackson, Miss., July 11 to
 18,1863; Blue Springs, Tenn., Oct. 10, 1863; Loudon, Tenn.,
 Nov. 14, 1863; Lenoir Station, Tenn., Nov. 15, 1863; Campbell's
 Station, Tenn., Nov. 16, 1863; siege of Knoxville, Tenn., Nov.
 17 to Dec. 5, 1863; Fort Saunders, Tenn., Nov. 29, 1863;
 Strawberry Plains, Tenn., Jan. 22, 1864; near Knoxville, Tenn.,
 Jan. 23, 1864; Wilderness, Va., May 6, 1864; Ny river, Va.,
 May 9, 1864; Spottsylvania, Va., May 10, 11, 12, 1864; Ox Ford,
 Va., May 23, 1864; North Anna, Va., May 24, 25, 1864; Bethesda
 Church, Va., June 2 and 3, 1864; Cold Harbor, Va., June 7,
 1864; Petersburg, Va., June 17, 18, 1864; the Crater, Va., July
 30, 1864; Weldon Railroad, Va., Aug. 19, 21, 1864; Reams'
 Station, Va., Aug. 25, 1864; Poplar Springs Church, Va., Sept.
 30, 1864; Pegram Farm, Va., Oct. 2, 1864; Boydton Road, Va.,
 Oct. 1865; Hatcher's Run, Va., Oct. 27, 28, 1864; Fort
 Steedman, Va., March 25, 1865; Fort Mahone, Va., April 2, 1865;
 capture of Petersburg, Va., April 3, 1865; siege of Petersburg,
 Va., from June 17,1864, to April 3, 1865.
  Total enrollment...........................................1897
 Killed in action--Officers, 6; enlisted men, 128............134
 Died of wounds--Officers, 3; enlisted men, 74................77
 Died in confederate prisons--Enlisted men, 40................40
 Died of disease--Enlisted men, 102..........................102
 Discharged for disability (wounds and disease)..............181
 Wounded in action--Officers, 27; enlisted men, 511..........538
 Missing in action--Officers, 4; enlisted men, 126...........130
  The Twenty-seventh was of the "Three Hundred Fighting
 Regiments" of the Union army, receiving special mention by the
 War Department and Congress in 1866, these regiments showing
 casualty lists of over thirty per cent of total enrollment.
  Battles Fought
  Fought at In Action.
 Fought at Petersburg, VA.
 Fought on 11 July 1863 at Jackson, MS.
 Fought on 11 August 1863 at Centralia, IL.
 Fought on 18 September 1863.
 Fought on 10 October 1863 at Blue Springs, TN.
 Fought on 09 November 1863.
 Fought on 14 November 1863 at Campbell's Station, TN.
 Fought on 15 November 1863 at Lenoir Station, TN.
 Fought on 16 November 1863.
 Fought on 16 November 1863 at Campbell's Station, TN.
 Fought on 26 November 1863 at Knoxville, TN.
 Fought on 28 November 1863 at Knoxville, TN.
 Fought on 29 November 1863 at Knoxville, TN.
 Fought on 01 December 1863 at Knoxville, TN.
 Fought on 05 December 1863 at Knoxville, TN.
 Fought on 12 January 1864.
 Fought on 18 January 1864 at Knoxville, TN.
 Fought on 20 January 1864 at Strawberry Plains, TN.
 Fought on 22 January 1864 at Blain's Cross Roads, TN.
 Fought on 22 January 1864 at Strawberry Plains, TN.
 Fought on 26 January 1864 at Erin Station, TN.
 Fought on 05 May 1864 at Wilderness, VA.
 Fought on 06 May 1864 at Wilderness, VA.
 Fought on 07 May 1864 at Wilderness, VA.
 Fought on 08 May 1864 at Wilderness, VA.
 Fought on 10 May 1864 at Spotsylvania Court House, VA.
 Fought on 11 May 1864 at Spotsylvania Court House, VA.
 Fought on 12 May 1864 at Spotsylvania Court House, VA.
 Fought on 13 May 1864 at Spotsylvania Court House, VA.
 Fought on 18 May 1864 at Spotsylvania Court House, VA.
 Fought on 19 May 1864 at Spotsylvania Court House, VA.
 Fought on 22 May 1864 at North Anna River, VA.
 Fought on 24 May 1864 at North Anna River, VA.
 Fought on 25 May 1864 at North Anna River, VA.
 Fought on 28 May 1864.
 Fought on 01 June 1864 at Cold Harbor, VA.
 Fought on 03 June 1864 at Cold Harbor, VA.
 Fought on 04 June 1864 at Cold Harbor, VA.
 Fought on 06 June 1864 at Cold Harbor, VA.
 Fought on 07 June 1864 at Cold Harbor, VA.
 Fought on 08 June 1864 at Cold Harbor, VA.
 Fought on 10 June 1864 at Cold Harbor, VA.
 Fought on 15 June 1864.
 Fought on 17 June 1864 at Petersburg, VA.
 Fought on 18 June 1864.
 Fought on 18 June 1864 at Petersburg, VA.
 Fought on 19 June 1864 at Petersburg, VA.
 Fought on 21 June 1864 at Petersburg, VA.
 Fought on 24 June 1864 at Petersburg, VA.
 Fought on 25 June 1864 at Petersburg, VA.
 Fought on 27 June 1864 at Petersburg, VA.
 Fought on 04 July 1864 at Petersburg, VA.
 Fought on 05 July 1864 at Petersburg, VA.
 Fought on 11 July 1864 at Petersburg, VA.
 Fought on 14 July 1864 at Petersburg, VA.
 Fought on 15 July 1864.
 Fought on 15 July 1864 at Petersburg, VA.
 Fought on 16 July 1864 at Petersburg, VA.
 Fought on 17 July 1864 at Petersburg, VA.
 Fought on 21 July 1864 at Petersburg, VA.
 Fought on 23 July 1864 at Petersburg, VA.
 Fought on 24 July 1864 at Petersburg, VA.
 Fought on 25 July 1864 at Petersburg, VA.
 Fought on 27 July 1864 at Petersburg, VA.
 Fought on 30 July 1864 at Petersburg, VA.
 Fought on 07 August 1864 at Petersburg, VA.
 Fought on 15 August 1864.
 Fought on 15 August 1864 at Petersburg, VA.
 Fought on 19 August 1864 at Petersburg, VA.
 Fought on 19 August 1864 at Weldon Railroad, VA.
 Fought on 20 August 1864 at Weldon Railroad, VA.
 Fought on 21 August 1864 at Weldon Railroad, VA.
 Fought on 22 August 1864 at Weldon Railroad, VA.
 Fought on 28 August 1864 at Weldon Railroad, VA.
 Fought on 15 September 1864.
 Fought on 20 September 1864.
 Fought on 14 October 1864 at Petersburg, VA.
 Fought on 15 October 1864.
 Fought on 30 October 1864 at Peebles' Farm, VA.
 Fought on 07 December 1864 at Petersburg, VA.
 Fought on 13 December 1864 at Petersburg, VA.
 Fought on 02 April 1865 at Petersburg, VA.


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