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Rachael K (Rachel) Hook Parks Joy

Female 1854 - 1937  (83 years)


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  • Name Rachael K (Rachel) Hook Parks Joy 
    Born 15 Feb 1854  Mount Ephraim, Noble County, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Died 22 Mar 1937  Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Olive Branch Cemetery, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I4261  Rossville
    Last Modified 22 Aug 2021 

    Father William Hook,   b. 1824, Noble County, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1857, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 33 years) 
    Mother Keziah Vorhies Hook Moulton,   b. 18 Dec 1824,   d. 25 Jul 1892  (Age 67 years) 
    Family ID F5064  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 W.W. Parks 
    Children 
     1. Joseph V Parks,   b. 2 Apr 1880,   d. 8 Apr 1950, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years)
     2. Laurel Aretha Parks Oliver,   b. 21 Feb 1884,   d. 21 Jun 1966, Denton, Denton County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years)
     3. Mabel G Parks,   b. 9 Jan 1886, Jackson County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Nov 1907, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 21 years)
    +4. Ethel R Parks Johnson,   b. 30 Oct 1887, Tecumseh, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Jun 1943, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 55 years)
     5. Harry R Parks
     6. Louie H Parks
    Last Modified 24 Feb 2021 21:04:32 
    Family ID F4801  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Silas Frederick Joy,   b. 11 May 1848, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Oct 1923, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years) 
    Last Modified 9 Oct 2017 16:15:36 
    Family ID F5068  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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    Link to Google MapsBorn - 15 Feb 1854 - Mount Ephraim, Noble County, Ohio Link to Google Earth
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  • Documents
    Obituary- Joy, Rachael
    Obituary- Joy, Rachael
    MRS. RACHAEL JOY
    Mrs. Rachael K. Joy, 83, died Monday morning at a Topeka hospital of injures she suffered a week previous when she fell and broke her hip.

    Mrs. Joy, a resident of this county since she came here as a child with her parents in 1855, was born in Mt. Ephriam, Ohio. She lived near Tecumseh and Rossville but in Shawnee county all of her life. She was a member of the Rossville Methodist church.

    Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. J. R. Johnson, of Topeka, and Mrs. T.P. Oliver, of Rossville; three sons, J. V. Parks, of Lakeland, Florida; Harry R. Parks, of Topeka; and Louie Parks, of Los Angeles, Calif.; two stepchildren, Mrs. Lester Parr of Silver Lake and Owen Joy of Oklahoma City, Okla.; nine grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. One brother, W. V. Hook, of Rossville.

    Funeral services were held from the Penwell chapel, Wednesday at 2 o’clock, conducted by the Rev. Harold C. Case.

    The pallbearers were Clyde Milliken and Frank Read of Tecumseh, Lowell, Guilford and Ben Hook of Silver Lake, and Luther Smith of Topeka. The body was brought to Rossville for burial in the U. B. cemetery.

    Bert Parks of Lakeland, Fla., and Owen Joy of Oklahoma City, called to Kansas by the death of their mother, Mrs. S. F. Joy were in town Wednesday renewing acquaintance with old friends.