John G. Parke, the first child of Joseph and Ann (Grubb) Parke, was a local landowner and, according to modern histories, a "prominent politician" after whom Parkesburg, Pennsylvania, was named. The Parke family was certainly prominent in the area in the 18th and early 19th centuries, although John's actual role is not well documented.
The following is from the 1919 "Genealogy of the Parke Family" by John P. Wallace:
"John G. Parke was a member of the Assembly in 1818, a justice of the peace for many years; was elected a ruling elder of Upper Octoraro Church, and was a prominent man in the community in which he lived.
"He was the owner of 200 acres of land through which the Pennsylvania Railroad was, in 1830, being constructed. He devoted all his energy to the building up a town on his estate, with what success is evidenced today by the borough of Parkesburg with its three thousand inhabitants.
"His wife, Jane Gardner, was a daughter of Dr. Joseph Gardner and Isabella Cochran. Both are buried at the head of Christine Creek, in Maryland."
Biography supplied by Lynn Grubb.
The following is from the 1919 "Genealogy of the Parke Family" by John P. Wallace:
"John G. Parke was a member of the Assembly in 1818, a justice of the peace for many years; was elected a ruling elder of Upper Octoraro Church, and was a prominent man in the community in which he lived.
"He was the owner of 200 acres of land through which the Pennsylvania Railroad was, in 1830, being constructed. He devoted all his energy to the building up a town on his estate, with what success is evidenced today by the borough of Parkesburg with its three thousand inhabitants.
"His wife, Jane Gardner, was a daughter of Dr. Joseph Gardner and Isabella Cochran. Both are buried at the head of Christine Creek, in Maryland."
Biography supplied by Lynn Grubb.
John G. Parke, the first child of Joseph and Ann (Grubb) Parke, was a local landowner and, according to modern histories, a "prominent politician" after whom Parkesburg, Pennsylvania, was named. The Parke family was certainly prominent in the area in the 18th and early 19th centuries, although John's actual role is not well documented.
The following is from the 1919 "Genealogy of the Parke Family" by John P. Wallace:
"John G. Parke was a member of the Assembly in 1818, a justice of the peace for many years; was elected a ruling elder of Upper Octoraro Church, and was a prominent man in the community in which he lived.
"He was the owner of 200 acres of land through which the Pennsylvania Railroad was, in 1830, being constructed. He devoted all his energy to the building up a town on his estate, with what success is evidenced today by the borough of Parkesburg with its three thousand inhabitants.
"His wife, Jane Gardner, was a daughter of Dr. Joseph Gardner and Isabella Cochran. Both are buried at the head of Christine Creek, in Maryland."
Biography supplied by Lynn Grubb.
The following is from the 1919 "Genealogy of the Parke Family" by John P. Wallace:
"John G. Parke was a member of the Assembly in 1818, a justice of the peace for many years; was elected a ruling elder of Upper Octoraro Church, and was a prominent man in the community in which he lived.
"He was the owner of 200 acres of land through which the Pennsylvania Railroad was, in 1830, being constructed. He devoted all his energy to the building up a town on his estate, with what success is evidenced today by the borough of Parkesburg with its three thousand inhabitants.
"His wife, Jane Gardner, was a daughter of Dr. Joseph Gardner and Isabella Cochran. Both are buried at the head of Christine Creek, in Maryland."
Biography supplied by Lynn Grubb.
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