W. W. Parks was born in Wakatomika, Ohio, January 3, 1855, where he grew to early manhood and was married in 1876 to Miss Mary C. Shambaugh. Twelve children blessed this union. Two years later he removed to Kansas, locating at Stafford, where he engaged in the grocery business. He later removed to Conway Springs in the same state, where he resided for a year, finally moving to Oklahoma in the early spring of 1890, where he again engaged in business. When the Citizens State Bank was merged into the First National, shortly after, he was elected a director of that institution and a year later, when John Smith was elected to the presidency, succeeded him as vice-president. This position he occupied continuously until his death, driving back and forth each day from his large farm north of town, which he leaves as a monument to his untiring industry.
He was a charter member of [the] Comanche Tribe of Red Men organized in Hennessey in 1890, and had also served as state delegate to several national gatherings of this order, and at the time of his death was Past Great Prophet. Every honor that could be conferred on a Red Man, was his. The order was represented at his funeral by several officials of that organization and members from Dover, Kingfisher and Enid. He was also a member of the Elks and Eagles. His death will mark the passing of one more of Hennessey's pioneer settlers.
From The Press-Democrat. (Hennessey, Okla.), Vol. 17, No. 29, Friday, March 25, 1910.
He was a charter member of [the] Comanche Tribe of Red Men organized in Hennessey in 1890, and had also served as state delegate to several national gatherings of this order, and at the time of his death was Past Great Prophet. Every honor that could be conferred on a Red Man, was his. The order was represented at his funeral by several officials of that organization and members from Dover, Kingfisher and Enid. He was also a member of the Elks and Eagles. His death will mark the passing of one more of Hennessey's pioneer settlers.
From The Press-Democrat. (Hennessey, Okla.), Vol. 17, No. 29, Friday, March 25, 1910.
W. W. Parks was born in Wakatomika, Ohio, January 3, 1855, where he grew to early manhood and was married in 1876 to Miss Mary C. Shambaugh. Twelve children blessed this union. Two years later he removed to Kansas, locating at Stafford, where he engaged in the grocery business. He later removed to Conway Springs in the same state, where he resided for a year, finally moving to Oklahoma in the early spring of 1890, where he again engaged in business. When the Citizens State Bank was merged into the First National, shortly after, he was elected a director of that institution and a year later, when John Smith was elected to the presidency, succeeded him as vice-president. This position he occupied continuously until his death, driving back and forth each day from his large farm north of town, which he leaves as a monument to his untiring industry.
He was a charter member of [the] Comanche Tribe of Red Men organized in Hennessey in 1890, and had also served as state delegate to several national gatherings of this order, and at the time of his death was Past Great Prophet. Every honor that could be conferred on a Red Man, was his. The order was represented at his funeral by several officials of that organization and members from Dover, Kingfisher and Enid. He was also a member of the Elks and Eagles. His death will mark the passing of one more of Hennessey's pioneer settlers.
From The Press-Democrat. (Hennessey, Okla.), Vol. 17, No. 29, Friday, March 25, 1910.
He was a charter member of [the] Comanche Tribe of Red Men organized in Hennessey in 1890, and had also served as state delegate to several national gatherings of this order, and at the time of his death was Past Great Prophet. Every honor that could be conferred on a Red Man, was his. The order was represented at his funeral by several officials of that organization and members from Dover, Kingfisher and Enid. He was also a member of the Elks and Eagles. His death will mark the passing of one more of Hennessey's pioneer settlers.
From The Press-Democrat. (Hennessey, Okla.), Vol. 17, No. 29, Friday, March 25, 1910.
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