contributed by Martha Allen Kidwell (date unidentified)

Parks Family

Grandparents: Hiram Parks born October 24, 1824, GA died: May 7, 1903, Bradley Co.
Malinda (Hull) Parks born: Monroe Co. died: Monroe Co.
Leander Frazier born: Mar. 13, 1825 at Rhea Co. died: Feb. 9, 1891, Bradley Co.
Francis Frazier born: Jan. 18, 1828, S. Carolina died: Apr. 25, 1866, Bradley Co.

Parents: L.L. Parks born: Jan. 27, 1855, Monroe Co. died: Oct. 30, 1906, Bradley Co.
Susan E. Parks born: Nov. 10, 1858 died: April 12, 1930, Erlanger Hospital
Where parents were married: Leander Frazier’s, by A.R.T. Hambright

Children:
M.H. (Millard Herbert) Parks born: August 27, 1879 James Co. TN married: January 15, 1905 to Daisy McSpadden died : February 19, 1955
F. W. (Floyd W.) Parks, born: July 27, 1881, James Co.,TN married May 20, 1913 to Lena Allen died: November 17, 1948
Ernest Burch Parks born: September 27, 1883, James Co., TN died: 1945
Robert Carl Parks born: January 8, 1885, Bradley Co.,TN died: March 27, 1940
Hugh G. Parks born May 17, 1888, Bradley Co.,TN married: Minnie Miller, April 17, 1919 (died: March 14, 1968)
Frank Lee Parks born: March 4, 1890 Bradley Co.,TN married: February 10, 1945 to
Lula Jeanett Johnson died: November 3, 1973 William B. Parks born: March 15, 1893, Bradley Co.TN married: June 16, 1921 to Carrie M. Bennett died: March 1, 1970
Aider Parks born: August 26, 1894, Bradley Co.,TN died: November 14, 1897 Nina F. Parks born: January 16, 1897, Bradley Co.,TN died: March 18, 1977, Chattanooga, TN

Frazier Family

Father’s (Leander Frazier) mother: Dorothy Airheart born August 6, 1806, Rhea Co., TN died: June 12, 1887, Bradley Co.,TN
Mother’s father: Lemuel Jones (Cynthy M. Jones, 2nd wife’s father)
Parents: Father: Leander Frazier: born March 12, 1825, Rhea Co. TN, died Feb. 9, 1891 in Bradley Co., Tn
Mother: Francis Frazier: born Jan. 18, 1828, S.C. died: April 25, 1866, Bradley
2nd wife: Cynthy M. Jones born Feb. 14, 1828, Bradley Co. TN died: Feb. 11, 1891, Bradley Co.,TN
Children:
L. J. Frazier, born: November 9, 1847 married 1869 to J. N. Nations
T. J. Frazier, born September 1, 1849 married 1871 to Ophelia Cobb C.J. Frazier, born June 21, 1852 married 1883 to Belle Crouch Mary E. Frazier, born Oct. 27, 1854
G. B. Frazier, born Nov. 29, 1856, married 1880 to Ellen Mitchell S.E. (Susan E. Frazier), born November 10, 1858, married 1878 to L.L. Parks
D. A. Frazier, born Dec. 5, 1860, married 1879 to W.S. Taylor
S.M. Frazier, born December 2, 1862 children by 2nd wife: (Cynthy M. Jones) S.G. (Samuel G.) Frazier, born Aug. 27, 1868, married Russia Cooper
M.E. Frazier borne Oct. 30, 1871 married 1893 to W. M. Thatch
Both of these families lived in the area of the Pine Hill and Lebanon communities in Bradley County. The post office address was at one time called Cecilton. M. H. Parks was my grandfather. He operated a country store located on Tunnel Hill Road for approximately 50 years. He taught school in the Bradley County Schools for approximately 25 years and then worked for Jarnagin Grocery Co. He was a member of the Bradley County Court from 1906-1910 and served as Trustee of Bradley County from 1916-1920.

Sources: Parks Bible Cleveland Daily Banner, Feb. 15, 1955

Allen Family

James Clift Allen of Tyner and Minerva Jane Elder of Long Savannah were married on the 1st day of March 1866 at the bride’s home by Rev. Samuel J. Blair
Witness: J. N. Oldham and J. M. Bettis

Births:
James Clift Allen born the 19th of September ,1847
Minerva Jane Elder born the 3rd of December, 1847
James Robert Allen born 16th of December, 1866
Elizabeth M. Allen born 28th of March, 1868
William Luther Allen born 16th of September, 1870
Sarah Emma Allen born 13th of November, 1872
Charles Frederic born 20th February, 1875
Maud Ella Allen born 27th July, 1877
Ira David Allen born 23rd of February, 1880
John Elder Allen born 13th of September, 1882
Lena May Allen born 19th of July, 1885
Edna Bell born 29th of March, 1888
Carl Clifford Allen born 22nd January, 1891

Marriages:
James Robert Allen and Maggie Wolf were married the 18th of July, 1886
Elizabeth Matilda Allen and Luther Eli Spriggs were married February 5th, 1889
William Luther Allena nd Lillie Bell Havens were married March 11, 1894
Maud Ella Allen and James A. Goodner were married October 4, 1894
Charles F. Allen and Hettie Estella Jones were married Nov. 4, 1897
Sarah Emma Allen and James M. Webb were married Oct. 17, 1898
Edna Bell Allen and Robert C. Rentfro were married November 22, 1905
Lena May Allen and Floyd W. Parks were married May 20th, 1913
Ira D. Allen and Victoria McCarty were married Nov. 25, 1905
John E. Allen and Minnie Leatha Taylor were married (no date given)
Carl Clifford Allen and Gertrude Lee Howard were married July 4, 1915.

Deaths:
James C. Allen died Feb. 16, 1920
William L. Allen died September 26, 1920
Sarah Emma Allen Webb died March 1930
Minerva Jane Allen died Aug. 28, 1934
C. F. Allen died March 15, 1936

Note: James C. Allen, son of James C. Allen and Elizabeth Gotcher Allen was born September 22 (this differs with the bible record), 1847 at Tyner in Hamilton County where he received his early education. Young James (not quite 16 years old) joined the Union Army (with his father) on August 5, 1863, at McMinnville, enlisting in Company H., 4th Tennessee Cavalry, and was promoted to Corporal during the war. Due to an intermittent fever, he was hospitalized at Jefferson, Indiana in November 1864, and again at Nashville where he was mustered out July 12, 1865. He married Minerva Jane Elder and had a large family of eleven children……(See births and marriages above). The family lived for some time in James County where he served as County Surveyor and Tax Assessor for several terms. He was postmaster at Long Savannah from 1889-93 and a charter member of the Long Savannah Cumberland Presbyterian Church where he became a Deacon and Elder in the church. Later, Allen moved his family to Bradley County and lived there for twenty-four years. His public service continued, he was elected as County Surveyor and was a member of the Bradley County Republican Executive Committee. He represented Bradley County in the Tennessee House of Representatives, 52nd General Assembly from 1901-1903. Allen was elected a Ruling Elder of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church at Pine Hill in the Lebanon District where he died February 16, 1920. He was buried in the Fort Hill Cemetery at Cleveland, Tennessee.

Sources: Weekly Herald, Cleveland TN, September 7, 1900
James County, A Lost County of Tennessee, Donnelly, ed., p. 119