City: Nashville
PARKS, Hamilton, lawyer; born Dyer County, Tenn., December 30, 1845; son Rev. Hamilton and Rebecca (Stewart) PARKS; Scotch-Irish-English descent; graduated from Cumberland University, Lebanon, Tenn., A.B., 1868; A. M., 1876; LL.B., 1877; married first, November 14, 1869; second, October 7, 1878; member of Knights Templar, Masons; Trustee of Cumberland Lodge No. 8, F. & A. M.; military service, private Co. G, 20th Regiment, Tennessee Cavalry, C. S. A.; Democrat; in Tennessee Legislature 1887; Chairman of Judiciary Committee, voted and worked for prohibition and temperance legislation; served in Bell’s Brigade under Gen. Forrest; badly wounded July 14, 1864, in battle of Harrisburg, Miss., having had bone of right leg broken for seven inches; was Elder in Cumberland Presbyterian church; present church affiliation, Presbyterian and an Elder in same; both great grandfathers were officers in the Revolutionary War.
Source: Who’s Who in Tennessee: A Biographical Reference Book of Notable Tennesseans of To-Day. Memphis: Paul & Douglas Co, 1911.
