Spouse & Children

Martha J. Cole Etta Park (1877-1935)

PARK, ROBERT W(ILSON), Companies A & I, private, enlisted by Captain King for 3 years at Huntingdon, TN on 1/5/64 and mustered at Paducah, KY on 5/14/64 at age 22 (b. 2/24/1838). He was 5'8" tall, fair complexion, blue eyes, black hair, a farmer, born in Carroll Co, TN. He received a $300 bounty for enlistment. There is no evidence in the muster rolls that he was surrendered with the regiment at Union City TN on 3/24/64. The men not captured were stationed mostly in Columbus, KY in the summer of 1864 and in Paducah, KY in the fall. He was discharged with the regiment when it disbanded at Nashville, TN on 8/9/65. Park applied for an invalid pension in 1877. He died on 9/7/1887 and is buried in the Horton-Park Cemetery in Carroll Co, TN with a military marker. His wife, Martha Jane Cole, lived in Hollow Rock, TN in the 1890 census. She applied for a widow's pension in 1889. Park was the son of Joshua and Sarah Griffis Park. MR #1296¹

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