William Park and Hannah Rundel

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Husband William Park ^{1 2 3}

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            AKA: William Parks 1
           Born: 9 Feb 1791 - Franklin Co, PA 2
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           Died: 20 Dec 1883 2
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         Father: James Parks (      -      ) 1
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Wife Hannah Rundel ¹

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            AKA: Hannah Raunals,3 Hannah Rundles 2
           Born: 9 Aug 1800 2
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           Died: 24 Feb 1885 2
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Children

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1 F Jane Park ^{2 3}

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         Spouse: Hugh Cunningham (1825-1891) 2 3
           Marr: 4 Jul 1865 2

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General Notes: Husband - William Park

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In 1883 he was "entirely blind and partially deaf, his ordinary health is vigorous and he retains his mental faculties unimpaired." [HBC 1883, 243]

Mr. William Park, it is said, was always known to be a good man and was an important factor in the early settlement of this [Middlesex] township [Butler County, Pennsylvania]\emdash a good farmer and true friend. Mr. Park said to the writer, when interviewing him on the industries of that part of Butler County in which he settled: "I have the pleasure of saying that I built the first brick chimney that was seen in this part of the county. Archie McGill built the first frame house and barn," and, he added further, "from 1798 and later, to 1824, folks lived in very small log huts, with greased paper for windows. The food of the early settlers for several years was deer meat, honey and hominy. The corn meal then used was ground by hand-mills. Horse-mills shortly after superseded these. Wheat was sparsely raised. It was prepared for food simply by boiling and eating it with milk." [HBC 1883, 243]

He and his wife were members of the United Presbyterian church at Glade Run, Pennsylvania, and had eight children, of whom five were still living in 1904.

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General Notes: Wife - Hannah Rundel

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She was reared about twelve miles northwest of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

1 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1883), Pg 243.

2 —, The History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Part II (Chicago, IL: A. W. Warner & Co., 1889), Pg 507.

3 —, Memoirs of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Vol. II (Madison, WI: Northwestern Historical Assosciation, 1904), Pg 352.