Parks, John

Ca. 1765–ca. May 1840. Township officer. Born in New York. Moved to Kirtland, Geauga Co., Ohio, by 1819. Elected supervisor of highways for Kirtland Township, 7 Apr. 1823. Elected fence viewer for Kirtland Township, 6 Apr. 1829. Appointed overseer of the poor for Kirtland Township, 20 Apr. 1833; as overseer of the poor, issued warrant with Roswell D. Cottrell, 21 Oct. 1833, "warning out" JS and other Latter-day Saint families from the township. Died in Kirtland.