On 1 June 1850, Rodney Parks, 18, lived in Holliston, Massachusetts with Everett Smith, 27, Adeline Smith, 26 and Albert B. Smith, 4, all born in Massachusetts. 1633On 1 June 1880 Rodniy [sic] Parks was 50, born in Vermont and worked as a clerk in a lumber yard in Mayville, Wisconsin. He boarded with the Heugoboam family. His father was born in Massachusetts and mother in New York. 1632On 1 June 1900 Rodney Parks, 68, born in Vermont lived with his wife Ruth A. Parks in a house he owned without a mortgage on Broad Street in Bayfield, Wisconsin. Rodney was a liveryman, his father was born in Massachusetts and mother in New York. Ruth had borne 7 children, all alive, but none lived with Rodney and Ruth.1112 R. A. Parks owns Graves 1 through 6 of Block 18, in both Lots 3 and 4. Gweneth, Luella, Claud, Hira, Soper, John Sayles and D. Allen Pratt are in Lot 3, and Rodney, Ruth Soper? Parks?, Byron Walters, a baby Ruth Sayles and Adam and Jennie Sayles are in Lot 4

On 1 June 1880 Ruth A. Walter, 47, born in New Hampshire, lived with her husband Isaac H. Walter, 60, born in Pennsylvania, stepson Willie Kenison, 19, son Frank Walter, 14, daughter Jennie Walter, 11, and son Byron Walter, 10, all 4 born in Wisconsin. Both of Ruth’s parents had been born in New Hampshire. The all lived on a farm in the Town of Dekorra, Wisconsin.1638On 1 June 1900 Ruth A. Parks, 68, had been married to Rodney, also 68 for only 11 years, since 3 May 1888. She had borne 7 children, all alive, but none lived with she and Rodney. Both her parents had been born in New Hampshire, and she was a dealer in furniture.1112