History of Fulton County, Illinois; together with
Sketches of its Cities, Villages and Townships, Educational, Religious,
Civil, Military, and Political History; Portraits of Prominent Persons
and Biographies of Representative Citizens. Chas. C. Chapman & Co.,
Peoria, Illinois, 1879, page 511, Bernadotte Township
Thomas K. Parkinson, farmer, sec. 33; P. O., Ipava; is the son
of Thomas Parkinson, sr., of England; was born in Jefferson Co., Ohio,
Aug. 27, 1842, and moved to this county in 1853; was educated in
Ohio and Illinois ; enlisted in Co. G, 50th Ill. Vol., Oct. 2, 1862 ;
was at the siege of Vicksburg, and with Sherman during his grand march;
mustered out in Jan., 1865; was married to Miss Amanda Lampton April
26, 1866. Both Mr. and Mrs. P. are members of the M. E. Church.
Democrat.
