On top of a bluff overlooking Bear Creek. One of the oldest cemeteries in the county. Started in the 1840s on the family farm of Marshall Parks who came here from Tennessee to homestead.

Directions to burial site, provided by CL and Lina Boyd:
From the Junction of Highway 65 and 74 north of Marshall, go west on Highway 74 for .3 mile to the Y. Go left for 1 mile to the red metal gate on the left. (Usually locked). Go across pasture for about 1/4 mile to edge of bench over Bear Creek. Cemetery is north of hay storage area. Approximately 40 graves. Six have marble stones but are deteriorated so badly they are unreadable. Area about 65 feet by 200 feet. Appears to have been at least two rock crypts, one of which has been torn down and dug into for a depth of about 3 feet.

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Clara J. Parks                              1843                     May 2, 1856 
    Daughter of Marshall Parks and Sophia Hollabaugh

Jacob F. Parks                         July 1832                October 25, 1886 
    Son of of Marshall Parks and Sophia Hollabaugh

Marshall Parks                                                     July 26, 1861
    Age 61 years 5 months 3 days
    Bible reference born February 23, 1810 died July 26, 1871
    Son of Theophilus Parks and Mary Lyons
    First Wife:  Sophia Hollabaugh
    Second Wife: Mary Duncan Wright

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