DR. JOHN SPRY PARK (1819-1907) (date not very clear)
1st wife: Mary Ann Carden (1824-1863) married Mar.
8, 1842, daughter of Allen D. and Maria W. Carden
2nd wife: Margaret Ann Maney (1830-1906)
married Nov. 16, 1864, daughter of Major William and Martha Murfree Maney.
Children: Frances Park Wallis (1842-1894)
James Dickerson Park (1845-1897)
Henrietta Park (1848-1849)
William Park
John Spry Park Jr. (1854-1906)
Mary Maria Park (1866-1899)
Maggie Eliza Park (1866-1899)
My Album
My album's a lyre, whose delicate chords,
Have never responded to sweeps
Of the fingers-or thrilled with musical words,
That hushed in its bosoms doth sleep.
Ah! Wilt thou not touch each long silent string,
And let them in sweetness express-
The thoughts from thy virtuous breast that spring,
In language that cannot but bless.
Yes! Thou wilt breathe the affectionate strain
Thy bosom of Friendship airflows
Whose melting tones shall our senses enchain
With the bands that love ever throws.
Nashville
Mary Ann Carden
February 1, 1842
To Miss Mary Ann Carden
Engagement troth
With a ring set in pearls and Diamonds
The pearl! The pearl, so fair and bright,
The emblem true should be,
Of Friendship calm and holy light,
And of its purity.
But love should claim the purer gem,
To represent its worth;
That ornaments the kiakem
Of crowned Kings of earth.
Amator
Nov. 18th, 1841
Died
In this town, on Friday noon, Aug 21, of inflamation
of the stomach, Mary Ann, wife of Dr. J.S. Park, aged 39 years.
Those who knew her in life speak of her as a lady
of rare personal beauty, amiable disposition; generous sympathies, liberal
charities and nobleness of heart. Free of envy and of pride, she
lived to be loved by a fond husband and bereaved family.
Sic itur ad astra