John H. Park
John H. Park, deceased, was born in New Jersey May 27, 1811. He was a son of Joseph Park, a native of New Jersey, who married Hannah Hartpence, of that State. In 1831 or ’32. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Park came to Ohio with their family, and located in Champaign County, and remained until in 1833, when they came to Shelby County, entered, made improvements, and settled on the northeast quarter of section 30, Dinsmore Township, on which they lived until in 1863, when they moved to Troy, Miami County, where they passed the remainder of their days. They reared a family of nine children, John H., Mary, Ozias, Jane, Elizabeth, Easter, Wesley, Joseph R., and lsaac, five of whom are yet alive—Mary, Ozias, Elizabeth, Easter, and Joseph R.
John H. Park, subject of this sketch, came to Shelby County with his parents in 1833, and located in Dinsmore Township. He made farming his principal avocation through life. May 28, 1835, he married Miss Catharine Noggle, then of Shelby County, born May 3, 1818, by whom he reared eight children, Isaac N., William R., Mary C., George W., Benjamin F., Jane, Harriett P., and Barbara E., all of whom are yet living. Mrs. Park died in 1863. Mr. Park departed this life June 7, 1875.
History of Shelby County, Ohio; R. Sutton & Co, Philadelphia PA, 1883