Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 301, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 December 1912 — JOSEPH V. PARKISON DIED WEDNESDAY [ARTICLE]

JOSEPH V. PARKISON DIED WEDNESDAY

Body of Aged Father of Mrs. Walter V. Porter Will Be Brought From Kansas For Buriel. Joseph V. Parkison died Wednesday at Bucklin, Kans., following a decline of several years, during which time he suffered from kidney and bladder disease. His daughter, Mrs. Walter V. Porter, who visited her parents at Bucklin, during the fall, has been ’ receiving almost daily advices from the family during the past ten days and each brought word that he was nearing the end and they were, therefore, prepared for the message received Wednesday evening, which informed them that he had passed away that day. Mr. Parkison is survived by his wife and six children, one son and five daughters. The son, Wallace, is a bachelor and has always resided with his parents. The daughters are, Mrs. Walter V. Porter, of Rensselaer; Mrs. R. Bruce Porter, of Mt. Vernon, S. Dak.; Mrs. Alfred Collins, of Bucklin, Kans.; Mrs. Dr. Milligan, of Garnet, Kans.; and Mrs. Frank Yeoman, 6f Kaw City, Okla. Some of the relatives have been with him during the past week or more, including Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Porter, who will probably accompany the remains to Rensselaer. Mrs. Parkison, the aged widow, is enjoying quite good health and will be able to make the trip here also, and Wallace and Mrs. Milligan are also expected to accompany the body here, leaving Bucklin at 2 o’clock this Thursday afternoon and probably arriving Friday night or Saturday morning. The funeral will • probably take place Sunday afternoon at 2 o’clock, but complete arrangements will await the arrival of the remains. Joseph V. Parkison was a native of Ohio, having been born in that state on May 16th, 1829, being just two years younger than his brother, Addison Parkison, who died several years ago. His father, John G. Parkison, came to Jasper county in 1837, when Joseph was a boy 8 years of age. They located in Barkley township 'and he continued a resident of this county until the spring of 1903, when he located at Bucklin, Kans., where he has since resided with the exception of several months he spent here about a year ago. He was one of the rugged pioneers of Jasper county and helped to develop Jasper county and lived to see it change Jrom a wilderness to a land of progress and happiness. The old Parkison home in Barkley township will be remembered by all the old settlers and many of them will recall the days when “Uncle" Joe was a conspicuous figure in the activities of the pioneer days.