Parkinsons in Illinois
Henry A. Parkinson married Rachael Anne Caddis Hedges in Bethnal Green, London, in 1845; emigrated to U.S. in 1850, served in 101st Illinois Infantry in Civil War, lost use of arm from wound in action at Chickamauga. Family "legend" has he emigrated with two brothers through Canada; one brother moving to central Illinois, the other staying in Canada.