Miss
Lorana Parks, who has been sick for the past winter is not improving as fast as her many friends would wish. -
The Genoa Tribune April 26, 1901
Found her on the 1850 Locke, Cayuga, New York census as
Lorania A. Parks age 8.
Found her on the 1855 Locke, Cayuga, New York state census (img 15) as
Lorana A. Parks age 14.
Found her on the 1860 Locke, Cayuga, New York census (img 28) as
Lorana Parks age 19.
Marriage Record
Found her on the 1875 Locke, Cayuga, New York state census (img 8) as
Lorana Finger age 34, living with her parents.
Lorana obtained a divorce from Jacob Fingar on 10 Feb 1879. - Civil War Pension Records, photocopy on file.
Found her on the 1880 Locke, Cayuga, New York census as
Lorana Parks age 38, divorced and living with her mother.
Found her on the 1900 Locke, Cayuga, New York census (dist 32 img 21) as
Lorania Parks age 59, divorced. She is in the household of her widowed mother
Saphrona Parks age 85.
JAN. 23 -The funeral of Miss Lorana Parks was held at the house on Thursday. Rev. Mr. Booth, pastor of the Baptist church of which she was a member, officiated. She was 63 years old, and leaves an aged mother, a sister, Mrs. Oscar Lowe, and a brother, Charles Parks. Burial was made at Moravia. Mrs. A. W. Stevens of Auburn and her daughter, Mrs. Helen Close of Iowa City were among the relatives present at the funeral. Mrs. Sophronia Parks [Lorana's mother], who is nearly 90 years old, is very feeble and not able to leave her room. - The Genoa Tribune January 29, 1904