Larissa 'Lovicy' Eliza J Parks b. 22 Nov 1834 Polk County, Tennessee, USA d. 4 May 1909 Pomona, Los Angeles, California, USA: Smith Family Tree

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1834 - 1909 (74 years)

Name	Larissa 'Lovicy' Eliza J Parks [1, 2, 3]
Birth	22 Nov 1834	Polk County, Tennessee, USA [1, 2, 3, 4]
Gender	Female
Census	1880	Arcadia, Iron, Missouri, USA [1]
	Marital status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife
		1880 Census
Census	1900	Westminster, Orange, California, USA [2]
	Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife
Death	4 May 1909	Pomona, Los Angeles, California, USA [3, 4]
Burial	Pomona Cemetery and Mausoleum, Pomona, Los Angeles, California, USA [3]
	Larissa Parks and Patrick Twomey, buried together
		Burial-TWOMEY Lovicy and Patrick Larissa Parks and Patrick Twomey, buried together - Pomona Cemetery, Pomona CA + https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/23294833/ patrick https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/23294851/ lovicy
Person ID	I16211	A Tree Called Smith
Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

Family Patrick Henry Twomey, b. 28 Feb 1826, Tennessee, USA d. 8 Mar 1906, Pomona, Los Angeles, California, USA (Age 80 years)

Marriage 1853 Tennessee, USA [2, 3, 4, 5]

Children

	1. Charles W Twomey, b. Abt 1875, Missouri, USA d. 1875 (Age 0 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	2. Margaret Ann Twomey, b. 1871, Missouri, USA d. 1967 (Age 96 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	3. Isabella Jane Twomey, b. 7 Oct 1862, Missouri, USA d. 13 Oct 1870, Ironton, Iron, Missouri, USA (Age 8 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	4. Harriett R 'Hattie' Twomey, b. 21 Apr 1878, Missouri, USA d. 22 Feb 1949, Los Angeles County, California, USA (Age 70 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	5. Sarah Minerva Twomey, b. 20 Oct 1869, Missouri, USA d. 27 Jul 1954, Los Angeles County, California, USA (Age 84 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	6. Samuel Parks Twomey, b. 11 Dec 1861, Ironton, Iron, Missouri, USA d. 15 May 1927, Los Angeles County, California, USA (Age 65 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	7. Mary Emma Twomey, b. 21 Nov 1865, Missouri, USA d. 25 Dec 1952, Kern County, California, USA (Age 87 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	8. Elizabeth 'Eliza' A Twomey, b. 1875, Missouri, USA d. 1894 (Age 19 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	9. Serena M Twomey, b. Abt 1864, Missouri, USA d. 21 Mar 1928, Fresno County, California, USA (Age 64 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	10. Henry Clay Twomey, b. Nov 1856, Ducktown, Polk, Tennessee, USA d. 15 Mar 1904, Iron County, Missouri, USA (Age 47 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	11. James Parks Twomey, b. Nov 1859, Missouri, USA d. 20 Dec 1912, Los Angeles County, California, USA (Age 53 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	12. Lorene Arabelle 'Belle' Twomey, b. 24 Sep 1873, Iron, Iron, Missouri, USA d. 29 Nov 1960, Madison County, Missouri, USA (Age 87 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]

Family ID F9477 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 21 Jul 2025

Event Map

	Birth - 22 Nov 1834 - Polk County, Tennessee, USA
	Marriage - 1853 - Tennessee, USA
	Census - Marital status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife - 1880 - Arcadia, Iron, Missouri, USA
	Census - Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife - 1900 - Westminster, Orange, California, USA
	Death - 4 May 1909 - Pomona, Los Angeles, California, USA

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Bible & Church Records		At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.
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Burials

Burial-TWOMEY Lovicy and Patrick
Larissa Parks and Patrick Twomey, buried together - Pomona Cemetery, Pomona CA + https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/23294833/ patrick https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/23294851/ lovicy

Census

1880 Census

People

PARKS-Larissa Twomey
Larissa 'Lovicy' Eliza J Parks

Sources

[S8915] Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1880 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Lehi, UT ; Date: 2010;), Year: 1880; Census Place: Arcadia, Iron, Missouri; Roll: 691; Family History Film: 1254691; Page: 546B; Enumeration District: 053; Image: 0479.

1880 United States Federal Census
Year: 1880; Census Place: Arcadia, Iron, Missouri; Roll: 691; Family History Film: 1254691; Page: 546B; Enumeration District: 053; Image: 0479
[S11629] Ancestry.com, 1900 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2004;), Year: 1900; Census Place: Westminster, Orange, California; Roll: 95; Page: 20B; Enumeration District: 0142; FHL microfilm: 1240095.

1900 United States Federal Census
Year: 1900; Census Place: Westminster, Orange, California; Roll: 95; Page: 20B; Enumeration District: 0142; FHL microfilm: 1240095
[S8274] Find a Grave: TWOMEY Larissa Parks 1834-1909, Larissa Lovicy J Twomey Parks.
- Birth: 22 Nov 1834 - Death: 4 May 1909 (aged 74) Burial: Pomona Valley Memorial Park, Pomona, Los Angeles County, California - Memorial ID: 23294851
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/23294851/lovicy-j.-twomey
[S315] Family Bibles, Family Bible of the Twomey Families: Transcribed Notes #2 of 5.
PATRICK TWOMEY 1826-1906
married Larissa Parks 1834-1909
• Henry Clay 1856-1904
• James Parks 1859-1912
• Samuel Parks 1861-1927
• Isabella Jane 1862-1870
• Serena M 1864-1928
• Mary Emma 1865-1952
• Sarah Minerva 1869-1954
• Margaret Ann 1871-1967
• Belle 1873-1960
• Elizabeth 1875-1894
• Harriett 1878-1949 -----
HENRY CLAY TWOMEY married (1883) Clara Whitnah 1862-1917
• Frederick Alphonso 1886-1966
• Mary Alice 1887-1963
• Maud Rebecca 1889-1971
• Samuel Everett 1891-1974
• Henry Howard 1893-1956
• Ethel Serena 1895-1975
• Clara Ella 1897-1979
• Blanch Evelyn 1900-1901
• May Catherine 1903-1975 -----
FRED A TWOMEY married (1912) Carrie E Inman 1886-1925
• Madelene Marie 1913
• Byron Inman 1914-1970
• Virginia Lucille 1916
• Phyllis Marjorie 1918 -----
MADELEN MARIE TWOMEY married Michael Scanlon (divorced, no children) -----
BYRON I TWOMEY married (1935) Sadie Braxton 1910 Divorced (1945)
• Myra Ann 1940
married (1947) Leona Redzvil 1922
• Donald John 1948
• Gary Byron 1952
• Martha Leona 1956 -----

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[S315] Family Bibles, Twomey Family Bible Notes.
TWOMEY FAMILY BIBLE NOTES
Thomas Lawful Twomey - 1789 - (Rowan County) married (9/19/1811) Margaret Lewis
I Hugh Twomey - 1818 - 10/18/1875 married (2/7/1841) Lettuce Wyatt Smith
(A) Thomas Caleb Twomey - 12/4/1841 - 9/26/1859
(B) Nanby M Twomey - 10/12/1843 - 7/26/1844
(C) William Patrick Twomey - 2/13/1845
(D) Silas E Twomey - 11/11/1846 - 8/12/1866
(E) Suzan M C Twomey - 7/1848
(F) Ellen A Twomey - 1/15/1851 - 10/19/1851
(G) Emeline TULLOCK - 5/11/1852 - 7/26/1881
(H) Rachel Barsheba Twomey - 4/11/1854 – 1924
(I) Francois M Twomey - 9/9/1858 - 9/10/1959
(J) John Bunion Twomey - 9/15/1859 - 9/15/1939 married (11/28/1889) Eliza Caroline Davis
(1) Bessie Florence Twomey - 1/17/1891 - 11/3/1904
(2) Lawrence Adolph Twomey - 5/18/1892 - 7/13/1973
(3) Lottie Grace Twomey - 7/8/1893 - 12/20/1895
(4) Fairy Lonseal WALSH - 2/5/1895 – 1984
(5) John Julien Twomey - 4/15/1896 - 11/4/1979
(6) Xenia Auth Twomey - 10/20/1899 - 5/24/1981
(7) Esther Annie CULLI - 10/16/1901 – 1996
(8) Loretta Hellin Twomey - 12/3/1904
(9) Theodore Ray Twomey - 10/22/1907
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II Patrick Twomey - 1826 - 1906 married Larissa Parks - 1834 - 1909
(A) Henry Clay Twomey - 1856 - 1904 married (1883) Clara Whitnah - 1862 – 1917
(1) Frederick Alphonso Twomey - 1886 - 1966 married (1912) Carrie E Inman - 1886 - 1925
(a) Madelene Marie Twomey - 1913 married Michael Scanlon (divorced, no children)
(b) Byron Inman Twomey - 1914 - 1970 married 1st (1935) Sadie Braxton, divorced (1945) - 1910
(b1) Myra Ann Twomey - 1940
Byron married 2nd (1947) Leona Redzvil - 1922
(b2) Donald John Twomey – 1948 married (1977) Sara Lyons 1953
(b2a) Rory Byron Twomey - 1978
(b2b) Emily Marie Twomey - 1979
(b3) Gary ByronTwomey - 1952 married (1975) Katherine Rowland - 1952
(b3a) Chase Rowland Twomey - 1978
(b3b) Matthew Hamilton Twomey- 1981
(b4) Martha Leona Twomey – 1956 married (1984) Edward Quisenberry
(b4a) Robin Lisa Quisenberry- 1983
(b4b) Evan Edward Quisenberry- 1986
(c) Virginia LucilleTwomey - 1916 married (1946) Richard R Keicher - 1919
(c1) Elizabeth Ann Keicher - 1948 - 1966
(c2) Stanley Richard Keicher - 1951 married (1971) Jane Anderson 1951
(c2a) Brian David Keicher- 1978
(c2b) Todd Brandon Keicher - 1984
(d) Phyllis MarjorieTwomey - 1918 married (1946) Wallace Helber - 1914
(d1) Susan Leslie Helber - 1948
(d2) Vicki Lenore Helber - 1950 married 1st (1970) Stephen Zelinger (and divorced)
Vicki married 2nd William Platz - 1948
(d2a) Caroline Laura Platz - 1980
(d2b) Alice Elizabeth Platz - 1983
(d3) Janet Marie Helber - 1951 married (1994) Steve Parker 1948
(d3a) Patrick Forrest – 1986
(2) Mary Alice Twomey - 1887 – 1963 married (1913) Frank Inman - 1887 – 1963
(3) Maud Rebecca Twomey - 1889 – 1971 married (1921) Gus Donald Butler (and divorced)
(4) Samuel Everett Twomey - 1891 - 1974 married Catherine Anderson - 1919 - 1986
(a) Lorene Alice Twomey - 1920 married (1941) James Buford
(a1) Karen Valerie Buford - 1945 married (1963) William Pruitt 1943
(a1a) William Edward Pruitt - 1964
(a1b) James Gregory Pruitt - 1965
(a1c) Daniel Jay Pruitt - 1970
(a1d) Chloe Michele Pruitt - 1974
(a2) Michael Garth Buford- 1948 married (1970) Eileen Best 1948
(a2a) James Everett Buford - 1977
(a2b) Emily Ann Buford - 1983
(b) Dorothy May Twomey - 1922 married (1949) Harry C Carle - 1910 - 1960
(b1) Kathleen Elizabeth Carle - 1951 married 1st (1972) Neil Haverstick - 1951 (no children)
Kathleen married 2nd (1986) Carl J Wittfield
(b2) Patricia Joanne Carle- 1953
(b3) William Everett Carle - 1955 married (1977) Deborah Susan Brownfeld
(b3a) Benjamin William Carle - 1981 - 1981
(b3b) Andrew Jacob Carle - 1983
(b3c) Caitlin Marjory Carle- 1986
(c) Mary Lee Twomey - 1924 – 1924
(5) Henry Howard Twomey - 1893 – 1956 married (1918) Joanna Frederickson 1886 - 1978
(a) Howard Twomey Jr - 1916 married (1946) Alice Montgomery 1916
(a1) Howard Twomey III - 1948
(b) June Twomey - 1919 married Vern Robbins
(b1) Dennis Robbins (married with 1 son)
(b2) Christina Robbins (married)
(b3) John Robbins (married)
(b4) Patricia Robbins
(6) Ethel Serena Twomey - 1895 – 1975 married (1935) Ambrose Chaplin - 1895 - 1986
(a) Carolyn Chaplin - 1942 married (1964) Steven W Franks - 1943
(a1) Kenneth C Franks - 1968
(a2) Julie N Franks- 1971
(a3) Serena A Franks- 1973
(a4) Stephanie J Franks- 1975
(7) Clara Ella Twomey - 1897 – 1979 married 1st (1920) Ace Sherwood
(a) Velma Ruth Sherwood - 1921 married (1944) Gordon Koester - 1914 - 1982
(a1) Kent Koester - 1945 - 1966
(a2) Krisse Koester - 1948 married (1969) Phillip Britt - 1949
(a2a) Kimberly Kristyue Britt - 1970
(a2b) Tracy Lee Britt- 1972
(a2c) Robert Britt - 1975
(a3) Karla Koester- 1953
Clara divorced Ace and married 2nd (1937) Frank Vincent
(8) Blanch Evelyn Twomey - 1900 – 1901
(9) May Catherine Twomey - 1903 – 1975 married 1st (1923) Thedore Border (divorced 1942)
(a) Ted Border- 1924
(b) James Border - 1926
(c) Mary Alice Border - 1938 - 1963 married (1956) Elmer Butz
(c1) Bernice May Butz
(c2) Dorothy Alice Butz
May married 2nd (1944) John H Burks
(d) John Burks Jr - 1945 married (1966) Pat Simmons
May married 3rd (1953) Fred B Gaylord
(B) James Parks Twomey - 1859 – 1912
(C) Samuel Parks Twomey - 1861 – 1927
(D) Isabella Jane Twomey - 1862 – 1870
(E) Serena M Twomey - 1864 – 1928
(F) Mary Emma Twomey - 1865 – 1952
(G) Sarah Minerva Twomey - 1869 – 1954
(H) Margaret Ann Twomey - 1871 – 1967
(I) Belle Twomey - 1873 – 1960
(J) Elizabeth Twomey - 1875 – 1894
(K) Harriett Twomey - 1878 - 1949
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