Biography

05/30/1881 - 03/15/1957

PARKS, Joseph W., a Representative from Blair County; born, May 30, 1881 in Keyser, Mineral County, WV; attended, Altoona Business College; advertising composition, Kings School of Pittsburgh; poultry farmer; banker; township clerk; road supervisor, Blair county; member, Blair County Republican Committee; director, First National Bank, Altoona; director, Security B&L Company; contributor, poultry and sports journals; United States Patent and trademark holder, multiple farm, home and automobile devises; elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives as a Republican in 1934; not a candidate for reelection to the House (1936); died, March 15, 1957 in Orlando, Orange County, Florida; interred, Grandview Cemetery, Altoona, Blair County, Pennsylvania.