Parke, John Grubb – Parker, Isaac C
Parke, John Grubb
soldier, educator, author, was born Sept. 22, 1827, in Chester county, Pa. He was a soldier of distinction who was superintendent of the United States Military academy in 1887, and was retired from active service in 1889. He is the author of United States Laws Relating to Public Works; and Laws Relating to the Construction of Bridges over Navigable Waters.
Parke, Thomas
educator, physician, college president, lecturer, was born Aug. 6, 1749, in Chester county, Pa. In 1787 he was one of the founders of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia, and from 1818 until his death he was president of this body, and was the last survivor of its founders. He died Jan. 9, 1835, in Philadelphia.
Parker, Abraham X
lawyer, state senator, congressman, was born Nov. 14, 1831, in Granville, Vt. He was a member of the state house of representatives in 1863 and 1864; and a state senator from 1868 to 1871. He was elected a representative from New York to the forty-seventh, forty-eighth, forty-ninth and fiftieth congresses as a republican.
Parker, Amasa Junius
was born June 2, 1807, in Sharon, Conn. In 1833 he was elected a representative in the New York state legislature; and in 1835 was chosen a regent of the university. From 1837 to 1839 he was a representative in congress. In 1844 he was appointed a circuit judge and vice-chancellor of the court of equity. Soon after the adoption of a new state constitution, he became a judge of the supreme court of New York. In 1859 he was appointed United States attorney for the district of New York. He died May 13, 1890, in Albany, N. Y.
Parker, Amasa J
lawyer, state senator, was born May 6, 1843, in Delhi, N. Y.; and is a son of the late Judge Amasa J. Parker. In 1863 he graduated from Union college, and in the year following from the Albany Law school, and has since practiced his profession in Albany, N. Y. Since 1864 he has been connected with the national guard, having served from private to brigadiergeneral. In 1882 he was elected to the New York state assembly; and for three terms has been a member of the state senate, in 1886-87, in 1892-93, and again in 1894-95.
Parker, Amos Andrew
legislator, journalist, author, was born in 1792 in Fitzwilliam, N. H. For several years he was editor of the New Hampshire Statesman; and served thirteen sessions in the New Hampshire legislature. He is the author of several books, among which are A Trip to the West of Texas; and Poems at Four-Score.
Parker, Andrew
congressman, was born in Pennsylvania. He was a representative in congress from that state from 1851 to 1853.
Parker, Benjamin S
merchant, author, poet, was born Feb. 10, 1833, in Indiana. For twenty years he has been a merchant of New Castle, Ind. He is the author of a volume of poems entitled The Cabin in the Clearing; and has also compiled a volume of Indiana poetry.
Parker, Bowdoin S
soldier, lawyer, legislator, was born Aug. 10, 1841, in Conway, Mass. He is a successful lawyer of Boston, Mass.; was a member of the city council for three years; and for two years served with distinction as a member of the Massachusetts state legislature. He is a veteran of the war of the rebellion; a commissioned officer of the Massachusetts volunteer militia for eighteen years, and was placed on the retired list with rank of lieutenant-colonel.
Parker, C. M
educator, journalist, was born Sept. 17, 1860, in Wilkes county, N. C. He is the founder, editor and owner of The School News of Taylorville, Ill.
Parker, Charles
manufacturer, was born Jan. 2, 1809, in Cheshire, Conn.
He is the president of the Charles Parker company, iron founders and producers of hardware, and of Parker Bro's, manufacturers of guns; and is one of the most valuable residents of Meriden, Conn., and has done as much as any other man there to convert that city into the perfect hive of industry which it is.
It was he who first introduced steam power into a factory in Meriden. His little shop has now grown into five separate and distinct factories, all located in different parts of Meriden, and there is also a factory at Yalesville, a village three miles from Meriden.
Parker, Cortlandt
lawyer, was born June 27, 1818, in Perth Amboy, N.
J. He was one of the revisers of the laws of New Jersey in 1875, and a commissioner to settle the boundaries between that state and Delaware.
Parker, Daniel
soldier, lawyer, author, was born Jan. 29, 1782, in Shirley, Mass. He became chief clerk in the United States war department in 1810, adjutant and inspector-general, Nov. 22, 1814, paymaster-general in 1821, and in 1841 he returned to the war department as chief clerk. He published an Army Register.
Parker, Edward Griffin
lawyer, author, was born Nov. 16, 1825, in Boston, Mass. He was a lawyer of New York city; and the author of The Golden Age of American Oratory; and Reminiscences of Rufus Choate. He died March 30, 1868, in New York city.
Parker, Edwin Pond
clergyman, author, poet, was born Jan. 13, 1836, in Castine, Maine. He is a congregational clergyman of Hartford, pastor of the south church from 1860; and the author of Book of Praise; Memorial of H. Bushnell; and The Ministry of Natural Beauty.
Parker, Mrs. Elizabeth Low-
BER [CHANDLER]-Bessie Chandlerauthor, was born in 1856 in New York. She is a writer of Batavia, N. Y., who has contributed much to magazines. She is the author of A Woman who Failed and Others.
Parker, Foxhall Alexander
naval officer, author, was born Aug. 5, 1821, in New York city. He was a commodore in the United States navy; and the author of Fleet Tactics under Steam; The Naval Howitzer Afloat; The Naval Howitzer Ashore; The Fleets of the World; The Battle of Mobile Bay; and Elia, or Spain Fifty Years Ago, a translation from the Spanish. He died June 10, 1879, in Annapolis, Md.
Parker, Francis Wayland
soldier, educator, author, was born Oct. 9, 1837, in Bedford, N. H. He is a prominent educator of Chicago, principal of the Cook County Normal school, and formerly supervisor of the Boston schools. He is the author of Talks on Teaching; The Practical Teacher; Course in Arithmetic; and How to Teach Geography.
Parker, George Washington
railroad president, was born in August, 1836, in Springfield, Ill. He was president of the Second National bank of Charleston; and in 1887 was elected president of the St. Louis, Alton and Terre Haute railroad, which position he still holds.
Parker, Gilbert
author, was born in 1861, in Ontario, Canada. He is a popular Canadian novelist now living in the United States; and the author of Pierre and His People; Tales of the Far North; An Adventurer of the North; A Romany of the Snows; A Lover's Diary; When Valmond Came to Pontiac; The Seats of the Mighty; and The Pomp of the Lavillettes.
Parker, Mrs. Helen Fitch
author, was born Dec. 20, 1827, in Auburn, N. Y. She was the author of Sunrise and Sunset; Morning Stars of the New World; Rambles After Land Shells; Missions and Martyrs of Madagascar; Frank's Search for Sea Shells; Constance of Aylmer, a tale; Blind Florette; and Arthur's Aquarium. She died Dec. 4, 1874, in Amherst, Mass.
Parker, Henry
governor, was born about 1690, near Savannah, Ga. During 1750-54 he was governor of Georgia. He died about 1778, on the Isle of Hope, Ga.
Parker, Henry Langdon
lawyer, legislator, was born Oct. 7, 1832, in Acton, Mass. During 1887-90 he was a member of the Massachusetts state legislature, and has filled several judicial positions.
Parker, Henry Webster
educator, clergyman, poet, was born Sept. 7, 1824, in Danby, N. Y. He is a presbyterian clergyman and educator, professor of mental science in Iowa college from 1879; and the author of The Story of a Soul, a poem; and Verse.
Parker, Hosea W
lawyer, state legislator, congressman, was born May 30, 1833, in Lempster, N. H. He was a member of the legislature of New Hampshire in 1859. He was elected to the fortysecond and forty-third congresses.
Parker, Isaac
lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born June 17, 1768, in Boston, Mass. He was elected to congress, serving as a representative from 1797 to 1799. He was appointed, by President Adams, marshal for the district of Maine, which office he held until 1801. He afterward removed to Portland. In 1806 he became judge of the supreme court, and in 1814 chief justice, which position he occupied for sixteen years. For several years he was professor of law in Harvard university. He died May 26, 1830, in Boston, Mass.
Parker, Isaac C
soldier, lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born Oct. 15, 1838, in Belmont county, Ohio. He removed to St. Joseph, Mo.; and was elected city attorney in 1862 and 1863. In 1868 he was elected circuit judge for six years, but resigned in 1870; and was elected to the forty-second and fortythird congresses. In 1875 he was appointed chief justice of Utah; and in March of the same year was appointed United States district judge for the western district of Arkansas.