Parker, Thomas – Parris, Virgil D
Parker, Thomas
lawyer, jurist. He was a citizen of South Carolina; and in 1812 was appointed judge of the United States court for the district of South Carolina.
Parker, Willard
educator, physician, surgeon, author, was born Sept. 2, 1800, in Hillsborough, N. H. He was a distinguished surgeon of Philadelphia, professor of surgery in the College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1839-69; and the author of Cystotomy; Spontaneous Fractures; and The Concussion of Nerves.
He died April 25, 1884, in New York city.
Parker, William Harwar
naval officer, author, was born Oct. 8, 1826, in New York city. He was an officer in the confederate navy during the civil war; and the author of Instruction for Naval Light Artillery; and Recollections of a Naval Officer.
Parker, William Thornton
A. M., M. D., physician, artist, was born Jan. 8, 1818, in Groveland, Mass. As an anatomical artist he is said to have been unrivaled, his Anatomical Atlas being a work of great value.
PARKER, WILLIAM
Parker, William Thornton
surgeon, inventor, author, was born Dec. 24, 1849, in Boston, Mass. He founded the Medical Guild of St. Luke's, and was the originator to provide a National Sanitarium for Consumptives. He was appointed acting professor of American jurisprudence in the college of Physicians and Surgeons of Chicago.
Parkhill, Charles Breckin- Ridge
lawyer, legislator, was born June 23, 1859, at Tuscawilla, Fla., the plantation home of his parents. His father, Captain George W.
Parkhill, was a member of the secession convention of Florida, and lost his life in the confederate army. He received the rudiments of his education in the public schools of Monticello; then attended the Randolph-Macon college of Ashland, Va.; and finally studied law at the university of Virginia. Since 1883 he has practiced law in Pensacola, Fla.; has been county attorney; and in 1897 was appointed prosecuting attorney for the criminial court of record for the term of four years. In 1888 he was elected state senator; has taken part in the democratic state and congressional conventions, and is recognized as a popular orator of unusual eloquence and ability. In 1890. he was elected grand chancellor of the Knights of Pythias of Florida.
Parkhurst, Charles Henry
clergyman, author, was born April 17, 1842, in Framingham, Mass. He is a presbyterian clergyman of New York city, pastor of the Madison Square church from 1880, and very prominent as a municipal reformer. He is the author of Forms of the Latin Verb Illustrated by the Sanskrit; The Blind Man's Creed: The Pattern on the Mount; Three Gates on a Side; What Would the World Be Without Religion?; The Swiss Guide; and Our Fight with Tammany.
Parkhurst, Matthew M
soldier, clergyman, was born July 13, 1834, in Oswego, N. Y. He has filled pastorates in the episcopal church in Boston, Milwaukee and Chicago; and has contributed valuable articles to current literature.
Parkinson, John Barber
educator, was born April 11, 1834, in Edwardsville, Ill. He has filled numerous chairs in the university of Wisconsin, of which be is vice-president since 1885; and professor of constitutional and international law since 1893.
Parkinson, William
clergyman, author, was born Nov. 8, 1774, in Frederick county, Md. He was a baptist clergyman of New York city; and the author of Ecclesiastical History; Public Ministry of the Word; and Sermons on Deuteronomy xxxii. He died March 10, 1848, in New York city.
Parkman, Francis
clergyman, author, was born June 4, 1788, in Boston, Mass. He was a unitarian clergyman of Boston; and the author of The Offering of Sympathy. He died Nov. 12, 1852, in Boston, Mass.
Parkman, Francis
historian, author, was born Sept. 16, 1823, in Boston, Mass. He was the foremost of American historians. The work of his life was the series of historical narratives called France and England in North America, begun in 1864 and completed in 1892. He was the author of Pioneers of France in the New World; The Jesuits in North America; La Salle and the Discovery of the Great West; The Old Régime in Canada; Count Frontenac and New France under Louis XIV; A Half Century of Conflict; and Montcalm and Wolfe. The Conspiracy of Pontiac forms a sequel to the work, though first issued in 1857. He died in 1893.
Parkman, George
physician, author, was born in 1791 in Boston, Mass. He was a Boston physician who published Insanity and the Management of the Insane. He died in November, 1849, in Boston, Mass.
Parks, Gorham
lawyer, congressman, was born in 1793 in Massachusetts. He was a representative in congress from Maine from 1833 to 1837; and from 1838 to 1841 was United States marshal for the district of Maine. From 1843 to 1845 he was United States attorney; and from 1845 to 1849 was United States consul at Rio Janeiro.
Parks, Leighton
clergyman, author, was born in 1855 in New York. He is an episcopal clergyman of Boston; rector of Emmanuel church from 1878; and the author of His Star in the East; and Winning of the Soul, and Other Sermons.
Parks, Samuel C
lawyer, jurist, was born in Vermont. He was appointed a justice of the United States court for the territory of Idaho. He afterward resided in New Mexico; and in 1882 was appointed an associate justice of the supreme court of the territory of Wyoming.
Parks, Samuel Shaw
lawyer, was born May 6, 1863, in Palmer, Mass. His mother is a descendant from the first settlers of Plymouth who came over in the Mayflower. In 1879 he entered Monson academy, graduating therefrom in 1882.
He entered Amherst college in 1882, and received the degree of B. A. in 1886. In 1888 he graduated from the Union college of Law, and since that time has practiced his profession in Chicago. He is a democrat of very pronounced views; and is a member of various silver and other political clubs. He was married in 1888 to Grace Runyan, daughter of E. F. Runyan, a noted lawyer of Chicago; and they have two children.
Parloa, Maria
author, was born in 1843 in Massachusetts. She is a lecturer and writer upon domestic economy, especially upon the science of food preparation; and the author of First Principles of Household Management and Cookery; Kitchen Companion; The Young Housekeeper; and New Cook Book and Marketing Guide.
Parmelee, Theodore Nelson
journalist, author, was born in 1804 in Connecticut. He was editor for several years of the Buffalo Commercial, and author of some of the biographies in the volume Men of Progress; of a series of political reminiscences that were published in Harper's Magazine under the title Recollections of an Old Stager; and of numerous fugitive articles. He died July 3, 1874, in Branford, Conn.
Parmenter, William
naval officer, state senator, congressman, was born in Massachusetts. He was a state senator in 1836; and was a representative in congress from Massachusetts from 1837 to 1845. He was a naval officer at Boston from 1845 to 1849. He died Feb. 27, 1866, in Cambridge, Mass.
Parr, Franklin J
lawyer, was born Nov. 30, 1865, near Pekin, Ill. He received a liberal education, was admitted to the bar, and has attained success as one of the leading lawyers of Iowa at Fort Dodge. He has been a school director in Illinois; and city attorney for Storm Lake, Iowa. He holds the degrees of B. S. and LL. B., and contributes extensively to law literature.
Parrent, John M
educator, was born May 28, 1859, in Alton, Ky. He attended the Kentucky Military institute, and the Normal college; and has since been engaged in educational work. He first taught in the public schools of Kentucky, then at the Lawrenceburg seminary, then at the Normal college; and in 1888 moved to Montana. For four years he was principal of the Lewistown graded schools, and in 1892 was elected county superintendent of schools.
Parrett, William F
lawyer, jurist, was born Aug. 10, 1825, in Blairsville, Ind. In 1858 he was elected to the Indiana legislature and served during the general and special sessions; in 1859 was appointed judge of the fifteenth circuit, to which position he was elected for six years at the election following his appointment; and after his election he returned to Evansville, where he has since resided. In 1865 he was re-elected for a term of six years. In 1873 he was appointed judge of the first circuit, and was elected to the same position; and twice re-elected, 1879 and 1884. He was elected to the fifty-first congress; and re-elected to the fifty-second congress as a democrat.
Parris, Albion Keith
lawyer, jurist, congressman, United States senator, governor, was born Jan. 19, 1788, in Auburn, Maine. In 1811 he was appointed attorney for Oxford county, Maine; in 1813 was elected to the general court; and in 1814 was chosen a state senator. He was elected a representative in congress in 1815, and again in 1817. He was appointed judge of the federal district court in 1818. In 1820 he was appointed judge of probate for Cumberland county. He was five times elected governor of Maine from 1822 to 1827; and was a senator in congress in 1827 and 1828. He was appointed judge of the supreme court of the state in 1828, holding the office until 1836, when he became second comptroller in the federal treasury department. He left that office in 1850, and returned to Portland.
In 1852 he was elected mayor. He died Feb. 11, 1857, in Portland, Maine.
Parris, Virgil D
lawyer, state senator, congressman. He was assistant secretary of the state senate in 1831; and was a member of the Maine legislature from 1833 to 1839. He was a representative in congress from Maine from 1838 to 1841; and a state senator in 1842 and 1843.
He was a United States marshal for Maine from 1844 to 1848; United States special mail agent from 1853 to 1856; and subsequently held the office of naval storekeeper at Kittery, Maine. He died June 13, 1874, in Kittery, Maine.