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.