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Parker, Samuel – Parkman, Francis

Parker, Samuel

protestant episcopal bishop, author, was born Aug. 17, 1744, in Portsmouth, N. H. In 1803 he was unanimously elected to the episcopate of Massachusetts, and was consecrated in Trinity church, New York city, in 1804. He published an Annual Election Sermon Before the Legislature of Massachusetts; a Sermon for the Benefit of the Boston Female Asylum; and several other occasional discourses. He died Dec. 6, 1804, in Boston, Mass.

Parker, Samuel

clergyman, author, was born April 23, 1779, in Ashfield, Mass.

He was a congregational clergyman of New York state, said to have been the first who suggested the possibility of a railway through the Rocky mountains to the Pacific ocean. He published, Exploring Tour Beyond the Rocky Mountains. He died March 24, 1866, in Ithaca, N. Y.

Parker, Samuel W

journalist, lawyer, state legislator, congressman, was born Sept. 9, 1805, in Jefferson county, N. Y. He was elected to the Indiana legislature in 1836, where he served five years. He was two years attorney for the state, and was a representative in congress from Indiana from 1851 to 1855.

Parker, Severn E

lawyer, state legislator, congressman, was born in Northampton county, Va. He was a prominent member of the Virginia legislature; and a representative in congress from 1819 to 1821. He died Oct. 21, 1836, in Northampton, Va.

Parker, Thomas

clergyman, author, was born June 8, 1595, in England. He was a learned puritan clergyman who was one of the founders of Newbury, Mass., and its first pastor. Parker River, in that region, is named in his honor.

He was the author of Letter on Church Government; Prophecies of Daniel Expounded; Methodus Gratiæ Diviniæ; and Theses de Traductione Peccatoris ad Vitam. He died April 24, 1677, in Newbury, Mass.

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

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.