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Parkman, George – Parrish, Joseph

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.

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.

Parrish, Charles Henry

clergyman, educator, college president, was born April 18, 1859, in Lexington, Ky. He received the rudiments of his education in the public schools of his native city; and attended the state university of Louisville, in which institution he was subsequently secretary, treasurer and professor of Greek. He is now pastor of the Calvary Baptist church of Louisville and president of the Eckstein Norton university.

Parrish, Edward

educator, college president, author, was born May 31, 1822, in Philadelphia, Pa. He was an educator and pharmacist of Philadelphia, and president of Swarthmore college in 1868- 70. He was the author of Introduction to Practical Pharmacy; The Phantom Bouquet, a Treatise on Skeletonizing Leaves; and Essay on Education in the Society of Friends. He died in 1872. on

Parrish, Isaac

congressman, was born in 1811 in Ohio. He was a representative in congress from that state from 1839 to 1841, and again from 1845 to 1847.

Parrish, John

clergyman, author, was born Nov. 7, 1729, in Baltimore, Md.

He was a Quaker preacher of Pennsylvania noted as an early opponent of slavery, who published Remarks on the Slavery of the Black Race. He died Oct. 21, 1807, in Baltimore, Md.

Parrish, Joseph

physician, author, was born Sept. 2, 1779, in Philadelphia.

He was an eminent Philadelphia physician who was the author of Practical Observations on Strangulated Hernia. He died in 1840.