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PARSONS, Claude VanCleve, a Representative from Illinois; born on a farm near McCormick, Pope County, Ill., October 7, 1895; attended the public schools; taught in the rural schools of Pope County, Ill., 1914-1922; was graduated from Southern Illinois State Normal School at Carbondale in 1923; moved to Golconda, Pope County, Ill., in 1922 to become county superintendent of schools, in which capacity he served until 1930; was also engaged as an editor and newspaper publisher from 1924 to 1930; elected on November 4, 1930, as a Democrat to the Seventy-first Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Thomas S. Williams and on the same day was elected to the Seventy-second Congress; reelected to the Seventy-third and to the three succeeding Congresses and served from November 4, 1930, to January 3, 1941; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1940 to the Seventy-seventh Congress; appointed first assistant administrator of the United States Housing Authority February 14, 1941, and served until his death in Washington, D.C., May 23, 1941; Family interment in Zion Church Cemetery, near Ozark, Ill.
PARSONS, Edward Young, a Representative from Kentucky; born in Middletown, Jefferson County, Ky., December 12, 1842; attended the public schools at Louisville until twelve years of age; studied one year in the St. Louis High School; returned to Louisville and was graduated from the municipal university in 1861, where he taught school for three years; was graduated from the Louisville Law School in 1865 and practiced law in Louisville, Ky; elected as a Democrat to the Forty-fourth Congress and served from March 4, 1875, until his death in Washington, D.C., July 8, 1876; interment in Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.
PARSONS, Herbert, a Representative from New York; born in New York City, October 28, 1869; attended private schools in New York City, St. Paul’s School, Concord, N.H., Yale University, the University of Berlin, Harvard Law School, and was graduated from Yale University in 1890; was admitted to the bar in 1894 and commenced practice in New York City; member of the board of aldermen of New York City 1900-1904; elected as a Republican to the Fifty-ninth, Sixtieth, and Sixty-first Congresses (March 4, 1905-March 3, 1911); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1910 to the Sixty-second Congress; resumed the practice of law in New York City; delegate to all Republican New York State conventions 1904-1920; delegate to the Republican National Conventions in 1908, 1912, 1916, and 1920; served on the general staff of the American Expeditionary Forces during the First World War; died in Pittsfield, Mass., September 16, 1925; interment in Lenox Cemetery, Lenox, Mass.
PARSONS, Richard Chappel, a Representative from Ohio; born in New London, Conn., October 10, 1826; pursued classical studies; moved to Norwalk, Ohio, in 1845; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1851 and commenced practice at Cleveland; member of the city council in 1852 and 1853 and served as president in 1853; member of the State house of representatives 1858-1861 and served one term as speaker; appointed consul to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on March 27, 1862, but resigned, effective October 1, 1862; collector of internal revenue at Cleveland 1862-1866; marshal of the Supreme Court of the United States 1867-1872; elected as a Republican to the Forty-third Congress (March 4, 1873-March 3, 1875); unsuccessful Republican candidate for reelection to the Forty-fourth Congress; resumed the practice of law in Cleveland, Ohio; editor and part owner of the Cleveland Daily Herald in 1877; died in Cleveland, Ohio, January 9, 1899; interment in Lake View Cemetery.
Parsons Peak is a mountain in Yosemite National Park and the Cathedral Range of California's Sierra Nevada, The peak was named for Edward Taylor Parsons who for many years was a director of the Sierra Club.
Parsons, William. Third Earl of Rosse. 1800-1867.
British astronomer known for his improvements to telescope construction.
Talcott Parsons 1902-1979.-American sociologist noted for developing the structural-functional approach to studying social systems.
Elsie Clews Parsons (1875-1941) was trained as a sociologist at Columbia University.Elsie Clews married New York lawyer Herbert Parsons, who later became a Republican National Committeeman (1916-1920).Religious Chastity an Ethnological Study by John Main: An Ethnological Study (Pseud) [ Elsie Worthington Clews Parsons] They had six children, four of whom survived: Elsie ("Lissa") born in 1901, John Edward in 1903, Herbert in 1909, and Henry McIlvaine ("Mac") in 1911.
PARSON - late 12c., from Anglo-Fr., O.Fr. persone "curate, parson" (12c.), from M.L. persona "parson" (see person). Ecclesiastical use obscure, may refer to the "person" legally holding church property, or it may be an abbreviation of persona ecclesiae "person of the church."
from Medieval Latin persona parish priest, representative of the parish, from Latin: personage.
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