PARSONS, D. A.

PARSONS, WALLING, HOLWAY, SHAFER

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Date: 10/4/2001 at 09:18:50

From the book "The History of Clinton County Iowa" by L. P. Allen (1879) Pages 669-697
Biographical Sketches of Clinton Residents

D. A. PARSONS, foreman of Lamb & Son's Brick Saw-Mill; is a native of Vermont, and was born in 1829; he was brought up in New York State, at Ticonderoga; he came to Iowa and located in Clinton, in 1856; he entered the employ of Mr. Lamb, and, with the exception of two years, has been connected with the mills since he came; he has occupied the position of foreman about sixteen years; he has held the office of City Alderman. He married Miss Lucy J. Walling, a native of Steuben Co., N. Y.; they have two children-Sophia M., now Mrs. B. F. Holway, of Lemars, Plymouth Co., Iowa; and Olive J., now Mrs. John Shafer, of this city.