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         DOUGLAS D. PARSONS, a farmer and stock-raiser of Louisa County, resides on section 5, Jefferson Township. He was born Dec. 1, 1861, in the township where he yet resides, and is a son of Joseph J. and Mary E. (Coleman) Parsons, a sketch of whom appears elsewhere in this volume. Our subject was reared upon a farm and received his education in the district schools. On the 12th of October, 1881, he was united in marriage with Miss Jessie S. Hook, . . .

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. . . one of Louisa County’s fair daughters. On another page of this work the sketch of her parents, George W. and Emily (Bly) Hook, will be found. Two children grace the union of Mr. and Mrs. Parsons—Talma Bly and Mary Pearl.

Although a young man Mr. Parsons is one of the most successful, enterprising and progressive farmers of Jefferson Township. He makes a specialty of raising the Galloway hornless cattle, and is the owner of 240 broad acres, which pay a golden tribute to his care and cultivation. In his political views he is a Republican, though very liberal. Mrs. Parsons is a member of the Baptist Church.