Newton County, McClellan Township.  From A History of Warren, Benton, 
Jasper & Newton Counties, 1883.

   EDWARD E. PARSONS, a native of Kankakee County, Illinois, was born
March 4, 1851, being the oldest of two children of Elisha and Orpha 
(Sirpless) Parsons.  He is of Irish and Welsh descent.  In 1868, his 
parents removed to Lake Township, Newton County, Indiana, where his 
father purchased the farm upon which he still lives.  Edward E. remained
with his parents until twenty-one, receiving a common school education.
   On May 5, 1875, he married Sarah M. Roberts, of Wabash County, 
Illinois, daughter of William F. and Rachel A. (Cokeland) Roberts.  He
employs most of his time in operating a ditching and grading plow, at 
present being employed on the farm of Lemuel Milk, of McClellan Township.
He and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.  In 
politics, he is a Republican, and is serving his second term as Trustee
of McClellan Township, being on of its prominent men.



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