About Edward Y. Parsons
Lived 1842 – 1876 (aged 33). Edward Y. Parsons was an American politician and lawyer.
Edward Young Parsons (December 12, 1842 – July 8, 1876) was a U.S. representative from Kentucky.
Born in Middletown, Kentucky, Parsons attended the public schools at Louisville, Kentucky until age 12. He studied one year in the St. Louis High School. He returned to Louisville and graduated from the municipal university in 1861, where he taught school for three years. He graduated from the Louisville Law School in 1865 and practiced law in Louisville.
Parsons was elected as a Democrat to the 44th United States Congress and served from March 4, 1875, until his death in Washington, D.C., July 8, 1876. He was interred in Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville.
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American politician (1842-1876)
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Edward Y. Parsons was born on 12 December 1842 in Middletown.
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Edward Y. Parsons died on 8 July 1876 in Washington, D.C..
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Edward Y. Parsons was a politician and lawyer.
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