Jabez Parkhurst

Jabez Parkhurst (October 24, 1785 – October 31, 1865) was an American abolitionist, lawyer, and politician in Fort Covington, New York.

Jabez Parkhurst was born on October 24, 1785 in Sharon, Vermont, the ninth of twelve children of Ebenezer Parkhurst. He graduated from the University of Vermont in 1810. He was briefly at teacher at the Franklin Academy in Malone, New York.

Shortly after being admitted to the bar in 1814, he permanently relocated to Fort Covington to practice law.

Parkhurst was elected to the New York State Assembly in 1833 and 1834 as a member of the Anti-Masonic Party. He unsuccessfully ran again in 1841 as a member of the Liberty Party.

Jabez Parkhurst died on 31 October 1865.