William Henry Parsons
Headed the New York Society for the Suppression of Vice
About William Henry Parsons
Lived 1859 – 1935 (aged 75–76). William Henry Parsons was an American.
William Henry Parsons (1859 – September 21, 1935) headed the New York Society for the Suppression of Vice from 1930 until his death. Previously he had served as the society's treasurer, from 1912-1930. Born in New York City he attended the Park Institute at Rye and then Yale University, graduating in 1882. He was president of Parsons, Whittemore, Inc., an elder at Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church, and a member of the Brooklyn branch of the YMCA. He was married to Laura Wolcott Collins who died in 1928. They had three sons and two daughters.
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Headed the New York Society for the Suppression of Vice
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William Henry Parsons was born in 1859 in New York City.
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William Henry Parsons died on 21 September 1935.
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William Henry Parsons was American.
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