Attended the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, graduating in 1861 and served in the Union Army under General Don Carlos Buell at Shiloh. He taught at West Point after the War. He was ordained as a priest on March 5th, 1871, at St. Mary's Cathedral in Memphis. Served as rector of St. Lazarus Church, which later combined with Grace Church. He married Margaret Britton of Annandale, Mississippi.
(from The Daily Picayune, New Orleans, Louisiana, September 11, 1878)
The Rev. Charles C. Parsons, Episcopal minister of Memphis, who died of fever on the 7th, was a graduate of West Point, served in the Federal artillery as a lieutenant colonel with distinction during the war, and then became a minister. He came to Memphis three years ago, and soon gained the respect and affection of the community. "From the first day of the epidemic he labored incessantly among his parishioners," says the Appeal, "knowing no rest as long as there was good to be done."
(from The Daily Picayune, New Orleans, Louisiana, September 11, 1878)
The Rev. Charles C. Parsons, Episcopal minister of Memphis, who died of fever on the 7th, was a graduate of West Point, served in the Federal artillery as a lieutenant colonel with distinction during the war, and then became a minister. He came to Memphis three years ago, and soon gained the respect and affection of the community. "From the first day of the epidemic he labored incessantly among his parishioners," says the Appeal, "knowing no rest as long as there was good to be done."
Attended the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, graduating in 1861 and served in the Union Army under General Don Carlos Buell at Shiloh. He taught at West Point after the War. He was ordained as a priest on March 5th, 1871, at St. Mary's Cathedral in Memphis. Served as rector of St. Lazarus Church, which later combined with Grace Church. He married Margaret Britton of Annandale, Mississippi.
(from The Daily Picayune, New Orleans, Louisiana, September 11, 1878)
The Rev. Charles C. Parsons, Episcopal minister of Memphis, who died of fever on the 7th, was a graduate of West Point, served in the Federal artillery as a lieutenant colonel with distinction during the war, and then became a minister. He came to Memphis three years ago, and soon gained the respect and affection of the community. "From the first day of the epidemic he labored incessantly among his parishioners," says the Appeal, "knowing no rest as long as there was good to be done."
(from The Daily Picayune, New Orleans, Louisiana, September 11, 1878)
The Rev. Charles C. Parsons, Episcopal minister of Memphis, who died of fever on the 7th, was a graduate of West Point, served in the Federal artillery as a lieutenant colonel with distinction during the war, and then became a minister. He came to Memphis three years ago, and soon gained the respect and affection of the community. "From the first day of the epidemic he labored incessantly among his parishioners," says the Appeal, "knowing no rest as long as there was good to be done."
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Episcopal priest who died caring for Yellow Fever victims.
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