Co. A, 301 Q.M.C.
First Lieutenant John Dement Parsons of Company A of the 301 QMC was the only son of Edwin C. Parsons and Christiana Dement, a sister of Colonel John Dement. He was born on January 1st 1873 in Burlington, IA. He lived with his parents in Dixon from the age of three. He was graduate from the South Side High School and attended Lake Forest College and Peekskill Military Academy. After six months in South Africa where he contracted Dengue fever, he returned to Burlington to establish a realty business, which he ran until the war. He was married in 1905 to Luella Oettinger of North Dixon. They had a daughter named Harriet but were later separated. Parsons later married a Ruth A. Schaeffer who had worked for him in the realty office. Parsons enlisted as Private in late summer 1917 but quickly received a commission. He was in New York when he was visited by his father on September 10th, 1918 when it was expected he would soon be sent to France. His father advised the Telegraph that Lt. Parsons had arrived "somewhere overseas" by October 22nd, having sailed on September 23rd from Newport News, VA. The Telegraph contradicts Lee County War History and states that his death was a result of an abscess of the gall bladder. His funeral service was held on February 18th 1919 at St. Luke's Episcopal Church.
First Lieutenant John Dement Parsons of Company A of the 301 QMC was the only son of Edwin C. Parsons and Christiana Dement, a sister of Colonel John Dement. He was born on January 1st 1873 in Burlington, IA. He lived with his parents in Dixon from the age of three. He was graduate from the South Side High School and attended Lake Forest College and Peekskill Military Academy. After six months in South Africa where he contracted Dengue fever, he returned to Burlington to establish a realty business, which he ran until the war. He was married in 1905 to Luella Oettinger of North Dixon. They had a daughter named Harriet but were later separated. Parsons later married a Ruth A. Schaeffer who had worked for him in the realty office. Parsons enlisted as Private in late summer 1917 but quickly received a commission. He was in New York when he was visited by his father on September 10th, 1918 when it was expected he would soon be sent to France. His father advised the Telegraph that Lt. Parsons had arrived "somewhere overseas" by October 22nd, having sailed on September 23rd from Newport News, VA. The Telegraph contradicts Lee County War History and states that his death was a result of an abscess of the gall bladder. His funeral service was held on February 18th 1919 at St. Luke's Episcopal Church.
Co. A, 301 Q.M.C.
First Lieutenant John Dement Parsons of Company A of the 301 QMC was the only son of Edwin C. Parsons and Christiana Dement, a sister of Colonel John Dement. He was born on January 1st 1873 in Burlington, IA. He lived with his parents in Dixon from the age of three. He was graduate from the South Side High School and attended Lake Forest College and Peekskill Military Academy. After six months in South Africa where he contracted Dengue fever, he returned to Burlington to establish a realty business, which he ran until the war. He was married in 1905 to Luella Oettinger of North Dixon. They had a daughter named Harriet but were later separated. Parsons later married a Ruth A. Schaeffer who had worked for him in the realty office. Parsons enlisted as Private in late summer 1917 but quickly received a commission. He was in New York when he was visited by his father on September 10th, 1918 when it was expected he would soon be sent to France. His father advised the Telegraph that Lt. Parsons had arrived "somewhere overseas" by October 22nd, having sailed on September 23rd from Newport News, VA. The Telegraph contradicts Lee County War History and states that his death was a result of an abscess of the gall bladder. His funeral service was held on February 18th 1919 at St. Luke's Episcopal Church.
First Lieutenant John Dement Parsons of Company A of the 301 QMC was the only son of Edwin C. Parsons and Christiana Dement, a sister of Colonel John Dement. He was born on January 1st 1873 in Burlington, IA. He lived with his parents in Dixon from the age of three. He was graduate from the South Side High School and attended Lake Forest College and Peekskill Military Academy. After six months in South Africa where he contracted Dengue fever, he returned to Burlington to establish a realty business, which he ran until the war. He was married in 1905 to Luella Oettinger of North Dixon. They had a daughter named Harriet but were later separated. Parsons later married a Ruth A. Schaeffer who had worked for him in the realty office. Parsons enlisted as Private in late summer 1917 but quickly received a commission. He was in New York when he was visited by his father on September 10th, 1918 when it was expected he would soon be sent to France. His father advised the Telegraph that Lt. Parsons had arrived "somewhere overseas" by October 22nd, having sailed on September 23rd from Newport News, VA. The Telegraph contradicts Lee County War History and states that his death was a result of an abscess of the gall bladder. His funeral service was held on February 18th 1919 at St. Luke's Episcopal Church.
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John Dement Parsons
1873-1919
1st Lieut, Co. C.C. and R.D. 301,
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