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in the Confederate States navy. He commanded the gunboat Beaufort in the fleet of Commodore Lyncli. C.S.N., in protecting the sounds of North Carolina, opposed the landing of the expedition of General Burnside at Roanoke Island, and sup- ported Fort Huger against the Federal assault. Tlie Confederate fleet retreated to Elizabeth City, followed by the Federal fleet under Commander Rowan, and there made a stand. The North Caro- lina militia having evacuated the fort. Com- mander Lynch ordered Lieutenant-Commander Parker to reman it with men from the fleet, and on the destruction of the Confederate fleet Lynch and Parker escaped to Norfolk through the canal with the Beaufort. Parker joined in the attack on the Federal fleet at Hampton Roads. March 8, 1S62, where he ordered Lieutenant Pendergast, commanding the U.S. frigate Congress, after the surrender of his sword and the colors, to return to the Congress and aid in rescuing the crew. The fire from the Merrimac prevented Pendergast's return to the Beaufort and he escap- ed to the shore. In 1863 Parker was promoted captain and establislied a naval academy on board the Patrick Henry, moored in the James River, from which were graduated junior officers who rendered efficient service to the Confederacy during the last year of the war. Captain Parker is the author of: Instructions for Naval Light Ar- tillery (1862): and Recollections of a Naval Officer (18S3). He died in Washington, D.C., Dec. 30, 1896. PARKHURST, Charles Henry, clergyman and reformer, was born in Franiingham, Mass., April 17. 1842; son of Charles F. W. and Mary (Goodale) •k>iurst, and grandson of John Parkhurst (Har- vard, 1811). He pre- pared for college at Lancaster academy and was graduated at Amherst, A.B.. 1866, A.M., 1869. He was principal of the Am- herst high school, 1867-69; studied theo- ^ rf'' '^.^-r^;:i logy in the Univer-

x^y^;'''", .>^- ' sity of Halle, 1869-

70; was married, Nov. 23, 1870, to Nel- lie, daughter of ^y J. ^ y. Luther and Philena

O^A^.^. ya.iA^U*^:f: (Hawks) Bodman of Williamsburg, Mass.; taught Greek and Latin in Williston seminary, Easthampton. Mass., 1870-71; completed his theo- logical studies at Leipzig, 1872-73: was pastor of the Congregational churcli at Lenox, ^Mass., 1874- 80, and was called to the Madison Square Presby- terian church. New York city, in 1880. He became interested in social reform, preaching the same

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from the pulpit, was a director in the Society for the Prevention of Crime, 1890. and its president in 1891, succeeding Dr. Howard Crosby. He declared that those entrusted with the enforce- ment of the laws were derelict of duty and often corrapt, and in 1892 delivered a sermon for which he was summoned before the grand jury, which pronounced the sermon without foundation. He then personally investigated the truth of the matter, jireached a second sermon, and was again summoned before the grand jury, which, on his testimonj' followed by investigations, charged the police authorities with incompetency or crimin- ality. Believing that municipal politics could be reformed he continued to work to that end, but his positions did not always conform with those of other reformers, notably with tliose of Mayor Low, 1901-02. Dr. Parkhurst charged the reform mayor of New York city with " having sworn to enforce all the laws to the best of his ability, and reserving to himself the privilege of making an exception of the Excise Law." He received from Amherst the honorary degree of D.D. in 1880 and that of LL.D. in 1893, and was trustee of that institution. 1892-1902. He is the author of: Forms of the Latin Verb. Illustrated by the San- skrit (1870); The Blind Man s Creed and Other Sermons (1883); The Pattern in the Mount and Other Sermons (1885); TJiree Gates on a Side (1887); JMiat Woidd the Woi-ld be With- out Religion? (1888); The Sii'iss Guide (1889); Our Fight tcith Tammany (1895); Tlte Sunny Side of Christianity (1901); and many .sermons and magazine articles.

PARKHURST, Howard Elmore, composer and ornithologist, was boi-n at Asliland, Mass., Sept. 13, 1848; son of Charles Ferdinand and Mary (Goodale) Parkhurst; grandson of Ephraim Wel- lington Parkhurst, and a descendant of George Parkhurst, the first of the familj- to settle in America. He prepared for college at Clinton, Mass., and was graduated from Amherst college in 1873. He studied music under Speidel, Rhein- berger, Haupt and Kellerman and became known as an organist and composer, devoting his leisure to the study of ornithology and other sciences. He was married, Nov. 17, 1885, to Marie S., daugh- ter of George J. and Sophie (Holden) Huss of New York city. His more important composi- tions include: Nobiscum Deus, an oratorio: Fall of Jerusalem, cantata; a symphony, and church music. His published books include: The Birds' Calendar iWn); Songbirds and Waterfowl{\891); How to Name the Birds fl«!98).

PARKINSON, Daniel Baldwin, educator, was born near Highland. Madison county. 111., Sept. 6. 1845; son of Alfred Jackson and Mary Emeline (Baldwin) Parkinson; grandson of Zera and Mary (Westmore) Baldwin, and of Scotch and