Lewis B. Parsons Jr.

Lewis B. Parsons Jr. was born at Perry, New York, on April 5, 1818. Parsons College was named after his father Lewis B. Parsons Sr. His grandfather, Charles Parsons, had been an officer in the American Revolutionary War. In early life, Lewis B. Parsons Jr. graduated from Yale College in 1840, was a teacher, and graduated from Harvard Law School in 1844. He practiced law in Alton, Illinois. In 1854, he moved to St. Louis, Missouri, where he became president of the Ohio and Mississippi Railway. ==Civil war==

Parsons began his service as a captain and assistant quartermaster on October 31, 1861. The U.S. Senate confirmed the appointment on February 23, 1866. Parsons was mustered out of the volunteers on April 30, 1866. ==Death and interment==

After the war, Parsons lived in Flora, Illinois, where he was a banker. Lewis B. Parsons Jr. died on March 16, 1907, at Flora, Illinois. He was buried at Bellefontaine Cemetery, St. Louis, Missouri. ==Legacy==

Parsons work as an officer in the Army quartermaster corps ==See also==