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Ipswich Academy, and at the University
of Vermont, from which institution he
was graduated in 1813. He taught school
for three years in Virginia, after which
he commenced the study of law with
James Wilson, Sr., at Keene, and completed
his course at Fitzwilliam. He was
admitted to the bar of the Superior Court
in 1821, began the practice of his pro-
fession at Epping, New Hampshire, then
went to Concord, same State, and became
editor of the New Hampshire "Statesman."
At this time he was appointed
aide to Governor D. L. Morrill and had
the title of colonel. While thus engaged,
he had the honor of inviting General Lafayette
to visit New Hampshire. From
Concord he removed to New Market,
from whence he removed to Exeter and
Kingston, and in 1836 returned to Fitz-
william, from whence he removed to
Glastonbury, Connecticut, in 1879, and
after a few years' residence there removed
to Hartford, same State, where he resided
until 1888, in that year returning to his
native town. Mr. Parker held more
offices and remained in office a longer
period than any other man in the State
of New Hampshire. He was a member
of the bar for seventy-nine years was
intimately acquainted with fourteen gov-
ernors, and attended thirteen sessions of
the State Legislature. He married Mi-
randa W. Sanders, born April 16, 1796,
died March 13, 1828, daughter of Daniel
and Anna (Fitch) Sanders, the former
named president of the Vermont Univer-
sity.
George Washington Parker, son of
Amos A. and Miranda W. (Sanders)
Parker, was born at Concord, New Hampshire,
August 14, 1824, and died in Hartford,
Connecticut, February 20, 1907. He
resided at various times at Fitzwilliam,
New Hampshire, and Halifax, Massachusetts.
He will be best remembered as an
inventor. Perhaps his most useful inven-
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tion was the rotary printing press, he
being the first man to invent a cylinder
press using a cast type form. This was
in the year 1865, an d in the following
year he built a cylinder press that in some
ways resembled the present type, taking
the paper from the roll, printing it and
cutting it off. The great difficulty was
to devise a method of ink distribution,
and the method now used of a fountain
with a set of rollers, in connection with
which is a traveling roller to equalize the
distribution of ink, was his invention.
Mr. Parker married, October 26, 1848,
Julia A. Deeth, born at Fitzwilliam, New
Hampshire, in 1826, daughter of Lyman
and Julia (Chapin) Deeth, of Fitzwilliam.
They were the parents of five children, as
follows: Ellen Miranda, who became the
wife if Herbert Keith, of East Bridge-
water, Massachusetts ; Daniel, deceased ;
George Amos, of whom forward ; Caroline,
who became the wife of Frank
Thrasher, of Gardner, Massachusetts
Julia, the widow of Edwin Sabin, of Randolph,
Vermont.
George Amos Parker, son of George
Washington and Julia A. (Deeth) Parker,
was born at Fitzwilliam, New Hamp-
shire, April 28, 1853. He attended the
local schools for the preliminary portion
of his education, and then entered the
Massachusetts Agricultural College, from
which he graduated with class of 1876.
After graduation he became head gardener
at Vassar College, New York,
afterwards head gardener for the Old
Colony Railroad ; was appointed in 1896
as superintendent of Keney Park, and in
1906 as superintendent of the Public
Parks of Hartford, which position he now
holds. Mr. Parker was appointed by
Governor Holcombe a member of the
State Park Commission, and also of the
Committee of the General Israel Putnam
Memorial Camp Ground.
Mr. Parker married, December 6, 1876,
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