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of Missouri–Columbia, and George Peabody College in Nashville, Tennessee. He taught at
Braggadocio, Missouri, public schools and was a science teacher at Kennett School until his
retirement in 1970. He was president of the Southeast Missouri Teachers Association and a
member of the Central Presbyterian Church, the Scottish Rite of Freemasonry in St. Louis, and
Hayti AF and AM Lodge No. 571. In 1932, he married Carrie Curtner. They had one child, Jane
Parks. Carrie Curtner attended Braggadocio High School (class of 1924) and Southeast Missouri
Teacher's College in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. She taught in the Braggadocio public school
system.
Collection consists of Curtner family genealogy; newspaper clippings regarding the Parks
and Curtner families; photographs of Joe Parks, Carrie Parks, and Professor Hardin Craig;
Kirkwood High School Class Roll (1925) and diploma; miscellaneous family papers; sermons of
Reverend W.H. Parks (1856-1889); class autograph book of Jane Parks (1947-1948); and
scrapbook of Carrie Curtner.
Cite as: Parks-Curtner Family Papers, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A1184
Parrish, Wilhelmina.
Parrish Sisters Castle Square Opera Company Scrapbook, 1902-1903. 1 volume
Grace and Wilhelmina Parrish, St. Louis photographers, part of the Potters movement in St.
Louis art and literature.
Letters and photographs relating to the Castle Square Opera Company.
Cite as: Parrish Sisters Castle Square Opera Company Scrapbook, Missouri History Museum
Archives, St. Louis.
A1185
Parsons, Charles (1824-1905).
Papers, 1808-1940 (bulk 1862-1864). 45 manuscript boxes; 3 oversize boxes; 4 oversize
folders (in AMD); 33 volumes
Charles Parsons, son of Lewis B. and Lucinda Hoar Parsons, was born January 24, 1824, in
Homer, New York. In 1851, he moved to Keokuk, Iowa, where he conducted a successful
banking business. He married Martha A. Pettus in 1857. During the Civil War, Parsons was
appointed assistant quartermaster with the rank of captain, and placed in charge of the St. Louis
post of the Union rail and river transportation service. In this role, Parsons worked closely with
his brother Lewis B. Parsons, chief of rail and river transportation. Following the war, Parsons
worked with the St. Louis State Savings Association, becoming president in 1870. He died
September 15, 1905, in Wequetonsing, Michigan.
Collection consists of accounts, abstracts, correspondence, bills of lading, orders,
transportation passes, crew lists, charters, contracts and other types of material that document his
work as assistant quartermaster in St. Louis during the Civil War. The collection includes both
loose papers and bound volumes that provide extensive information on the logistics of
transporting troops and supplies for the Union army in the western theater, including the
Vicksburg Campaign. The collection also contains several folders of Parsons’ personal papers.
Finding aid available.
Cite as: Charles Parsons Papers, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A2365
Parsons, J.B.
Papers, 1840-1846. 2 items