PARKHURST
PARKINSON
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
