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PARENTS: [M. 8/12/1838 PA & Divorced 1848 Crawford Co., PA]
Ledyard Parker
Hannah Wolcott (Thompson) Parker
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CIVIL WAR (UNION) VETERAN:
Benjamin F Parker
in the U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865
Name: Benjamin F Parker
Residence:
Enlistment Date: 21 Aug 1861
Rank at enlistment: Corporal [*Co. A, 1st Reg't H.A.]
State Served: Wisconsin
Survived the War?: Yes
Service Record:
Enlisted in Company C [*A], Wisconsin 1st Heavy Artillery Regiment on 21 Aug 1861.
Promoted to Full Sergeant.
Promoted to Full Sr 2nd Lieutenant,[Company C], on 03 Oct 1863.
Promoted to Full Jr 1st Lieutenant on 27 Sep 1864.
Mustered out on 21 Sep 1865 at Washington, DC.
Sources:
Roster of Wisconsin Volunteers: War of the Rebellion
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“MEMOIRS OF MILWAUKEE COUNTY”
LIEUT. COL. JEROME A. WATROUS,
EDITOR
VOLUME II
Western Historical Association
Madison, Wisconsin
1909
[Pages 392-394]
BENJAMIN F. PARKER, member of Grand Army of the Republic Post, No. 1, at Milwaukee, Wis., and also a member of the Loyal Legion, Wisconsin Commandery, was born on July 27, 1839, at Conneautville, Pa. His father and mother, Ledyard P. and Hannah (Thompson) Parker, had four children, of whom he is first in order of birth, the others being David, Mary and Jane. The father died in Meadville, Pa., about the close of the war and the mother is a resident of Mauston, Wis. In the paternal line Mr. Parker traces himself to early stock in the history of the country; his mother was of French-American birth, her father belonging to the latter and mother to the former nationality. The son attended the schools of Meadville until he was eleven, when he entered the Meadville Academy. In 1853 he went to Waukesha county, Wis., to live with an uncle, who initiated him into a knowledge of the business of a carpenter and builder. His uncle removed to Waushara county, where he lived until he enlisted, in April, 1861, at Milwaukee, and was mustered in the “Wisconsin Rifles,” which was assigned to the Second infantry as Company K. The regiment went from rendezvous at Camp Randall in the latter part of June to Washington and was assigned to Tyler’s division in Sherman’s brigade. Mr. Parker was in the action at Bull Run, and was a participant in the experiences of the Second, which entailed all the credit of bravery on the rank and file and left the officers where the officers left the command in action. After returning to Arlington Heights, Company K drilled for artillery service, there being a scarcity in that branch, and the company became Battery A, First Wisconsin heavy artillery. It was assigned to duty at Fort Cass, there passed the winter of 1861-2, and in the following summer Mr. Parker, in his capacity of corporal, was selected to drill new recruits, arriving in response to the call for additional 300,000 troops. He was afterward with the battery at Fort Ellsworth in garrison duty in defense of Washington. He was promoted to sergeant and, with two others of the same rank, received orders to proceed to Wisconsin on recruiting service for three batteries for the battalion, of which the First was to be the nucleus. Mr. Parker was stationed at La Crosse and he enlisted what was afterward assigned as Battery C, being made Second Lieutenant of the command. The battery was mustered at Milwaukee in October and ordered in November to report to General Thomas at Chattanooga, Tenn. He was in command of the battery through the fighting at Chattanooga, Mission Ridge, Lookout Mountain and all the service through which the troops there passed, his proficiency in military matters placing him at the head in emergencies. He passed the winter of 1863-4 in garrison duty, and performed the same until the spring of 1865, holding and guarding the position, it being the base of supplies and consequently the object of Confederate attack, and the situation was, until the arrival of Hooker from the East, filled with danger, the river being low and the troops insufficient to guard it. At the date mentioned the battery was sent to Athens, Tenn., and later to Strawberry Plains. During the summer he was detailed for duty on the general court martial at Greenville, Tenn., and in the fall, in September, 1865, reported at Nashville for muster-out. He was promoted at Chattanooga to junior first lieutenant. While at Chattanooga he was a member of the Council of Administration. On his return to Wisconsin he settled at Mauston and engaged in the sale of furniture with O. F. Temple, their relations being severed in 1873. While residing at Mauston he joined the Independent Order of Good Templars, and in 1873 was made Grand Secretary of Wisconsin, holding that position for twenty-seven years. At the meeting of the Grand Lodge at Toronto, in May, 1885, he was Right Worthy Grand Secretary of the World and has been re-elected since that date. In 1881 he was elected Secretary of the Good Templars’ Mutual Benefit Association and is still the incumbent of that position. He is managing editor of the International Good Templars Magazine, a journal devoted to the interest of the society throughout the world, and which is published at Milwaukee. Mr. Parker has held a commission in the Wisconsin National Guards since 1869; he formed a company at Mauston, in which he held the various ranks and was commissioned major of the Third battalion in 1881. In 1883 he was commissioned lieutenant-colonel and was called into service with the Third regiment during the Spanish-American war. He is now retired. He has taken all the degrees of the Masonic order, including the thirty-second. He belongs to La Fayette Lodge, to Calumet Chapter, and Ivanhoe Commandery, all in Milwaukee, and to the Wisconsin Consistory, thirty-second degree at Milwaukee, and to the Mystic Shrine. He was a member of the Ancient Order of United Workmen and served two years as Grand Master. He has attended every meeting of the Grand Lodge since its organization. Mr. Parker is a member of the Independent Order of Foresters, and held the position of High Chief Ranger for ten years, ending in June, 1905. In political affiliation he was always a Republican until recently he has acted with the Prohibitionists. His marriage to Lucille W., daughter of H. G. and Lydia A. (Combs) Penniman, occurred at Mauston on Feb. 3, 1868. Their only child is named Addie M., and she is the wife of Col. G. H. Windsor, of Superior, Wis. They have one daughter, Miss Helen Lucile.”
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PARENTS: [M. 8/12/1838 PA & Divorced 1848 Crawford Co., PA]
Ledyard Parker
Hannah Wolcott (Thompson) Parker
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CIVIL WAR (UNION) VETERAN:
Benjamin F Parker
in the U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865
Name: Benjamin F Parker
Residence:
Enlistment Date: 21 Aug 1861
Rank at enlistment: Corporal [*Co. A, 1st Reg't H.A.]
State Served: Wisconsin
Survived the War?: Yes
Service Record:
Enlisted in Company C [*A], Wisconsin 1st Heavy Artillery Regiment on 21 Aug 1861.
Promoted to Full Sergeant.
Promoted to Full Sr 2nd Lieutenant,[Company C], on 03 Oct 1863.
Promoted to Full Jr 1st Lieutenant on 27 Sep 1864.
Mustered out on 21 Sep 1865 at Washington, DC.
Sources:
Roster of Wisconsin Volunteers: War of the Rebellion
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“MEMOIRS OF MILWAUKEE COUNTY”
LIEUT. COL. JEROME A. WATROUS,
EDITOR
VOLUME II
Western Historical Association
Madison, Wisconsin
1909
[Pages 392-394]
BENJAMIN F. PARKER, member of Grand Army of the Republic Post, No. 1, at Milwaukee, Wis., and also a member of the Loyal Legion, Wisconsin Commandery, was born on July 27, 1839, at Conneautville, Pa. His father and mother, Ledyard P. and Hannah (Thompson) Parker, had four children, of whom he is first in order of birth, the others being David, Mary and Jane. The father died in Meadville, Pa., about the close of the war and the mother is a resident of Mauston, Wis. In the paternal line Mr. Parker traces himself to early stock in the history of the country; his mother was of French-American birth, her father belonging to the latter and mother to the former nationality. The son attended the schools of Meadville until he was eleven, when he entered the Meadville Academy. In 1853 he went to Waukesha county, Wis., to live with an uncle, who initiated him into a knowledge of the business of a carpenter and builder. His uncle removed to Waushara county, where he lived until he enlisted, in April, 1861, at Milwaukee, and was mustered in the “Wisconsin Rifles,” which was assigned to the Second infantry as Company K. The regiment went from rendezvous at Camp Randall in the latter part of June to Washington and was assigned to Tyler’s division in Sherman’s brigade. Mr. Parker was in the action at Bull Run, and was a participant in the experiences of the Second, which entailed all the credit of bravery on the rank and file and left the officers where the officers left the command in action. After returning to Arlington Heights, Company K drilled for artillery service, there being a scarcity in that branch, and the company became Battery A, First Wisconsin heavy artillery. It was assigned to duty at Fort Cass, there passed the winter of 1861-2, and in the following summer Mr. Parker, in his capacity of corporal, was selected to drill new recruits, arriving in response to the call for additional 300,000 troops. He was afterward with the battery at Fort Ellsworth in garrison duty in defense of Washington. He was promoted to sergeant and, with two others of the same rank, received orders to proceed to Wisconsin on recruiting service for three batteries for the battalion, of which the First was to be the nucleus. Mr. Parker was stationed at La Crosse and he enlisted what was afterward assigned as Battery C, being made Second Lieutenant of the command. The battery was mustered at Milwaukee in October and ordered in November to report to General Thomas at Chattanooga, Tenn. He was in command of the battery through the fighting at Chattanooga, Mission Ridge, Lookout Mountain and all the service through which the troops there passed, his proficiency in military matters placing him at the head in emergencies. He passed the winter of 1863-4 in garrison duty, and performed the same until the spring of 1865, holding and guarding the position, it being the base of supplies and consequently the object of Confederate attack, and the situation was, until the arrival of Hooker from the East, filled with danger, the river being low and the troops insufficient to guard it. At the date mentioned the battery was sent to Athens, Tenn., and later to Strawberry Plains. During the summer he was detailed for duty on the general court martial at Greenville, Tenn., and in the fall, in September, 1865, reported at Nashville for muster-out. He was promoted at Chattanooga to junior first lieutenant. While at Chattanooga he was a member of the Council of Administration. On his return to Wisconsin he settled at Mauston and engaged in the sale of furniture with O. F. Temple, their relations being severed in 1873. While residing at Mauston he joined the Independent Order of Good Templars, and in 1873 was made Grand Secretary of Wisconsin, holding that position for twenty-seven years. At the meeting of the Grand Lodge at Toronto, in May, 1885, he was Right Worthy Grand Secretary of the World and has been re-elected since that date. In 1881 he was elected Secretary of the Good Templars’ Mutual Benefit Association and is still the incumbent of that position. He is managing editor of the International Good Templars Magazine, a journal devoted to the interest of the society throughout the world, and which is published at Milwaukee. Mr. Parker has held a commission in the Wisconsin National Guards since 1869; he formed a company at Mauston, in which he held the various ranks and was commissioned major of the Third battalion in 1881. In 1883 he was commissioned lieutenant-colonel and was called into service with the Third regiment during the Spanish-American war. He is now retired. He has taken all the degrees of the Masonic order, including the thirty-second. He belongs to La Fayette Lodge, to Calumet Chapter, and Ivanhoe Commandery, all in Milwaukee, and to the Wisconsin Consistory, thirty-second degree at Milwaukee, and to the Mystic Shrine. He was a member of the Ancient Order of United Workmen and served two years as Grand Master. He has attended every meeting of the Grand Lodge since its organization. Mr. Parker is a member of the Independent Order of Foresters, and held the position of High Chief Ranger for ten years, ending in June, 1905. In political affiliation he was always a Republican until recently he has acted with the Prohibitionists. His marriage to Lucille W., daughter of H. G. and Lydia A. (Combs) Penniman, occurred at Mauston on Feb. 3, 1868. Their only child is named Addie M., and she is the wife of Col. G. H. Windsor, of Superior, Wis. They have one daughter, Miss Helen Lucile.”
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PARENTS: [M. 8/12/1838 PA & Divorced 1848 Crawford Co., PA]
Ledyard Parker
Hannah Wolcott (Thompson) Parker
*****************************
CIVIL WAR (UNION) VETERAN:
Benjamin F Parker
in the U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865
Name: Benjamin F Parker
Residence:
Enlistment Date: 21 Aug 1861
Rank at enlistment: Corporal [*Co. A, 1st Reg't H.A.]
State Served: Wisconsin
Survived the War?: Yes
Service Record:
Enlisted in Company C [*A], Wisconsin 1st Heavy Artillery Regiment on 21 Aug 1861.
Promoted to Full Sergeant.
Promoted to Full Sr 2nd Lieutenant,[Company C], on 03 Oct 1863.
Promoted to Full Jr 1st Lieutenant on 27 Sep 1864.
Mustered out on 21 Sep 1865 at Washington, DC.
Sources:
Roster of Wisconsin Volunteers: War of the Rebellion
*********************************
“MEMOIRS OF MILWAUKEE COUNTY”
LIEUT. COL. JEROME A. WATROUS,
EDITOR
VOLUME II
Western Historical Association
Madison, Wisconsin
1909
[Pages 392-394]
BENJAMIN F. PARKER, member of Grand Army of the Republic Post, No. 1, at Milwaukee, Wis., and also a member of the Loyal Legion, Wisconsin Commandery, was born on July 27, 1839, at Conneautville, Pa. His father and mother, Ledyard P. and Hannah (Thompson) Parker, had four children, of whom he is first in order of birth, the others being David, Mary and Jane. The father died in Meadville, Pa., about the close of the war and the mother is a resident of Mauston, Wis. In the paternal line Mr. Parker traces himself to early stock in the history of the country; his mother was of French-American birth, her father belonging to the latter and mother to the former nationality. The son attended the schools of Meadville until he was eleven, when he entered the Meadville Academy. In 1853 he went to Waukesha county, Wis., to live with an uncle, who initiated him into a knowledge of the business of a carpenter and builder. His uncle removed to Waushara county, where he lived until he enlisted, in April, 1861, at Milwaukee, and was mustered in the “Wisconsin Rifles,” which was assigned to the Second infantry as Company K. The regiment went from rendezvous at Camp Randall in the latter part of June to Washington and was assigned to Tyler’s division in Sherman’s brigade. Mr. Parker was in the action at Bull Run, and was a participant in the experiences of the Second, which entailed all the credit of bravery on the rank and file and left the officers where the officers left the command in action. After returning to Arlington Heights, Company K drilled for artillery service, there being a scarcity in that branch, and the company became Battery A, First Wisconsin heavy artillery. It was assigned to duty at Fort Cass, there passed the winter of 1861-2, and in the following summer Mr. Parker, in his capacity of corporal, was selected to drill new recruits, arriving in response to the call for additional 300,000 troops. He was afterward with the battery at Fort Ellsworth in garrison duty in defense of Washington. He was promoted to sergeant and, with two others of the same rank, received orders to proceed to Wisconsin on recruiting service for three batteries for the battalion, of which the First was to be the nucleus. Mr. Parker was stationed at La Crosse and he enlisted what was afterward assigned as Battery C, being made Second Lieutenant of the command. The battery was mustered at Milwaukee in October and ordered in November to report to General Thomas at Chattanooga, Tenn. He was in command of the battery through the fighting at Chattanooga, Mission Ridge, Lookout Mountain and all the service through which the troops there passed, his proficiency in military matters placing him at the head in emergencies. He passed the winter of 1863-4 in garrison duty, and performed the same until the spring of 1865, holding and guarding the position, it being the base of supplies and consequently the object of Confederate attack, and the situation was, until the arrival of Hooker from the East, filled with danger, the river being low and the troops insufficient to guard it. At the date mentioned the battery was sent to Athens, Tenn., and later to Strawberry Plains. During the summer he was detailed for duty on the general court martial at Greenville, Tenn., and in the fall, in September, 1865, reported at Nashville for muster-out. He was promoted at Chattanooga to junior first lieutenant. While at Chattanooga he was a member of the Council of Administration. On his return to Wisconsin he settled at Mauston and engaged in the sale of furniture with O. F. Temple, their relations being severed in 1873. While residing at Mauston he joined the Independent Order of Good Templars, and in 1873 was made Grand Secretary of Wisconsin, holding that position for twenty-seven years. At the meeting of the Grand Lodge at Toronto, in May, 1885, he was Right Worthy Grand Secretary of the World and has been re-elected since that date. In 1881 he was elected Secretary of the Good Templars’ Mutual Benefit Association and is still the incumbent of that position. He is managing editor of the International Good Templars Magazine, a journal devoted to the interest of the society throughout the world, and which is published at Milwaukee. Mr. Parker has held a commission in the Wisconsin National Guards since 1869; he formed a company at Mauston, in which he held the various ranks and was commissioned major of the Third battalion in 1881. In 1883 he was commissioned lieutenant-colonel and was called into service with the Third regiment during the Spanish-American war. He is now retired. He has taken all the degrees of the Masonic order, including the thirty-second. He belongs to La Fayette Lodge, to Calumet Chapter, and Ivanhoe Commandery, all in Milwaukee, and to the Wisconsin Consistory, thirty-second degree at Milwaukee, and to the Mystic Shrine. He was a member of the Ancient Order of United Workmen and served two years as Grand Master. He has attended every meeting of the Grand Lodge since its organization. Mr. Parker is a member of the Independent Order of Foresters, and held the position of High Chief Ranger for ten years, ending in June, 1905. In political affiliation he was always a Republican until recently he has acted with the Prohibitionists. His marriage to Lucille W., daughter of H. G. and Lydia A. (Combs) Penniman, occurred at Mauston on Feb. 3, 1868. Their only child is named Addie M., and she is the wife of Col. G. H. Windsor, of Superior, Wis. They have one daughter, Miss Helen Lucile.”
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PARENTS: [M. 8/12/1838 PA & Divorced 1848 Crawford Co., PA]
Ledyard Parker
Hannah Wolcott (Thompson) Parker
*****************************
CIVIL WAR (UNION) VETERAN:
Benjamin F Parker
in the U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865
Name: Benjamin F Parker
Residence:
Enlistment Date: 21 Aug 1861
Rank at enlistment: Corporal [*Co. A, 1st Reg't H.A.]
State Served: Wisconsin
Survived the War?: Yes
Service Record:
Enlisted in Company C [*A], Wisconsin 1st Heavy Artillery Regiment on 21 Aug 1861.
Promoted to Full Sergeant.
Promoted to Full Sr 2nd Lieutenant,[Company C], on 03 Oct 1863.
Promoted to Full Jr 1st Lieutenant on 27 Sep 1864.
Mustered out on 21 Sep 1865 at Washington, DC.
Sources:
Roster of Wisconsin Volunteers: War of the Rebellion
*********************************
“MEMOIRS OF MILWAUKEE COUNTY”
LIEUT. COL. JEROME A. WATROUS,
EDITOR
VOLUME II
Western Historical Association
Madison, Wisconsin
1909
[Pages 392-394]
BENJAMIN F. PARKER, member of Grand Army of the Republic Post, No. 1, at Milwaukee, Wis., and also a member of the Loyal Legion, Wisconsin Commandery, was born on July 27, 1839, at Conneautville, Pa. His father and mother, Ledyard P. and Hannah (Thompson) Parker, had four children, of whom he is first in order of birth, the others being David, Mary and Jane. The father died in Meadville, Pa., about the close of the war and the mother is a resident of Mauston, Wis. In the paternal line Mr. Parker traces himself to early stock in the history of the country; his mother was of French-American birth, her father belonging to the latter and mother to the former nationality. The son attended the schools of Meadville until he was eleven, when he entered the Meadville Academy. In 1853 he went to Waukesha county, Wis., to live with an uncle, who initiated him into a knowledge of the business of a carpenter and builder. His uncle removed to Waushara county, where he lived until he enlisted, in April, 1861, at Milwaukee, and was mustered in the “Wisconsin Rifles,” which was assigned to the Second infantry as Company K. The regiment went from rendezvous at Camp Randall in the latter part of June to Washington and was assigned to Tyler’s division in Sherman’s brigade. Mr. Parker was in the action at Bull Run, and was a participant in the experiences of the Second, which entailed all the credit of bravery on the rank and file and left the officers where the officers left the command in action. After returning to Arlington Heights, Company K drilled for artillery service, there being a scarcity in that branch, and the company became Battery A, First Wisconsin heavy artillery. It was assigned to duty at Fort Cass, there passed the winter of 1861-2, and in the following summer Mr. Parker, in his capacity of corporal, was selected to drill new recruits, arriving in response to the call for additional 300,000 troops. He was afterward with the battery at Fort Ellsworth in garrison duty in defense of Washington. He was promoted to sergeant and, with two others of the same rank, received orders to proceed to Wisconsin on recruiting service for three batteries for the battalion, of which the First was to be the nucleus. Mr. Parker was stationed at La Crosse and he enlisted what was afterward assigned as Battery C, being made Second Lieutenant of the command. The battery was mustered at Milwaukee in October and ordered in November to report to General Thomas at Chattanooga, Tenn. He was in command of the battery through the fighting at Chattanooga, Mission Ridge, Lookout Mountain and all the service through which the troops there passed, his proficiency in military matters placing him at the head in emergencies. He passed the winter of 1863-4 in garrison duty, and performed the same until the spring of 1865, holding and guarding the position, it being the base of supplies and consequently the object of Confederate attack, and the situation was, until the arrival of Hooker from the East, filled with danger, the river being low and the troops insufficient to guard it. At the date mentioned the battery was sent to Athens, Tenn., and later to Strawberry Plains. During the summer he was detailed for duty on the general court martial at Greenville, Tenn., and in the fall, in September, 1865, reported at Nashville for muster-out. He was promoted at Chattanooga to junior first lieutenant. While at Chattanooga he was a member of the Council of Administration. On his return to Wisconsin he settled at Mauston and engaged in the sale of furniture with O. F. Temple, their relations being severed in 1873. While residing at Mauston he joined the Independent Order of Good Templars, and in 1873 was made Grand Secretary of Wisconsin, holding that position for twenty-seven years. At the meeting of the Grand Lodge at Toronto, in May, 1885, he was Right Worthy Grand Secretary of the World and has been re-elected since that date. In 1881 he was elected Secretary of the Good Templars’ Mutual Benefit Association and is still the incumbent of that position. He is managing editor of the International Good Templars Magazine, a journal devoted to the interest of the society throughout the world, and which is published at Milwaukee. Mr. Parker has held a commission in the Wisconsin National Guards since 1869; he formed a company at Mauston, in which he held the various ranks and was commissioned major of the Third battalion in 1881. In 1883 he was commissioned lieutenant-colonel and was called into service with the Third regiment during the Spanish-American war. He is now retired. He has taken all the degrees of the Masonic order, including the thirty-second. He belongs to La Fayette Lodge, to Calumet Chapter, and Ivanhoe Commandery, all in Milwaukee, and to the Wisconsin Consistory, thirty-second degree at Milwaukee, and to the Mystic Shrine. He was a member of the Ancient Order of United Workmen and served two years as Grand Master. He has attended every meeting of the Grand Lodge since its organization. Mr. Parker is a member of the Independent Order of Foresters, and held the position of High Chief Ranger for ten years, ending in June, 1905. In political affiliation he was always a Republican until recently he has acted with the Prohibitionists. His marriage to Lucille W., daughter of H. G. and Lydia A. (Combs) Penniman, occurred at Mauston on Feb. 3, 1868. Their only child is named Addie M., and she is the wife of Col. G. H. Windsor, of Superior, Wis. They have one daughter, Miss Helen Lucile.”
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