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260 S. 5th Street, 5th Ward
1882-09-25; Paper: Philadelphia Inquirer
"DEATH OF EX-JUDGE PARSONS
Anson V. Parsons, at one time a prominent lawyer and statesman, died on Saturday afternoon at his residence, No. 260 South Fifth street, aged eighty-three years. Death was caused by paralysis, from which he had suffered a long time. Deceased was born at Granville, Mass., in 1799. He came to this state in 1826 and began the practice of law. In 1840 he was appointed a judge for the Common Pleas Courts at Harrisburg, and two years later he resigned to become Secretary of the Commonwealth under Governor Porter. During his services on the bench in this city, the famous firemen's riots occurred, and by the stern manner in which Judge Parsons upheld the laws, he gained the deadly enmity of the turbulent element, and his life was frequently threatened. He was a colleague of Judge King on the bench, and published a volume of the equity cases decided by them.In politics Judge Parsons was a Democrat."
Married
Lawyer
260 S. 5th Street, 5th Ward
1882-09-25; Paper: Philadelphia Inquirer
"DEATH OF EX-JUDGE PARSONS
Anson V. Parsons, at one time a prominent lawyer and statesman, died on Saturday afternoon at his residence, No. 260 South Fifth street, aged eighty-three years. Death was caused by paralysis, from which he had suffered a long time. Deceased was born at Granville, Mass., in 1799. He came to this state in 1826 and began the practice of law. In 1840 he was appointed a judge for the Common Pleas Courts at Harrisburg, and two years later he resigned to become Secretary of the Commonwealth under Governor Porter. During his services on the bench in this city, the famous firemen's riots occurred, and by the stern manner in which Judge Parsons upheld the laws, he gained the deadly enmity of the turbulent element, and his life was frequently threatened. He was a colleague of Judge King on the bench, and published a volume of the equity cases decided by them.In politics Judge Parsons was a Democrat."
83y
Married
Lawyer
260 S. 5th Street, 5th Ward
1882-09-25; Paper: Philadelphia Inquirer
"DEATH OF EX-JUDGE PARSONS
Anson V. Parsons, at one time a prominent lawyer and statesman, died on Saturday afternoon at his residence, No. 260 South Fifth street, aged eighty-three years. Death was caused by paralysis, from which he had suffered a long time. Deceased was born at Granville, Mass., in 1799. He came to this state in 1826 and began the practice of law. In 1840 he was appointed a judge for the Common Pleas Courts at Harrisburg, and two years later he resigned to become Secretary of the Commonwealth under Governor Porter. During his services on the bench in this city, the famous firemen's riots occurred, and by the stern manner in which Judge Parsons upheld the laws, he gained the deadly enmity of the turbulent element, and his life was frequently threatened. He was a colleague of Judge King on the bench, and published a volume of the equity cases decided by them.In politics Judge Parsons was a Democrat."
Married
Lawyer
260 S. 5th Street, 5th Ward
1882-09-25; Paper: Philadelphia Inquirer
"DEATH OF EX-JUDGE PARSONS
Anson V. Parsons, at one time a prominent lawyer and statesman, died on Saturday afternoon at his residence, No. 260 South Fifth street, aged eighty-three years. Death was caused by paralysis, from which he had suffered a long time. Deceased was born at Granville, Mass., in 1799. He came to this state in 1826 and began the practice of law. In 1840 he was appointed a judge for the Common Pleas Courts at Harrisburg, and two years later he resigned to become Secretary of the Commonwealth under Governor Porter. During his services on the bench in this city, the famous firemen's riots occurred, and by the stern manner in which Judge Parsons upheld the laws, he gained the deadly enmity of the turbulent element, and his life was frequently threatened. He was a colleague of Judge King on the bench, and published a volume of the equity cases decided by them.In politics Judge Parsons was a Democrat."
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