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    GEORGE F. PARSONS

    GEORGE F. PARSONS, senior member of the firm of Parsons & Clawson, druggists, doing business on East Main Street, Troy, was born in 1847, in Miami County, Ohio, and is a son of Hon. E. and Caroline (Culbertson) Parsons. The late Judge Parsons was a native of Connecticut and he came to Miami County in 1839, becoming a prominent member of the bar, serving for ten years as common pleas judge and also being elected prosecuting attorney. After a long and useful life he died in 1869. He married Miss Caroline C. Culbertson, also now deceased, who was a daughter of Robert Culbertson, an old pioneer of this county. They reared the following children: Clara, who is the widow of Mr. Temple, and resides with her brother, George F.; Enima, who is the wife of J. G. Detmer, of Brooklyn, New York; George F.; Caroline, who is the widow of C. P. Thomas, and resides at Tryon, North Carolina; Robert H., who lives at Troy; Laura, who is the wife of M. G. Nixon; Estella K.; and Mary J., who is the wife of Charles C. West, of Mt. Clair, New Jersey.

    George F. Parsons was reared and educated at Troy and during his entire business career he has been associated with his present line. The present firm of Parsons & Clawson was established in 1892 and does a large business. Mr. Parsons is a Knight Templar Mason and belongs to the Odd Fellows, the Knights of Pythias, the Troy Club of Troy and to the Troy Business Men's Association.

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