Lewis Baldwin Parsons - Flora, IL
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N 38° 40.717 W 088° 28.237
16S E 372079 N 4282139
"Lewis Baldwin Parsons, Jr. (Perry, New York, April 5, 1818 - Flora, Illinois, March 16, 1907) was one of the last officers who was promoted to brigadier general of volunteers during the American Civil War." ~ Wikipedia
Waymark Code: WMKRQ3
Location: Illinois, United States
Date Posted: 05/24/2014
Views: 2
County of memorial: Clay County
Location of memorial: Floyd Nelson Jr. High lawn, N Stanford Rd. & US-50, on the North side of Flora
Plaque erected by: Clay County Civil War Round Table and The Illinois State Historical Society
Date plaque erected: 1986
Plaque Text:
Near this site was the home of Brevet Major General Lewis B. Parsons, who lived in Flora from 1875 until his death in 1907. Born in New York in 1818, Parsons graduated from Harvard Law School and began practice in Alton, Illinois. In 1854 he moved to St. Louis, where he became president of the Ohio & Mississippi Railroad. During the first year of the Civil War, Parsons was commissioned Captain of the volunteers in the Union Army. In 1861 he was given charge of river and rail transportation in the Department of the Mississippi and in 1864 was placed in charge of river and rail transportation for the entire Army.
Website pertaining to the memorial: [Web Link]
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School Lawn, near hwy intersection
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Type of memorial: Plaque
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