Person:Ezra Parker (5)

BIOGRAPHY: Who's Who in New England Edited by Albert Nelson Marquis Second Edition, 1916 Chicago: A.N. Marquis & Company, Publishers Parker, Ezra Knight, lawyer; b. Scituate, R.I., Nov. 29, 1832; s. Joseph and Mary (Knight) Parker; descendant of Thomas Parker, of London, England, Nemiah R. Knight, who was gov. of R.I. and mem. U.S. Senate; ed. Smithville Sem., North Scituate, R.I.; Univ. Grammar Sch., Providence; A.B., Dartmouth, 1857 (valedictorian and Phi Beta Kappa); m. Mary M. Hopkins, of West Greenwich, R.I., July 1859; 3 children, George B., Grace H., Eliza V. (deceased). Teacher of classics, Va. Collegiate Inst. Portsmouth, Va., 1857 - 60, also reading law; vol. As pvt., Battery D, 1st Regt. R.I. Light Arty., Sept. 3, 1861; commd. 2d lt. In 1861; promoted 1st lt., Mar., 1864, and transferred to Battery E; commanded battery until hon. Mustered out of service June 14, 1865; elected col. of Marine Arty., of R.I. Engaged in teaching and agr., 1866 - 80; in law practice since 1880; associated in practice with W.L. Frost since 1905; town solicitor of Coventry, R.I., since 1895; pres. Town Council, 1881 - 2; mem. R.I. Ho. of Rep., 1898 - 1900, Senate, 1901, 2, 3; chmn. Rep. Town Com. 17 yrs.; (first voted for Lincoln in the trenches before Petersburg, 1864); mem. State Bd. Of Edn. 6 yrs. Ex-comdr. And now judge-advocate Dept. of R.I. G.A.R. Mem. R.I. Bar Assn., Alpha Delta Phi (Dartmouth Chapter). Methodist. Mason. Home: 240 Pawtuxet Av., Edgewood. R.I. Office: 48 Custom House St., Providence, R.I.