in the Confederate States navy. He commanded
the gunboat Beaufort in the fleet of Commodore
Lyncli. C.S.N. , in protecting the sounds of North
Carolina, opposed the landing of the expedition
of General Burnside at Roanoke Island, and sup-
ported Fort Huger against the Federal assault.
Tlie Confederate fleet retreated to Elizabeth City,
followed by the Federal fleet under Commander
Rowan, and there made a stand. The North Carolina militia having evacuated the fort. Commander Lynch ordered Lieutenant-Commander
Parker to reman it with men from the fleet, and on
the destruction of the Confederate fleet Lynch
and Parker escaped to Norfolk through the canal
with the Beaufort. Parker joined in the attack
on the Federal fleet at Hampton Roads. March 8,
1S62, where he ordered Lieutenant Pendergast,
commanding the U.S. frigate Congress, after
the surrender of his sword and the colors, to
return to the Congress and aid in rescuing the
crew. The fire from the Merrimac prevented
Pendergast's return to the Beaufort and he escaped to the shore. In 1863 Parker was promoted
captain and established a naval academy on
board the Patrick Henry, moored in the James
River, from which were graduated junior officers
who rendered efficient service to the Confederacy
during the last year of the war. Captain Parker
is the author of: Instructions for Naval Light Artillery (1862): and Recollections of a Naval Officer
(18S3). He died in Washington, D.C., Dec. 30, 1896.
PARKHURST, Charles Henry, clergyman and reformer, was born in Franiingham, Mass., April 17. 1842; son of Charles F. W. and Mary (Goodale) Parkhurst, and grandson of John Parkhurst (Har- vard, 1811). He pre- pared for college at Lancaster academy and was graduated at Amherst, A.B.. 1866, A.M., 1869. He was principal of the Am- herst high school, 1867-69; studied theo- logy in the Univer- sity of Halle, 1869- 70; was married, Nov. 23, 1870, to Nel- lie, daughter of Luther and Philena (Hawks) Bodman of Williamsburg, Mass.; taught Greek and Latin in Williston seminary, Easthampton. Mass., 1870-71; completed his theo- logical studies at Leipzig, 1872-73: was pastor of the Congregational church at Lenox, Mass., 1874- 80, and was called to the Madison Square Presbyterian church. New York city, in 1880. He became interested in social reform, preaching the same from the pulpit, was a director in the Society for the Prevention of Crime, 1890. and its president in 1891, succeeding Dr. Howard Crosby. He declared that those entrusted with the enforcement of the laws were derelict of duty and often corrapt, and in 1892 delivered a sermon for which he was summoned before the grand jury, which pronounced the sermon without foundation. He then personally investigated the truth of the matter, preached a second sermon, and was again summoned before the grand jury, which, on his testimony followed by investigations, charged the police authorities with incompetency or crimin- ality. Believing that municipal politics could be reformed he continued to work to that end, but his positions did not always conform with those of other reformers, notably with those of Mayor Low, 1901-02. Dr. Parkhurst charged the reform mayor of New York city with " having sworn to enforce all the laws to the best of his ability, and reserving to himself the privilege of making an exception of the Excise Law." He received from Amherst the honorary degree of D.D. in 1880 and that of LL.D. in 1893, and was trustee of that institution. 1892-1902. He is the author of: Forms of the Latin Verb. Illustrated by the San- skrit (1870); The Blind Man s Creed and Other Sermons (1883); The Pattern in the Mount and Other Sermons (1885); Three Gates on a Side (1887); What Would the Would be With- out Religion? (1888); The Swiss Guide (1889); Our Fight with Tammany (1895); The Sunny Side of Christianity (1901); and many .sermons and magazine articles.
PARKHURST, Howard Elmore, composer and ornithologist, was born at Ashland, Mass., Sept. 13, 1848; son of Charles Ferdinand and Mary (Goodale) Parkhurst; grandson of Ephraim Wellington Parkhurst, and a descendant of George Parkhurst, the first of the family to settle in America. He prepared for college at Clinton, Mass., and was graduated from Amherst college in 1873. He studied music under Speidel, Rheinberger, Haupt and Kellerman and became known as an organist and composer, devoting his leisure to the study of ornithology and other sciences. He was married, Nov. 17, 1885, to Marie S., daughter of George J. and Sophie (Holden) Huss of New York city. His more important compositions include: Nobiscum Deus, an oratorio: Fall of Jerusalem, cantata; a symphony, and church music. His published books include: The Birds' Calendar (1894); Songbirds and Waterfowl(1897); How to Name the Birds (1898).
PARKINSON, Daniel Baldwin, educator, was born near Highland. Madison county. Ill., Sept. 6. 1845; son of Alfred Jackson and Mary Emeline (Baldwin) Parkinson; grandson of Zera and Mary (Westmore) Baldwin, and of Scotch and
