When William Parson was born in 1819, in Montgomery, Ohio, United States, his father, Mathias Parson Jr., was 24 and his mother, Jane Hillman, was 25. He married Sarah Furr on 4 April 1839, in Fountain, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Minnesota, United States in 1870 and Hale Township, McLeod, Minnesota, United States for about 10 years. He died on 2 July 1895, in Crow Wing, Minnesota, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Pine Grove Cemetery, Saint Mathias Township, Crow Wing, Minnesota, United States.
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With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
Historical Boundaries 1826: Fountain, Indiana, United States
The State of Indiana was near bankruptcy in 1841 due to the inability to repay interest incurred for the Massive Internal Improvement Act. The state liquidated much of its public works. Many of the projects were handed over to the state’s creditors as a way to reduce debt. Only two of the eight proposed infrastructure projects were completed by the creditors.
English: status name or nickname from Middle English persone, persoun ‘priest, parson’ (Old French persone). The status of medieval bearers of the surname is uncertain. Priests were generally known by a habitational name rather than by a surname denoting their role in the church. They were not allowed to marry, but doubtless many had illegitimate children, some of whom may have been given Parson as a surname. Some of the original bearers may have been given it as a nickname (compare Priest , Bishop , Monk ) or it may have been an occupational name for someone who worked for the parson (a shortened form of Personesservaunt perhaps).
English: in northern England and the North Midlands especially, it is often a variant of Pearson . For the change in vowel compare Parr .
Americanized form of Swedish Pärsson, Pehrsson (see Pehrson ) or Persson , patronymics from vernacular shortened forms of the personal name Peter .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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