Mosby Monroe Parsons
Mosby Monroe Parsons | |
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Declared dead in absentia September 21, 1865 (aged 43) | |
| Alma mater | St. Charles College |
| Occupation(s) | Military officer, lawyer, politician |
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Mary Wells (m. 1850) |
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| Battles/wars | Mexican–American War
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Early life and career
The eldest child of Gustavus Adolphus Parsons and his wife Patience Monroe Bishop, Mosby Monroe Parsons was born in
Returning to Missouri after the war, Parsons married Mary Wells on September 18, 1850. However, his wife died just three years later, leaving him with an infant son, Stephen Kearney Parsons. Parsons served as the United States
American Civil War
Parsons was appointed
Parsons was commissioned a brigadier general of the
Murder in Mexico
After the war's end, Parsons, like many other Missouri Confederates, chose to go to Mexico rather than return to Missouri. Parsons and three companions, including his brother-in-law, Capt. Austin M. Standish, Standish's orderly William "Dutch Bill" Wenderling and former
In 1868, Parsons' son (Kearny Parsons) and sister (Mildred Standish), along with the family of Aaron Conrow, sued the Mexican government via the U.S. and Mexico Claims Commission Convention. In 1875, a judgment in the amount of almost US$50,000.00 in gold was awarded to each of the plaintiffs.
Honors
Camp No. 718 of the Sons of Confederate Veterans in Jefferson City, Missouri, is named after him.
See also
References
- ^ "Lexington Weekly Intelligencer". Vol. 15, no. 51. Lexington, Missouri. January 30, 1886. p. 1. Retrieved July 28, 2019 – via Library of Congress.
Further reading
- Eicher, John H., and ISBN 978-0-8047-3641-1.
- Gurley, Bill J. "Mosby Monroe Parsons: Missouri's Forgotten Brigadier" in "Confederate Generals in the Trans-Mississippi, Volume 1." Knoxville, Tennessee, University of Tennessee Press, 2013. ISBN 978-1572338661.
- Gurley, Bill J. "Mosby Monroe Parsons: Major General, Murder Victim" in "Confederate Generals in the Trans-Mississippi, Volume 2." Knoxville, Tennessee, University of Tennessee Press, 2015. ISBN 978-1621900894.
- Hinze, David; Farnham, Karen, The Battle of Carthage, Border War in Southwest Missouri, July 5, 1861. Gretna, Louisiana: Pelican Publishing, 2004. ISBN 1-58980-223-3.
- Sifakis, Stewart. Who Was Who in the Civil War. New York: Facts On File, 1988. ISBN 978-0-8160-1055-4.
- ISBN 978-0-8071-0823-9.
External links
Official
Other
- Brig. Gen. Mosby Monroe Parsons Camp No. 718 of the Sons of Confederate Veterans
- Works by or about Mosby Monroe Parsons at Internet Archive
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