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Parsons, A. B. (1843-1909)
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History of Tucker County, West Virginia
From the Earliest Explorations and Settlements to the Present Time.
by Hu Maxwell
Kingwood, W. Va.; Preston Publishing Company, 1884.

Pages 200-201, A. B. PARSONS

Hon. A. B. Parsons stands before the people principally as a land
and criminal lawyer, although in chancery practice his business is
extensive. He is most successful before a jury. He has studied well
the modes of presenting an argument in the most forcible manner,
and in this he has hardly an equal and no superiors in this or the
neighboring counties.

In his early life he was a farmer and school teacher; but, in 1870,
in his twenty-sixth year, he commenced reading law, and was
admitted to the bar at St. George in 1872. In 1876 he was elected
Prosecuting Attorney and served four years, having succeeded Hon.
William Ewin in the office. In 1880 he was instrumental in the
organization of the Democratic party in Tucker County. In 1882 he
was elected from Tucker and Randolph to the Legislature, by sixty-
eight majority over three Democrats and a prominent Republican. The
several offices which he has held have not, in a great measure,
kept him from his legal profession, although he has filled such
offices with honor and ability. Scarcely a case comes before the
Court in which he is not a counsel for one side or the other. His
practice extends through the courts from the bench of the Justice
to the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

In the cause of the State against Heath, a well-known case, Mr.
Parsons was counsel for the defendant, and gained the suit, which
was taken from Tucker to Taylor County. His first case commenced
before a Justice and was decided in the Circuit Court. In the
Supreme Court his practice has been extensive. His practice extends
to the Circuit Courts in several of the counties of West Virginia.

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Page 476

A. B. Parsons, son of W. W. Parsons, born 1844, of English descent;
married Rachael, daughter of W. R. Parsons. In his early life he
followed farming, then school teaching and then the profession of
the law. He has been school commissioner, secretary of the board of
education, county surveyor and prosecuting attorney; was a member
of the St. George town council, and held other small offices; was
elected prosecuting attorney in 1876. In 1882 he was elected to
represent Tucker and Randolph in the legislature. He is a Democrat,
and is a prominent leader of the factional politics of his county.
He owns property in different parts of the county, and has valuable
lots and houses in St. George, where he resides.

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Register of Deaths, Tucker County, WV (Page 158)
FULL-NAME: A. B. Parsons
AGE-AT-DEATH: 65 years
DEATH-DATE: October 22, 1909
DEATH-PLACE: Parsons
CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Cancer of Bowels

There is a shared Tombstone is in the 
Bethel Cemetery, Holly Meadows, Tucker County, WV

   A. B. Parsons (1843-1909)
   Rachel Parsons (1838-1913)
   
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