WILLIS ELLIS PARSONS
SPRAGUE'S JOURNAL OF MAINE HISTORY
Vol. VIII
Special Number, JUNE, 1920
No. 1
pg. 70

WILLIS ELLIS PARSONS.
 
Willis Ellis Parsons, a son of Levi and Lydia (Ellis) Parsons, was born
in Sangerville, Maine, May 16, 1854; read law with Augustus G. Lebroke, and
was admitted  to Piscataquis bar in 1878 when a partnership was formed as
 Lebroke & Parsons, which continued until Mr. Parsons election as county attor-
ney in 1884. He was county attorney of Piscataquis County 18S5-90: member
of the Maine House of Representatives 1895-96 and of the Senate 1897-98. He
has served as a member of the Republican State Committee and was presidential
elector in 1912: for many years a trustee of Foxcroft Academy. From January,
1914, until February 14, 1918, he was one of the trustees of the State Hospitals
and School for Feeble Minded, serving practically all of his term as president of
the board. On February 14. 1918, he entered upon the duties of Commissioner
of Inland Fisheries and Game, being the first one to occupy that position after
the abolishment of the old three men commission making the change to a single
commissioner.
     Mr. Parsons is a prominent Odd Fellow and has served as Grand Patriarch of
the Grand Encampment of Maine, also as Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of
Maine.
     He has acquired fame throughout the state as a political orator and public
speaker.
 
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