Biographical Sketch of B. T. Parsels, St. Joseph, Buchanan County, MO >From "History of Buchanan County, Missouri, Published 1881, St. Joseph Steam Printing Company, Printers, Binders, Etc., St. Joseph, Missouri. ********************************************************************** B. T. Parsels was born in New York City, September 18, 1831, and was deprived of his father by death, when quite young. He lived for a number of years in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, and served four years at house painting in New York City, and two years and a half in the Troy car works on the Hudson River. After this, for a time, he worked in the Port Schuyler carriage works, and subsequently estab- lished himself in trade in New Jersey; there he attained a wide spread reputation for the superiority of his work. In 1877, he came west and located in this city, on the 16th of March. He has had thirty three years experience as a painter, and is thoroughly conversant with all the details of the art. In 1854, Miss Catharine M. Kierstead, of Fairfield, New Jersey, became his wife. They have had twelve child- ren, seven of whom are living: Charles W., James K., Elizabeth A., Amarantha, Charlotte, S. Margaret and Kate. They have lost five: Sarah A., Willie, Carrie L., Dorcas and Bennie. ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Penny Harrell ====================================================================