BIO: George Parsons, Wyoming Conference, Methodist Episcopal Church, PA & NY

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Chaffee, Amasa Franklin. History of the Wyoming 
Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church. 
New York: Eaton & Mains, 1904, page 219.
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  PARSONS, GEORGE, was born on December 13, 1810, in the town of 
Sharon, Montgomery County, N.Y.  When but a lad he was converted and 
united with the Methodist Church.  He learned the printer's trade.  His 
education preparatory to entering the ministry was received at 
Cazenovia Seminary.  He joined Oneida Conference in 1838, after 
supplying Clinton Academy, Maine, one year, and became a member of this 
Conference when Oneida territory came to us in 1869.  After his 
superannuation in 1879 he settled in Fort Plain, N.Y., where he died on 
May 7, 1900, having suffered much from cancer.  He was buried at Sharon 
Springs, N.Y.
  He was married three times.  His first wife was Miss Elizabeth D. 
Diefenport, of Sharon Springs, to whom he was married on July 10, 1836.  
She died at Sidney, N.Y., on March 6, 1877.  Six children were born to 
them, all of whom became members of the Church.  Four of them have 
deceased.  The youngest son is widely known, Rev. C. W. Parsons, D.D., 
and the living daughter is Mrs. Levi Dedrick, of Albany, N.Y.  On May 
2, 1878, he married Miss Sallie A. Diefenport, sister of his first 
wife, who died at Fort Plain, on July 12, 1890.  His third wife 
survived him.
  His pastoral record is as follows:  1838-39, Morrisville; 1840-41, 
Homer; 1842, Dryden; 1843-44, Cherry Valley; 1845-46, Ames; 1847-48, 
Westford; 1849-50, Decatur; 1851-52, Frey's Bush; 1853-54, Sharon; 
1855-56, Fly Creek; 1857-58, Westville; 1859-60, Springfield; 1861-62, 
Oneonta; 1863-64, Schenevus; 1865-67, Springfield; 1868-69, Worcester; 
1870-72, Fly Creek; 1873-74, Middlefield; 1875-76, Sidney Center; 1877-
78, Preston; 1879-1900, sd.