BIO: Mack PARSON, Huntingdon County, PA

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McElroy, James Thomas Jr., McElroy's Family Memories, 
Huntingdon, PA: (Author), 1930, page 171.
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MACK PARSON
Nossville, Huntingdon County, Pa.

Merchant:  Mack Parson was born near Nossville, Huntingdon County, Pa., 
November 9, 1862.  A son of James H. and Mary Ann (Jones) Parson. Both 
are deceased.  James H. Parson was a Civil War veteran, Penna. Col. 
Inf.  Mack Parson has followed various kinds of work.  A handy man 
along all lines.  In 1923 he established himself in the mercantile 
business at Nossville, carrying in stock a full line of groceries and 
provisions; also has in connection a service station.  He has been a 
constable for five years, succeeding William Jones.  All the members of 
the family are Methodists, of the Nossville Methodist Church.  Mr. 
Parson is librarian.  He served one term as inspector on election 
board.  He is a Republican. Two brothers:  Robert B., Indianapolis, 
Ind.; his wife is deceased; she was from Kentucky; D.C. Parson, married 
to Lizzie Campbell, farmers in Tell township.  He has four brothers 
deceased.  James A., Doris, Sylvester, and Sarvis.  His sisters are 
Mary E., married to William Devinney, deceased; Naomi, married to Bart 
Gardner, New York; Sarah M., Nicholson, Pa.; Catharine, married to 
McClelland Foltz.  His wife is deceased.  Annie and Emma died in 
infancy.  Mack Parson was married to Frances Pennebaker, a daughter of 
Simon and Martha Pennebaker.  Their children in the order of their 
birth follow:  Mary, married to Earl Goshorn, Shade Valley, farmers; 
James, married to Susanna Piper, Franklin County, Pa.; Harry S., 
married to Tena Worthington, Franklin County, Pa.; Beulah, married to 
Alva Parsons, Shade Valley,; Louis, married to Mary Sibert, Path 
Valley; William, Lewistown, Pa.  Emory died in 1928, of fever, Martha, 
married to Earl Showers, Lewistown, Pa.; Mabel, married to Dick Filson, 
Lewistown, Pa.  Paul, aged fifteen years, at home.