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Parshall, Rossman J., was born in Palmyra November 18, 1844. His father, Hendee, was a native of the county,
who died at the age of seventy six and was a prominent farmer. Rossman J. was educated in the common schools and
finished at the Macedon Academy, after which he enlisted in 111th N. Y. Volunteers, and took part in the closing
battles of the war, receiving wounds in the back of the neck and shoulder. He received an honorable discharge in
July, 1865, holding the rank of second lieutenant at the end of his service. The 111th Regiment was a part of the
Second Army Corps of the Army of the Potomac, and was known as the' fighting regiment of that corps. ifter leaving
the army he returned to Palmyra, and in 1866 came to Lyons and accepted a position as bookkeeper in the Lyons National
Bank, where he remained until 1870. In 1872 he went to Sodus and took charge of the Shaker tract of land, and in
1879 was appointed collector of the Port of Sodus Point and held the ppsition up to 1886, when he was elected sheriff
and came to Lyons. At the expiration of the term of office he established the present firm of Parshall & Sweeting
in the wholesale and retail lumber business. At the age of twenty eight he married Kate E., daughter of Charles
E. Thurber of Palmyra, and they have one son, Ross T. Mrs. Parshall died April 5, 1892, regretted by a large circle
of friends and acquaintances.
From:
Landmarks of Wayne County, New York
Edited by: Hon. George W. Cowles
Assisted by: H. P. Smith and others
D. Mason & Co., Publishers
Syracuse, N. Y. 1895
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