A biographical history of eminent and self-made men of the state of Indiana : with many portrait-illustrations on steel, engraved expressly for this work . at of three trustees tothat of one trustee for each township, thus simplifyingthe system and adding much to the efficiency of thepublic schools. He was also instrumental in the passageof an act by which the bank tax fund, the saline fund,and the sinking fund were converted into the generalschool fund, thus enabling the state to carry forward itsfree educational projects on the most liberal plan. has for many years been the school t
A biographical history of eminent and self-made men of the state of Indiana : with many portrait-illustrations on steel, engraved expressly for this work . at of three trustees tothat of one trustee for each township, thus simplifyingthe system and adding much to the efficiency of thepublic schools. He was also instrumental in the passageof an act by which the bank tax fund, the saline fund,and the sinking fund were converted into the generalschool fund, thus enabling the state to carry forward itsfree educational projects on the most liberal plan. has for many years been the school trustee of thetown of Bourbon, by virtue of which he is a member ofthe county board of education. In all of his officialpositions he has, by his fidelity to his trusts, his sub-servience of ]xirty interests to what he considered thehighest good of the public, won for himself the respectof both his political friends and opponents. As a prac-ticing lawyer he has met with more than ordinary suc-cess. Although not a fluent speaker he has, by thesystematic and thorough jircparation of his cases, hiswatchfulness of the best interests of his clients, andhis. i3th \ REPKESENTA TIVE MEN OF INDIANA. 51 well-known integrity, made himself an advocate of con-vincing power before courts and jury. He commandeda large and lucrative practice, especially in the settlingup of estates both of deceased persons and of bankrupts,absorbing in this line at least one-half of the busi-ness of the county. Mr. Parks has been a memberof the Odd-fellows Fraternity. For more than fortyyears he has been an honored member of the Pires-byterian Church, having held the office of elder forthirty-two years. By means of his liberal generosityhe has contriliuted largely to its material prosperity,while his excellent Christian example has added muchto its moral and spiritual advancement. He is alwaysforemost in whatever tends to improve the moral andtemporal condition of the community in which he years
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