. Norwich University, 1819-1911; her history, her graduates, her roll of honor . ed the dis-trict schools. He prepared for college at the Brownington Academy, Brown-ington, Vt., and at the Newbury Seminary, Newbury, Vt., paying his way byteaching. In 1844, he entered the University and remained nearly three years,paying his way by giving instrumental and vocal music lessons to the cadetsand by furnishing music for the drills; was distinguished at the University forhis mathematical ability; received the degree of C. E. in 1910 as for 1847. On leaving the University, he returned to Washington an
. Norwich University, 1819-1911; her history, her graduates, her roll of honor . ed the dis-trict schools. He prepared for college at the Brownington Academy, Brown-ington, Vt., and at the Newbury Seminary, Newbury, Vt., paying his way byteaching. In 1844, he entered the University and remained nearly three years,paying his way by giving instrumental and vocal music lessons to the cadetsand by furnishing music for the drills; was distinguished at the University forhis mathematical ability; received the degree of C. E. in 1910 as for 1847. On leaving the University, he returned to Washington and engaged infarming and lumbering and was also interested in a starch factory. In 1849,he sold his property and started for California; after a delay of two monthsin Panama, he obtained passage to San Francisco in the steamship Senator,arriving there late in October. Here he was sick for some months with thePanama fever. He mined for gold on the Yuba and Tuolumne Rivers1850 until the great fire in San Francisco, when he returned to that city; was 416 NORWICH UKIVERSITY. [1847. in the employ of his brother, Wilder Parker, for several months. He then pur-chased a farm in Marin Co., Cal. In December, 1852, he retm-ned toVermont and in June, 1853, he re-turned to California, w-ith his December of that same year, helocated on a farm in Petalimaa, wherehe has since resided. He has also fol-lowed land survejang for over sixtyyears and has kept up his study inmathematics. For over fifty yearshe has advocated a reform in spellingand was among the first to adopt thephonetic spelhng and while acadet gave lessons in was twice married: first,October 14, 1847, to Cynthia AdalineRoberts of Williamstown, Vt., whodied June 4, 1867. Five childrenwere born to them: Pitman Wilder,born October 1, 1848; Gelo Freman,born January 17,1854, Alma Ruzella,now Mrs. James Hynes of Petaliuna,born February 14,, 1856; Laura Ada,Freman Parker. born January 25, 1858, died October 6, 1864
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