. Commemorative biographical record of northeastern Pennsylvania: including the counties of Susquehanna, Wayne, Pike and Monroe, containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens, and many of the early settled families. nt. JosephParmenter, his grandfather, lived for a time inConnecticut, but made his home in later life atQuinebaug Meadows, Vt., where he engaged infarming, in connection with the manufacture ofguns, powder horns, and similar articles. He wasmarried in Connecticut to Beckie Meads, and theyhad the following children, all now deceased:Charles died in New Yo
. Commemorative biographical record of northeastern Pennsylvania: including the counties of Susquehanna, Wayne, Pike and Monroe, containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens, and many of the early settled families. nt. JosephParmenter, his grandfather, lived for a time inConnecticut, but made his home in later life atQuinebaug Meadows, Vt., where he engaged infarming, in connection with the manufacture ofguns, powder horns, and similar articles. He wasmarried in Connecticut to Beckie Meads, and theyhad the following children, all now deceased:Charles died in New York State; Lavina marriedWilliam Phippens, and died in Susquehanna coun-ty, Penn.; Cynthia married Nathan Daniels; Re-becca niarried Jonathan Gelatt; William was thefather of our subject; Sally married Flenry Chand-ler ; Esther did not marry; Emma married DavidT. Babbitt; Valentine was a drummer boy duringthe war of 1812, and also served in the regular armyfor a time. William Parmenter was born in Vermont. May1, 1787, and died December 17, 1853, m Gibsontownship. In 1808 he walked from Vermont toSusquehanna county, Penn., carrying an ax, andhis clothes done up in a handkerchief, and locatedin Gibson township, then a wilderness. He first. CALYIN PARHEHTER COMMEMORATIVE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 407 settled upon a tract of land at what is known asKentuckj and after making improvements soldhis claim, about the time of his marriage locatingupon another farm in the township, which he clearedfor a homestead, a large maple tree being dug upto make a place for the cellar of his log cabin. Hetook an active part in local affairs, holding town-ship offices, and he and his wife were members of theMethodist Church. He enlisted for service in thewar of 1812, but the struggle was ended before hereached camp. In 1810 he was married, in Gibsontownship, to Miss Derinda Bennett, a native of( (range county, X. V.,born January 26, 1793, daugh-ter of James and Anna (Waymer) Bennett, whosettled in Gibson t
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