New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-07-20
OBITUARY.
GEORGE FREDERIC PARSONS.

George Frederic Parsons. for ten years writc' LOT
The Tribune. died from Brghs disease, early yestcr
day morning at his home. at No. IL EAST
Fifty -nlnthst. Mr. Parsons had been III Tor more
than two years before he died. but 1t was not unul
little more than year ago that his Illness became so
serious that he obliged to relnquish MS "ofA'
Thereafter lie was confined to his home.
Mr.. Parsons was bora ut Brighton. England on
June 10, 1s4O. In TIE hotel which had been KEPT
for many generations by his family. Ills Iather anu
grandfather were well known ard prosperous mer-
chants in Brighton. As boy. he showed iohoneSs
for books and adventure. lie received his educauoh
from private instructors goirs through The usual
course OF training Of an English lad until he was
sixteen years Old when his schooling, In the common
acceptance Of the word, came to an end lie mad
been industrious student. and when he lett his
lnstrnc tors he had an excellent knowledge oil The
classics.
At the age Of sixteen, through the influence OF his
father and grandfather, he was apprcnticed IN inc
merchant marine service. 1t had been cream Of
his boyhood TO go TO During the next nVe years
he visited nearly every country In the world TIC
threw himself into his work with great energy
and enthusiasm. and in less than four years WAS
made a second mate and aftorward first mate
Young Parsons returned his home In Brighton dur
ing the Fraser River gold excitement. During inc
excitement In 1862 he and his father with many
other Engshmen, went to British Columbia to seek
to become rivals OF the California mines.
In British Columbia Mr.. Parsons was not success
full in business About the first venture he mace
there was in newspaper work. lie owned and edited
for two years THE North Pacific Tines" The paper
lived only two years. After that experience he went
further west TO Vancouver Island, where, In looI
he married Miss Lizzie Campbell
Mr.. and Mrs. Parsons remained one year mt Van
cOuver Island, and from there they went TO san Fran
CISCO Mr.. Parsons lived in California for about
seventeen years. These years were spent In active
editorial work in san Francisco and sacramento.
In san Francisco he edited The Tines and he kept
in touch with literature, Of which he was close and
discriminating student. lie became familiar with the
wild life Of those early days in California. and many
OF his short stories, published in 1.-The New-lork
Ledger and In other publications. show that n had
studied and comprehended the life of the miners and
the gmblcrs of the Pacific Coast From san Francisco
Mr. Parsons went to sacramento where he edited
G. The Ecccrd T. nionp There he remained until los2,
when he came to New-IOrk and became
a writer for The Tribune. lie was an
Indefntignblc literary worker. man OF
various knowledge and possessed Of clear ana 1aclc
STYLE He had collected an excellent nbrary, which
is remarkably rich In works relating 10 wltchcrail
and the occult . .
Beside, numerous short stories, Mr.. Parsons wrote
the Introduction 10 Bazac's works published by
Robert, Brothers In Boston In 1850. lie had Il
wide acquaintance. both In the East and west,
among men OF letters Mr. Parsonss wife survives
him. The arrangements for the funeral nave ho'
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