The Families of
William Chandler Parkinson

Pictures

Sons of Samuel Rose and Arabella Chandler Parkinson (called the "Buttermilk Picture") Samuel C. and William may be the two in front, George and Franklin in back. from Pam Carson (Please write webmaster if you have a better version or more information.)

William on mission to England, 1880. Reprint from Pam Carson	Another mission photo, also 1880. Reprint from Pam Carson	Also taken in England Original carte de visite from Pam Carson

Reprint from Pam Carson	Scan of original courtesy of Hunter Cannon	Detail of photo with Arabella sons about 1904 *Click here for full portrait*

Reprint from Pam Carson	Franklin Relic Hall From Ben Parkinson

Ellen Nash Parkinson Franklin Relic Hall From Ben Parkinson	Another version From Ben Parkinson

Ellen and William, from a photocopy Looking for photo prints (see below) Our Pioneer Heritage

Ellen, Ray Nash Parkinson Smuin, Carma Leora Smuin, Hester Elvira Poole, 1910 From Pam Colson

Louisa Benson Parkinson Scan of original courtesy of Hunter Cannon	Louisa Benson Parkinson Scan of original courtesy of Hunter Cannon	Louisa Benson Parkinson Scan of original courtesy of Hunter Cannon

Top, L-R: Evelyn, Carmen, Charlotte, Clara, Ann, Wanda Bottom: Wilbur, Louisa B., William C., Lou Scan of original courtesy of Hunter Cannon

William C. Parkinson store (on left), Preston, Idaho from Pam Carson

Histories

Transcriber needed (see below)

• William C. Parkinson, Diary, 1877-81, 4 vols. In Harold B. Lee Library Special Collections, BYU, 373 pp. Printed from microfilm.
Minnie A. Smart, Poem written for William as a returning missionary, handwritten and transcribed versions; images courtesy of Pam Carson.
• Ellen Elvira Nash, Autobiography, Biography, and Letters, 1885-1940 , in Harold B. Lee Library Special Collections, BYU, 34 pp. Includes typewritten autobiography of Ellen, biography of Mary Cramer Poole, and two letters from Isaac B. Nash.
• "Ellen Elvira Nash Parkinson," in Kate B. Carter, Our Pioneer Heritage, 1964, 8:201-18.
• Carma L. Sanberg, Nellie Nash: A Pioneer Biography of Mrs. Ellen Elvira Nash Parkinson, Wife of William Chandler Parkinson, Master's Thesis, BYU, 1960, 96 pp.
• Letter from Elder William C. Parkinson to the Logan Leader, 13 May 1881.
• S. Hunter Cannon's site has additional histories (and photos).
• Obituary from Deseret News, Nov. 1929; image courtesy of Pam Carson.
• Obituary from Salt Lake Tribune, Nov. 1929; image courtesy of Pam Carson.

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