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- Homer Maxwell's book, "History of Tucker County, West Virginia," (1884)
P. 476: "A.B. Parsons, son of W. W. Parsons, born 1844, of English descent; married Rachael, daughter of W. R. Parsons. In his early life he followed farming, then school teaching, and then the profession of the law. . . . . He owns property in different parts of the county, and has valuable lots and houses in St. George, where he resides." (A.B. Parsons is Adanijah B. Parsons, b. 6 July 1843, m. 13 Dec. 1868, d. 21 Oct. 1909, son of Wm. W. & Hester Ward Parsons, Husband of Rachel Parsons, buried at Bethel Cemetery, St. George District. Rachel (Parsons) Parsons b. 1838, d. 1913, also buried at Bethel Cemetery. Dau. of Wm. R. & Mary (Crouch) Parsons, Hus. of Adanijah B. Parsons."
History of West Virginina, Vol III, p. 296
A. B. Parsons, a great land and criminal lawyer, was another brilliant member of this family; he was a son of W. W. Parsons, born in 1844, and owning property in various parts of Tucker county. He was admitted to the bar at St. George, the place of his residence, and acquired an extensive practice reaching from the bench of the justice to the supreme court of appeals of West Virginia; he was school commissioner, secretary of the board of education, county surveyor, prosecuting attorney, member of the St. George town council, member of the legislature from Tucker and Randolph counties, and was instrumental in organizing the Democratic party in Tucker county.
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1843 - 1909 (66 years)
