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Representative John Ward Parmalee View All Years

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Compiled Historical Information
Date of Death: 3/3/1918
Birth Place: Riga, New York
Party Affiliation: Republican
Assemblies Served:
House: 15 (1874)
Home County: Wright
John Ward Parmalee
Wright County
Born in Riga, Monroe County, New York on August 17, 1834. He married Fannie Atwater on August 28, 1861 in Dodge County, Wisconsin where she was teaching school and living with her brother. They had four children. By 1870 the family had moved to Goldfield, Wright County, Iowa. John was a dry goods merchant. He was Goldfield’s Postmaster appointed on March 22, 1871. Mr. Parmalee served as a representative in the 15th General Assembly 1877-1878 from Wright County, Iowa. His later years were spent in Shasta County, California.
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House District 70
Committees
15th GA (1874)
Legislation Sponsored
15th GA (1874)