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iiffilii^gg^Y, JUNE 25, 19241 







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ulMi rAKMlAN 





HAD MANY INTERESTS 1 



Mr. Parkman was active in . many 











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business enterprises, which gradually 

 took him away from active practice ot 













law. Besides being treasurer ot the 

 Provident Institution for Savings, h* 

 was president and a member of the 

 board of managers of the Adams Ner- 

 vine Asylum, a member of the advisory 

 council of the Boston Real Estate Bx- 

 cliange, which body he had served as 

 president; a trustee of tho Fenway Stu- 

 dios Trust, treasurer and a member of 











Long Served as Treasurer 

 of Provident Institu- 





















tion for Savings 





the board of managers of the Massa- 

 chusetts Charitable Eye and Ear In- 

 firmary, a director of the Massachu- 

 setts Hospital Life Insurance Company, 

 a director of the Merchants National 

 Bank, a director of the New England 











MAN, CIVIC LEADER 





Mutual I,ife Insurance. Company and a 

 trustee of the Municipal Real Estate 

 Trust. 



He was a member of the Union, St. 

 Botclph and The Brookline Country 























man, for years one of Boston's lead- 

 ing citizens, who died Monday night 

 at the Phillips House, Massachu- 

 setts General Hospital, will be held 

 tomoiTow at, 12 o'clock in Trinity 

 Church. 



Mr. Parkman. a lawTer by profession, 

 had long been treasurer of the Provi- 

 dent Institution for Savings. Temple 

 place. On both sides of his family he 





Clubs, the Eastern Yacht Club and the 

 Boston Athletic Association; also many 

 other organizations. 



Mr. Parkman, on Aug. 21, 1890 at 

 Perth Amboy, N. J., married Miss Mary 

 Prances Parker of Newark. For many 

 years they made their home at 15 

 Charles street, later at 56 Chester 

 street. In recent years they lived as 30 

 Commonwealth avenue. 



Mrs. Parkman, two sons. Heni-y Park- 

 man, Jr., of 182 Beacon street, anfl, 

 Francis Parkman of Brookline, and 

 three daughters, Mary E. Peabody, wife 

 ot the Rev, Malcol.m B. Peabody of L,aW> 































traced his ancestry to old New England 

 stock. Born in Boston, May 23, 1850, hft 

 was the son of Dr. Samuel ParkmaTi, 













noted physician of his day, and Mary 

 Eliot (Dwight) Parkman 



HARVARD GRADUATE IN 1S70 



After preparing for college at the pri- 

 vate school of Epes Sargent Dlxwell, he 





rence; Edith W. Homans, wife of 'Will- 

 iam P. Homans, and Penelope B. Gris- 

 wold, wife of Roger Griswold, survive 1 













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entered Harvard and was graduated in 

 1870, and from the law school four years 

 later. He was i.mmediateiy admitted to 











the bar. In 1S73 he was awarded th* 

 decree of ma.ster of arts. 



He began his law career with the firm 

 of Russell & Putnam, but in 1S82 en- 

 tered into practice alone. His waa 

 largely administration work and the 

 handling of trust funds. 



He entered politics in 1S79.' when he 

 became a member of the Boston com- 

 mon council, serving five years. Hft 

 was then elected state representative, 

 serving in the House from 18S7 to 1889. 





















BOSTON HERALD 













;;TyESDAY/jULY 1, 1924 











From 1892 to 1S9.3, inclusive, he wa.s a 

 member of the state Senate. 





PUBLIC REQUL-,!'. l^ 









Mr. Parkman was one of the leading 

 Boston Republicans, serving for several 

 years as chairman of the Republican 

 city committee and taking an active 

 part in both state and city elections. 

 Gov. Greenhalge made hi,m a member of 

 the state prison commission In 1894, a 

 position he held until 1915. For many 

 years he was chairman of the commis- 





HENR\ P iI?KMA\ ^MLL 



Public fjequest-s of $i;000 are made in 













the Mil 1 I 1 r , , , 1 ,,p APotHida^ of 

 Hrnr^ r 1 1 ot the Piovi 

 dent Insii.^ m-s. 



Bequ.---r . are made to 



,the Mas ^cn n labk e and 

 Ear Infirmary and the Adams Nervine 

 Hospital, .\nothtr heaue.'^t of .finOO is 



j made to the trusleos of the endowment 

























fund of Emmanuel Church. 



The residue is loft in trust for the 

 beneht ot the testator's widow and chil- 













dren. 























