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Francis J. (Francis Jewett) Parker
1825–1909
A Boston-born historian, genealogist, and Civil War veteran, he wrote with the close-up knowledge of someone who had served in the events he later described. His books blend careful research with a strong sense of memory, place, and public history.
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The Story of the Thirty-second Regiment, Massachusetts Infantry Whence it came; where it went; what it saw, and what it did
by Francis J. (Francis Jewett) Parker
About the author
Born in Boston on March 3, 1825, Francis Jewett Parker was an American writer best remembered for historical and genealogical works. Records available online identify him as the author of The Story of the Thirty-second Regiment, Massachusetts Infantry, A Study of Municipal Government in Massachusetts, Colonel William Prescott, and Genealogy of the Ainsworth Families in America.
Parker also had direct military experience connected to his writing. The Project Gutenberg text of The Story of the Thirty-second Regiment, Massachusetts Infantry describes him as Major Francis J. Parker during the regiment's organization, which helps explain the book's first-hand, grounded perspective on the Civil War.
A scanned memoir available through the Internet Archive gives his dates as March 3, 1825, to January 20, 1909, and indicates that he died in Boston. His surviving work suggests a writer deeply interested in Massachusetts history, civic life, family lineage, and the lived experience of war.