Life span: 04/28/1817 to 06/08/1895TabsLife SummaryFull name: Lewis Eliphalet ParsonsPlace of Birth: Broome County, NYBurial Place: Talladega, ALBirth Date Certainty: ExactDeath Date Certainty: ExactGender: MaleRace: WhiteSectional choice: SouthOrigins: Free StateNo. of Spouses: 1No. of Children: 7Family: Erastus Bellamy Parsons (father), Jennett Hepburn Parsons (mother), Jane Ann Boyd McCullough Chrisman (wife)Occupation: PoliticianAttorney or JudgeRelation to Slavery: White non-slaveholderPolitical Parties: DemocraticWhigRepublicanGovernment: Johnson Administration (1865-69)GovernorState legislatureOther state governmentMilitary: Confederate Army Events Date span begin Life span End Event 06/21/1865 06/21/1865 President Johnson appoints Lewis E. Parsons, Sr. as provisional governor of Alabama 09/10/1865 09/22/1865 Alabama holds an elected State Convention to plan for the state's return to full national participation 12/13/1865 12/13/1865 In Montgomery, Robert Miller Patton is inaugurated as Alabama's first elected post-Civil War governor Major TopicsReconstruction Documents Subject Docs Date Title 06/21/1865 Andrew Johnson, "Proclamation naming Lewis E. Parsons, Jr. provisional governor of Alabama," June 21, 1865, Washington, D.C. Images Lewis Eliphalet Parsons, circa 1865 Lewis Eliphalet Parsons, circa 1865, detail Bibliography
