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PARROTT, JAMES C., was born in Talbott Co., Md., May 21, 1811, where he was educated; in 1831, he went to Wheeling, W. Va., and remained there until February, 1834, when he joined the 1st Regiment of U. S. Dragoons; during the spring and summer of that year, the regiment made a campaign among the Indians in the Rocky Mountain country, and, in September, came to Fort Des Moines (now Montrose), where it remained until the spring of 1837, when it was ordered to Fort Leavenworth, Kan.; Mr. Parrott’s term of enlistment expired in February, 1837, since when he has remained a citizen of Lee Co. Sept. 4, 1838, he married Miss Henrietta Buckhalter, a native of Philadelphia, Penn., then 18 years of age; five children — three sons and two daughters — were born of this union. When the war of the rebellion came on, Mr. Parrott took an active part in raising volunteers, which he followed to the field; by reference to army appointments, between March 13, 1865, and July 28, 1866, the following appears on record: “Lieut. Col. James C. Parrott, of the 7th I. V. I., for gallant and meritorious service at the battles of Belmont (Mo.), Forts Henry, Donelson, and Shiloh (Tenn.), Corinth and Iuka (Miss.), in the Atlanta campaign, the march to the sea, and through the Carolinas, and for faithful services through the war to date from March 13, 1865.” T. J., the eldest son of Col. Parrott, was a member of the 2d I. V. I., and for two years rendered efficient service in the Signal Service Department; in April, 1867, Col. Parrott was appointed Postmaster at Keokuk, a position which he filled with credit to himself, honor to the Government, and satisfaction to the citizens, until March 4, 1879; in these twelve years not a single act of negligence of duty to the Department or to the public stands charged against Col. Parrott, who has spent the better part of the years of his life in the service of his country.