My Genealogy Hound

Fred A. Parmenter, a prominent general merchant at Walled Lake, Oakland County, Michigan, is one of the town’s leading citizens and is a descendant of an old pioneer family from the State of New York. Mr. Parmenter was born at Charlotte, Eaton County, Michigan, and is a son of William M. and Cornelia (Snyder) Parmenter.

Lynus Parmenter, the grandfather of our subject, was born in New York and came to Michigan in 1836. He took up land in Novi township, and there made a comfortable home and reared a family.

William M. Parmenter, father of our subject, was a harness maker by trade; in 1889 he removed to Commerce township and engaged in the harness business at Walled Lake. He married a daughter of Sherwood Snyder, who was born in Vermont, later moved to Ohio and came to Michigan as a pioneer, locating in Charlotte. Their three children were: William, a resident of Pontiac, who was married to Julia Crickmore, of Bloomfield township, and has four children, — Earl, Charles, Eula and Eugene; Charles, who is deceased; and Fred A.

Mr. Parmenter completed his education at the Northville High School, and began his business life as a general merchant at Walled Lake, where he is still located. He is a man of ability and is a prominent factor in the public life of the town. In 1897 he was elected town clerk, a position he has most capably filled ever since, with the exception of two years. He is active in the ranks of the Republican party. His fraternal relations are with the Knights of the Maccabees. Mr. Parmenter is a progressive, public spirited young man and a most worthy representative of the old pioneer stock of which Oakland County is justly proud.