Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from National Year Book, 1911
Moses greeley parker, M. D., elected President General at the Louis ville Congress, was born in Dracut, Mass, October 12, 1842, the son of Theodore and Hannah (greeley) Parker. He inherited from both branches of his family ancestry of the best old New England stock. Deacon Thomas Parker, upon one side, came to this country in 1635 Andrew Greeley, on the other, settled in Salisbury about five years later. In the list of descendants from these two men are such well known names as Theodore Parker, the great preacher and reformer, and Horace Greeley, the famous editor.
Dr. Parker's great-grandfathers, Kendall Parker and Joseph Greeley, were two of the Minute Men who tramped to Lexington on the early morning of April 19, 1775; his grandfather, Peter Parker, served in the Continental Army.
Dr. Parker was educated in the district schools of his native town, at the Howe School, in Billerica, and at Phillips Academy, in Andover. He taught in the district schools of New Hampshire for three years, and then pursued medical studies at the Long Island College Hospital Medical School, in Brooklyn, N. Y., and at the Harvard Medical School. He was graduated from the latter in 1864 with the degree of M. D. In the Civil War he was assistant surgeon, serving in the field and hospital. August 9, 1864, he was assigned to the 18th Army Corps Base Hospital, where he had charge of the Ist Division, and as officer of the day he had the honor of receiving President Lincoln, General Grant, and others. He was honorably discharged from the service May 24, 1865.
Settling down to the practice of medicine at Lowell, he soon stood in the front rank of the medical profession in Middlesex County. He has always served Upon the medical staff of St. John's Hospital, but after a time desired to specialize in certain branches of his profession, and closing his office, spent the years 1873-1874 studying in London, Paris, Florence, Rome, and Vienna. Returning once more to Lowell, he Opened a free dispensary and gave his expert services to the poorer classes of the city, although his private practice very soon assumed large proportions.
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