BIOGRAPHY

ROBERT M. PARKERSON - OF ELBA AND MORGANVILLE, NY

Robert M. Parkerson, born in Onondaga County, NY, in 1835, learned the millers' trade at Suspension Bridge where he resided eight years, and finished at Rochester in 1856. He came to Alexander, and had charge of the Rix flouring-mill for eight years. He also resided in Scottsville three years and in Elba two and one-half years. He is the inventor of the hand flour-sack packer. Mr. Parkerson owned and run the Folsomdale mills one year, and has resided at Morganville since August, 1888. He married Mary A., daughter of Alphrus Waite, of Alexander, and they have one son, George W., who is a jeweler in Westfield, NY

FROM:
Gazetteer and Biographical Record
of Genesee County, New York
Edited by: F. W. Beers
J.W. Vose & Co., Publishers, Syracuse, NY 1890