BIOGRAPHY

LUCIUS B. PARMELE, MD - OF EAST PEMBROKE AND BATAVIA, NY

Parmele, Lucius B., M. D., was born in Alden, Erie County, NY, November 16, 1840. His parents, John J. and Joanna (Baker) Parmele, were natives of Connecticut, his father having come with his parents to Ontario County in 1807. Dr. Parmele prepared for college in Alden Seminary and was graduated from the University of Rochester in 1864 and the Medical Department of the University of Buffalo in 1867, receiving the degree of Master of Arts from the University of Rochester in 1872. He began the practice of his profession in East Pembroke in 1867 and in 1883 came to Batavia, where he established his present practice. In 1868 he married Susan A. daughter of Ebenezer Allen; they have three children: Mrs. Wm. P. Curtis, Lucius A. and Porter L. Dr. Parmele served as supervisor of Pembroke for the years 1878, 1879 and 1880, and as a coroner of Genesee County for twelve years, ending in 1896.

Source:
Our County and it's people
A descriptive work on Genesee County, New York
Edited by: F. W. Beers
J.W. Vose & Co., Publishers, Syracuse, NY 1890