George Parkman
| George Parkman | |
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George Parkman, "The Pedestrian"
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| Born |
George Parkman February 19, 1790 Beacon Hill, Boston, Massachusetts, United States |
| Died | November 23, 1849 (aged 59) Beacon Hill, Boston, Massachusetts, United States |
| Cause of death | murder |
| Nationality | United States |
| Occupation | physician, real estate developer, landlord |
| Known for | Parkman–Webster murder case |
| Parent(s) |
Samuel Parkman (father) |
| Relatives |
Elizabeth Willard Parkman (sister) |
Samuel Parkman (father)
Elizabeth Willard Parkman (sister)
Francis Parkman (brother)
Francis Parkman Junior (nephew)
Quincy Adams Shaw (nephew)
James Henry Blake (nephew)
George Parkman (February 19, 1790 – November 23, 1849), a Boston Brahmin and a member of one of Boston's richest families, was a prominent physician, businessman, and philanthropist, as well the victim in the sensationally gruesome Parkman–Webster murder case, which shook Boston in 1849–1850.
Samuel Parkman (August 22, 1751 – June 11, 1824) and Sarah Rogers had five children: Elizabeth (1785), Francis (1788), George (1790), Samuel (1791), and Daniel (1794). Samuel Parkman had also had six children by his previous marriage to Sarah Shaw. Samuel Parkman, George’s father and family patriarch, had bought up low-lying lands and income properties in Boston’s West End. He also founded and was part owner of the towns of Parkman, Ohio and Parkman, Maine. His sons from his first marriage oversaw the Ohio properties, while his second set of boys were responsible for the Maine parcel. Samuel’s daughters inherited wealth as well. The most notable was George’s sister Elizabeth Willard Parkman, whose spouse Robert Gould Shaw (1776 – 1853), grandfather of Robert Gould Shaw (October 10, 1837 – July 18, 1863, Union Army colonel during the American Civil War), grew his wife’s share of the fortune to become the senior partner in the most powerful commercial house in a city glutted with the proceeds of the China Trade.
The eleven Parkman scions united in marriage with the Beacon Hill families of Blake, Cabot, Mason, Sturgis, Tilden, and Tuckerman. Of his eleven offspring, Samuel chose George as the one to administer the Parkman estate.
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