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 | | Ellsworth PARSONS, town clerk and treasurer of the town of Readsboro [Vermont], a representative citizen and one of the foremost business men of the place, was born 23 April 1863 in Readsboro [Bennington County, Vermont], a son of the late Elijah PARSONS. |
 | | Ellsworth PARSONS received his early education in the common schools of Readsboro, completing his school life in the North Adams [Berkshire County, Massachusetts] high school, after which he taught school in Monroe [Franklin County, Massachusetts] and Readsboro [Bennington County, Vermont]. |
 | | He was elected town treasurer in 1886, filling the position so efficiently that he has been re-elected to the same position every year since; has served as town clerk since 1895; as justice of the peace two years, and is now superintendent of the public schools of Readsboro. |
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