Pillsbury, Parker (1809-1898)

Name:

Pillsbury, Parker (1809-1898)

Title:

Editor, The Herald of Freedom, Concord, 1840, 1845, 1846
Editor, National Anti-Slavery Standard, New York, 1866
Co-Editor, The Revolution, New York, 1868-

Born:

10/22/1809

Birthplace:

Hamilton, MA

Died:

07/07/1898

Death Location:

Concord, NH

Residence:

Hamilton, MA 1809-1814
Henniker, NH 1814-1829
Lynn, MA 1829-1832
Loudon, NH 1839
Concord, NH 1840-1898
New York, NY 1866

Nationality:

American

Occupation:

Minister, Loudon
Abolitionist
Lecturer
Newspaper Editor

Father:

Pillsbury, Oliver

Mother:

Smith, Anna

Relations:

Frederick Douglass
Stephen Symonds Foster
William Lloyd Garrison
Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Spouse:

Sarah Hall Sargent (1817-1898) January 1, 1840

Children:

Helen Buffum, born June 14, 1843; died October 29, 1929

Notes:

Grew up in Henniker and, after his marriage, resided in Concord. Considered one of New England's "Aboliton Trinity". Noted reformer and abolitionist who once edited "Revolution", a women's suffrage paper in New York.
1829-returned to Lynn, MA-drove an express & baggage wagon between Lynn & Boston. Became active in church and after encouragement went on to become a minister. Schooled at Andover Theological Seminary.
Became involved with the anti-slavery movement because he couldn't teach "the Prince of Peace" without rebuking the outrages occuring with other abolitionists being burned or murdered by a mob.

Leander W. Cogswell, History of the Town of Henniker, Merrimack County, New Hampshire...(Concord, New Hampshire: The Republican Press Association, 1880), 686-687.

Blossom Hill Cemetery, Concord, NH