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Author: History of Will County, Illinois; Chicago: Wm LeBaron Jr & Co, 186 Dearborn Street, 1878.

Henry H. PARKINSON, editor and proprietor Braidwood Republican, Braidwood; was born in 
London, Eng., Dec. 22, 1849, and is the son of Henry and Rachel PARKINSON, of England; 
when Mr. PARKINSON was very young, with his parents, emigrated to America, and landed 
in New York City; then direct to Wilmington, Will Co., IL In 1860, he entered the 
Independent office, of Wilmington, IL, and commenced to learn the art of printing, here 
he remained about three years, then in traveling in different parts of the country; at 
St. Louis; then to Joliet; here he was engaged in working in the Republican office; 
thence to Lexington, McLean Co., IL; here he started the Lexington Courier, Republican 
paper; then to Saybrook, IL, and started the Saybrook Banner; he returned to Wilmington, 
IL, and took charge of the Independent office, and remained there one year; he then 
returned to Saybrook and sold out his paper and moved to Bloomington, IL; here he 
commenced the publication of the Bloomington Anti-Monopolist, a Granger paper; thence 
to Braidwood, and purchased the Braidwood Republican from F. D. DALTON; the Braidwood 
Republican is a daily paper, having a circulation of 500 daily; this spicy paper is an 
earnest, live and unterrified Republican journal, free and outspoken, a terror to rings 
and corrupt office-seekers, and death to political stealings and unprincipled doings in 
general; its columns are devoted to politics, literature, agriculture, religion, science 
and local and general news; it is the best of advertising mediums; its editor and 
proprietor, Mr. H. H. PARKINSON, ranks high among the citizens of Braidwood, and 
personally is a gentleman of long journalistic experience; in connection with the 
paper, there are complete job printing rooms, with facilities for turning out first-class 
work, from a visiting-card to a circus bill. Mr. PARKINSON is a Republican in politics.
Married Miss Harriet A. SMITH, of Michigan; two children.