Indiana Historical Society - Manuscripts & Archives
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Processed By
Paul Brockman
30 April 1996
VOLUME OF COLLECTION: 2 folders, 1 oversize folder
COLLECTION DATES: 1870-1899
PROVENANCE: John Adams representing Indianapolis Public Schools Education Office, 120 E. Walnut Street, Indianapolis, IN 46204, 21 February 1990
RESTRICTIONS: None
REPRODUCTION RIGHTS: Permission to reproduce or publish material in this collection must be obtained in writing from the Indiana Historical Society.
ALTERNATE FORMATS: None
OTHER FINDING AIDS: None
RELATED HOLDINGS: Indianapolis Arsenal Records (M650); James O'Neal Papers (SC 2557)
ACCESSION NUMBER: 94.0017x
NOTES: Received as part the Indianapolis Arsenal Records. Separated because of private nature--deceased soldier's personal effects.
John Parle (1838-1899) was born in Wexford County, Ireland, immigrated to the United States and settled near Detroit, Michigan. He enlisted in the United States Army as early as 1867, became a United States citizen in 1873, and served as an enlisted man in the Ordnance Department at West Point, NY, Fort Clark, TX, Fort Douglas, UT, and Indianapolis, IN. Parle was a sergeant assigned to the Ordnance Department at the Indianapolis Arsenal at the time of his death.
Source: Information in collection.
The collection contains Parle's personal effects, turned over to Major Charles Shaler of the Indianapolis Arsenal at the time of his death (1899). Included are discharge-reenlistment and promotion documents, 1870-1893, his application for United States citizenship, 1873, and personal and military related correspondence, 1893-1898. Additional items in the collection include photographs apparently of Parle and other unidentified individuals, and two Soldier's Handbooks from 1885 and 1893.
FOLDER CONTENTS
1 Papers & Documents, 1870-1899 (also VC and ART)
2 Soldier's Handbooks (2), 1883, 1895
MAIN ENTRY: Parle, John, 1838-1899
SUBJECT ENTRIES: Parle, John, 1838-1899
United States. Army--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Indianapolis Arsenal (Ind.)
Arsenals--Indiana--Indianapolis
Soldiers--Indiana--Indianapolis
Naturalization records--United States
Immigrants--Ireland
Indianapolis (Ind.)--History, Military
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