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FAQs
Get answers to most-often
asked questions about the clan.
Your
Twig?
Find out where you fit in
the greater family tree.
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 Honoring
a teacher
Historian and Pulitzer Prize-winning
author David McCullough, left, pays tribute to
teacher Elizabeth Mallory Parmelee in a commencement address at Wheaton
College shortly before her death. And we've run
across an online video tribute to her as well.
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Making
News
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Escaping
the Tsunami
James
Aaron Parmelee [Benjamin
Edward, George Washington, George Washington,
Moses Edward, Moses, Oliver, Jonathan, Joshua,
John, John] and his wife, Sureepon, of Bangkok, Thailand,
were visiting their children in Missouri when the monstrous waves
killed about 250,000 people on Dec. 26, 2004.
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Family on a Budget
What happens when your parenting years
overlap your retirement years? Charles and Jan
Parmalee of Albany, N.Y., are finding out. After
having two children in the '90s, they've added
two more youngsters to their brood. It all comes
down to dollars and sense. 
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Politics
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| Mr. Congressman
 Over
the years, I've been asked how Ashbel Parmelee
Fitch (1848-1904) fits into the family. Well, the
New York City lawyer who was elected to the House
of Representatives four times was the son of
Edward Fitch and his wife, Fanny Parmelee (Ashbel,
Simeon, Hezekiah, Joel, John, John). Ashbel
was named for his
grandfather, a minister who spent much of his
life in Malone, N.Y. Young Ashbel was born in
Moores, N.Y., and studied at the Universities of
Jena and Berlin, Germany, and the Columbia
College Law School in New York City. After he was
admitted to the bar in 1869, he set up practice
in New York City. He was elected to Congress and
was a Republican when he was seated in 1887, but
he ran as a Democrat in his next three elections.
He served as chairman on the House Committee on
Private Land Claims (52nd Congress) and on the
Committee on Election of President, Vice
President, and Representatives (53rd Congress).
He resigned in 1893 to accept Tammany hall's
nomination for New York City comptroller. He was
elected and served until 1897, when the
Democratic political machine refused to
renominate him; Ashbel's name was placed in
nomination at the Republican convention and he
was defeated. He became the founding president of
the Trust Company of America in 1899. Ashbel died
in New York City in 1904 and was buried at
Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Our Man in Havana
That's cousin Michael Eleazur Parmly
greeting members of Cuban dissident group at his
residence in Havana on International Human Rights
Day (Dec. 10, 2005). Michael is the top U.S.
diplomat in Havana.
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Cousins in the White House
Two men to occupy the White House are descendants
of the Guilford Parmelees! Both Rutherford B.
Hayes, left, and George W. Bush were declared
victors after close votes and disputed ballots in
Florida. Both were Republican governors who lost
the popular vote but won in the Electoral College
by slim margins--and weeks of controversy.
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 Annette
the Suffragette
Annette was known as the
"Suffragette Hornet" as she
sweet-talked and bullied the Vermont Legislature
to support women's right to vote.
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The
Family Honor Roll
 From the 17th-century
Colonial wars through today's War on Terrorism, the ranks
of American armed forces have been filled with members of
the family. From New England tombstones to the Vietnam
War Memorial Wall (rubbing above), their names appear.
I'm compiling lists of names by war, and including photos
and other data.
Older features have been moved to our new Archives page.
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