from New History of the 99th Indiana Infantry: Containing Official Reports, Anecdotes, Incidents, Biographies and Complete Rolls by Chaplain Daniel R. Lucas (Rockford, Ill.: Horner Printing Co., 1900).
Company H. Born in 1836, in Hendricks county, Indiana; entered the service as 1st lieutenant in Company H, and held the position until his death which occurred March 26, 1863, at Fort Fowler, Tennessee. Among the soldiers who gave their lives for their country, there were few worthy of more respect and honor than Lieutenant Parsons; even yet there is in all the hearts of the old comrades a mingling of sorrow and regret at his untimely death.