Introduction

Biography

Parvin was the hus­band of Ade­laide Sut­ton (mar­ried 1866, Bar­dolph, Il­li­nois).

During the Am­er­ican ci­vil war, he was in Com­pa­ny D, 64th Il­li­nois In­fan­try. He served for a year, un­til he was dis­charged for dis­a­bil­i­ty in 1862.

By 1898, he was a pi­ano and voice in­struc­tor at Al­ba­ny Col­lege (now Lew­is & Clark Col­lege), Port­land, Ore­gon. In 1917, his name ap­peared with the pre­fix Mus. Doc. on mu­sic whose back co­ver had the com­mence­ment prog­ram for the North­west Nor­mal School of Music and Arts.

Parvin’s works in­clude:

• Songs of De­light, with Le­roy Dow­ling (St. Lou­is, Mis­sou­ri & Griggs­ville, Il­li­nois: 1875)
• Apostolic Hymns and Songs, with Da­ni­el Lu­cas (Os­ka­loo­sa, Io­wa: Cen­tral Book Con­cern, 1875)