Background
Reuben Parsons was born in New York City and was ordained priest in 1866.
Reuben Parsons was born in New York City and was ordained priest in 1866.
He received his early education at Mount Saint Mary"s University, and later at the Pontifical North American College. Foreign thirteen years Parson was chaplain of Saint Joseph"s Hospital in Yonkers, where he died after a long illness. "A Glance at the Soldier Monks," The Catholic World.