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PARSONS THEN AND NOW

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  • Andrew Jackson becomes President

  • PARSONS OPENS

    Parsons Child and Family Center, concerned for the welfare of all children, opened their doors.
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  • Albany Orphan Asylvm Incorporates

  • Parsons move to Western Ave. in albany

  • Cholera Outbreak 8 children died at Orphanage

  • Trail Of Tears

  • Gold was discovered in California

  • The United States declares war on Mexico

  • New school built

  • Franklin Pierce becomes Persident

  • Abraham Lincoln becomes persident

  • Begin to send some orphans to Albany Public School

  • Lincoln was assasstnated

  • Orissa Heely dies

  • Lanthrop Memorial, new building for nursery aged children

  • war with spain

  • theodore roosevelt becomes 26th president

  • Children at Parsons plant 8,000 new trees at Parson new property

  • Move to farmland off New Scotland Ave. over time build 5 cottages

  • Parsons cottege main building at Parsons built

  • Change name to Albany Home for Children

  • Name changed to Parsons Child and Family Center