Parlan Semple (January 9, 1832 – June 27, 1922) was a member of the

Wisconsin State Assembly The Wisconsin State Assembly is the lower house of the Wisconsin Legislature. Together with the smaller Wisconsin Senate, the two constitute the legislative branch of the U.S. state of Wisconsin. Representatives are elected for two-year terms, ...

Biography

Semple was born on January 9, 1832, in

Quebec Quebec ( ; )According to the Canadian government, ''Québec'' (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and ''Quebec'' (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is one of the thirtee ...

. After his father's death, he lived with his mother and brother in

Lowell, Massachusetts Lowell () is a city in Massachusetts, in the United States. Alongside Cambridge, It is one of two traditional seats of Middlesex County. With an estimated population of 115,554 in 2020, it was the fifth most populous city in Massachusetts as of ...

. In 1855, he married Louisa Hammond. They later moved to

Shawano County, Wisconsin Shawano County (pronounced SHAW-no) (originally Shawanaw County) is a county located in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of the 2020 census, the population was 40,881. Its county seat is Shawano. Shawano County is included in the Shawano, WI ...

. After Louisa's death, he married Julia Emma Scott on his 54th birthday. They had one son. Semple died on June 27, 1922, in a nursing home in

Green Bay, Wisconsin Green Bay is a city in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The county seat of Brown County, it is at the head of Green Bay (known locally as "the bay of Green Bay"), a sub-basin of Lake Michigan, at the mouth of the Fox River. It is above sea lev ...

Career

Semple was a member of the Assembly from 1869 to 1871. He was a Republican.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Semple, Parlan Pre-Confederation Quebec people Politicians from Lowell, Massachusetts People from Shawano County, Wisconsin Politicians from Green Bay, Wisconsin Republican Party members of the Wisconsin State Assembly 1832 births 1922 deaths