 Isaac Parsons ( January 27 , 1752 – August 25 , 1796 ) was an American planter , politician , and militia officer in the U.S. state of Virginia ( now West Virginia ) . Parsons served as a member of the Virginia House of Delegates representing Hampshire County from 1789 until his death in 1796 . Following an act of the Virginia General Assembly in 1790 , Parsons was elected to represent Hampshire County in the United States House of Representatives , but he died before taking his seat. He is interred in the Parsons family cemetery near Romney , West Virginia .
Isaac Parsons was born on January