Francisco Parra Capó was born in Ponce in 1867, the son of Francisco Parra Duperón and Eufemia Constanza Capó Ortiz de la Renta Bermudas.

[2][a] In 1900 he was elected to the Puerto Rico House of Delegates for the district of Ponce and served until the end of his term in 1902.

[5] The law firm, known as Parra, del Valle & Limeres, operated until 2016 from the Banco de Ponce Building.

At the time of its closing, it was the oldest law firm in Puerto Rico.

[6] As an attorney, Parra Capó subsequently worked as a military aid to governor Blanton Winship in the mid to late 1930s with his nephew Francisco Parra Toro.