of Coshocton County, Ohio · documented from the public record
The family in the record
James Parrish 1828 – 1908
parentsPausley Parrish
James Parrish⚭ Samantha Light
childrenStella Parrish (adopted)
Source: History of Harrison County, Missouri (1921)
Their story
What the record says
History of Harrison County, Missouri (1921).
Born Nov 28, 1828 in Coshocton County, Ohio.
Died Jan 11, 1908 near Ridgeway, age 79.
Buried Lilly Cemetery.
Farmer of Madison Township.
Left Ohio 1860 for Illinois, came to Harrison County 1879, bought 240-acre farm.
Married Samantha Light July 4, 1881.
No biological children but reared an adopted girl, Stella.
Baptist (joined 1850).
Odd Fellows.
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