At the time of his birth the state was VIRGINIA, now West Virginia

Son of (Pvt.) EDWARD PARRISH 1748-1813 (who served in the Revolutionary War) and RACHEL EVANS 1768-1819

Married firstly Elizabeth Bussey 31 Mar 1814; parents of:
Dr. Adonijah PARRISH 1815-1866
Heshbon (Dr.) PARRISH 1817-1871
Jesse Bussey PARRISH 1819-1898
Gamaliel Randall PARRISH 1821-1884
Serepta PARRISH 1823-1862
Permina Colgate PARRISH 1824-1896

Married secondly Rebecca Anne MAPLE 1803-1880; parents of:

Elizabeth Ellen PARRISH 1828-1878
Thomas Maple Andrew Jackson PARRISH 1830-1894
Mary Ann Springer PARRISH 1832-1917
Rebeckah Miranda Shinn PARRISH 1834-1909
Edward Evans PARRISH Jr 1836-1883
Rachel Marinda A PARRISH 1839-1879

E.E. Parrish 1791 was a Judge in "California Company" led by Capt. Saunders
Per "The Parrish Family Researcher" Oregon Pioneer Association.

[Through the kindness of Mr. E. E. McClure, a grandson of Mr. Parrish, his Diary has been obtained.... Brief notes of the family history is herewith given.

Mr. Parrish was born in 1791, in West Virginia, and was married twice ; first to Elizabeth Bussey in 1814, by whom six children were born: Doctor Adonijah Parrish, who died in Missouri 1866; Dr. Heshbon Parrish, who died in Linn county; Jesse B. Parrish, still living in Linn county; Sarepta Parrish, now deceased, who married Hugh Nickerson, an uncle of Hon. M. C. George; Permina Colget Parrish, who married D. H. McClure. both living in Linn county; Gamaliel Parrish, who died in Linn county about four years ago. His second wife was Miss Rebecca Mapel, to whom he was married in 1827. By her six children were born to him as follows: Elizabeth Ellen, now deceased, who married J. R. Robb, an immigrant of 1842; Mary Ann, now Mrs. Smith Knox, formerly of Knox's Butte, but at present residing at San Jose, Gal.; Rebecca Shinn, formerly the wife of Samuel E. May, but now the second Mrs. J. R. Robb; Thomas Maple Andrew Jackson Parrish, living in Grant county; Edward Evans Parrish, who died some years ago in Wasco county; Rachel Merinda, who married Samuel Knox, of Knox's Butte, Linn county, both of whom died in that county.

Mr. Parrish died in Linn county in 1874, at the age of eighty-three. His first wife died in 1826, and second wife in 1880. Secretary O. P. A.[Oregon Pioneer Association]]"


Conference Relations: Admitted on Trial Methodist Protestant Ohio Conference 1830; Admitted into Itineracy 1831; Elder 1832, President George Brown; Member Methodist Protestant Pittsburgh Conference at Organization in 1833; Deceased: October 24, 1874 in Oregon.
Appointment Records: Zanesville. Circuit 1831-1832; Champaign Circuit 1832-1833; Springfield Circuit 1833-1834; Mount Pleasant Circuit 1834-1835; Youngstown 1835-1836; Unknown 1836-1841; Woodfield Circuit 1841-1842; Pennville Circuit 1842-1843.