Thad was the son of E. Parris of MA and Nancy E.(?) Parris, born KY, died in Grayson Co., TX 1879.
(Canyon, Texas 50th county anniversary issue of newspaper); "... Her {Elizabeth Jane Parris Lair's} father had come to Texas as a boy and had fought in the Mexican War; after the war, he went back to Illinois, married Hannah Gould, and returned to Texas settling in 1866 near the home of Dr. Lair. ..."
From a newspaper article on his son Sam: "The Democrat, McKinney, Tx., Thursday, August 30, 1934 / ... His {Sam Houston Parris'} father, the late THAD PARRIS was in the gin and custom mill business at Old Highland with the late CHARLEY WYSONG. Their old custom mill ground or made wheat and corn meal and was operated with a horse and oxen power."
(Canyon, Texas 50th county anniversary issue of newspaper); "... Her {Elizabeth Jane Parris Lair's} father had come to Texas as a boy and had fought in the Mexican War; after the war, he went back to Illinois, married Hannah Gould, and returned to Texas settling in 1866 near the home of Dr. Lair. ..."
From a newspaper article on his son Sam: "The Democrat, McKinney, Tx., Thursday, August 30, 1934 / ... His {Sam Houston Parris'} father, the late THAD PARRIS was in the gin and custom mill business at Old Highland with the late CHARLEY WYSONG. Their old custom mill ground or made wheat and corn meal and was operated with a horse and oxen power."
Thad was the son of E. Parris of MA and Nancy E.(?) Parris, born KY, died in Grayson Co., TX 1879.
(Canyon, Texas 50th county anniversary issue of newspaper); "... Her {Elizabeth Jane Parris Lair's} father had come to Texas as a boy and had fought in the Mexican War; after the war, he went back to Illinois, married Hannah Gould, and returned to Texas settling in 1866 near the home of Dr. Lair. ..."
From a newspaper article on his son Sam: "The Democrat, McKinney, Tx., Thursday, August 30, 1934 / ... His {Sam Houston Parris'} father, the late THAD PARRIS was in the gin and custom mill business at Old Highland with the late CHARLEY WYSONG. Their old custom mill ground or made wheat and corn meal and was operated with a horse and oxen power."
(Canyon, Texas 50th county anniversary issue of newspaper); "... Her {Elizabeth Jane Parris Lair's} father had come to Texas as a boy and had fought in the Mexican War; after the war, he went back to Illinois, married Hannah Gould, and returned to Texas settling in 1866 near the home of Dr. Lair. ..."
From a newspaper article on his son Sam: "The Democrat, McKinney, Tx., Thursday, August 30, 1934 / ... His {Sam Houston Parris'} father, the late THAD PARRIS was in the gin and custom mill business at Old Highland with the late CHARLEY WYSONG. Their old custom mill ground or made wheat and corn meal and was operated with a horse and oxen power."
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