MARTHA ROSE PARRISH-SISCO-ROBERTS (1851-1935; age 81)

FATHER: Marcus Winchester Parrish (TN) (1818 – ABT 1869; age ABT 51)

MOTHER: Frances (Fanny) Proctor-Parrish-Bragg (TN) (1817 – ABT 1889; age ABT 72)

BORN: Fayette County, IL

PARRISH/PROTOR FAMILY: Martha Rose was the 4th (living) child of Marcus Winchester and Francis (Frances) "Fannie" Proctor-Parrish. She and her younger brother (Henry Marcus Parrish) were born in Fayette County, IL.

Between 1844 and 1847, Marcus and Francis (Fannie) and their three children departed TN to in Fayette County IL (1950 Census). Marcus and Fannie then moved to MO (birth records of Rebecca Ann Parrish). With the lure of free land (160-acre homesteads), the couple and their 6 children arrived in Weatherford, Parker County, Texas in 1859 (per the 1860 census and 1869 voter rolls).

The 6 living children of Marcus and Fannie:

• John D. Parrish (TN 1839 – UNK After 1889)

• Jesse Lambert (J.L.) Parrish (TN 1841 – 1918)

• Nancy R. Parrish (TN 1844-1928)

• MARTHA ROSE PARRISH-SISCO-ROBERTS (IL 1851-1935)

• Henry Marcus Parrish (IL 1852 – 1916)

• Rebecca Ann Parrish-Pearl (MO 1857-1913)

MARTHA ROSE PARRISH; LIFE AFTER ARIVAL IN PARKER COUNTY, TX:

1870: Married William Sisco sometime prior to 1870. They had three children:

• James Henry (1871 – 1856)

• Fannie A. (1875 – UKN)

• Lillie Sisco – Yeargin (1878 – 1966; age 87)

1880: Martha's husband (William Sisco) was working for the railroad in Palo Pinto, County and living with Henry Marcus Parrish and his wife (Laura Moore-Parrish).

1881: William Sisco died.

1882: Martha married W. D. Roberts. Martha had multiple children with W. D. Roberts.

1900: Martha and W. D. Roberts were living in Austin, TX.

1935: Died in Austin, TX and buried in Boggy Cemetery (Boggy Creek Masonic Cemetery)

Compiled in honor or Martha Rose Parrish-Sisco-Roberts for the descendants of Marcus Winchester Parrish by Lee Davis, Granbury, TX February 2023