Obit
Mrs. Parrish Dead



After an illness of some time, Mrs. Mary
Parrish of Julian
Street,
died at 3
o'clock last Friday
afternoon at the age of 85 years. Her husband is about the same age. Mr. and Mrs. Parrish were the oldest couple
in the county seat.

The deceased, whose maiden name was Mary
Myers, was born on a farm in Munster Township, being the daughter of the late
John and Ann Myers. She was the last
survivor of that family.

About 58 years ago the deceased was married
to J. D. Parrish of Ebensburg. Squire
Parish had erected a home prior to his wedding at the corner of Julian and
Crawford Streets and there he took his bride. Ever since that time, for almost
two-thirds of a century, the Parrish family had lived in the same residence.
The death of Mrs. Parrish last Friday was the first that ever occurred in the
house.

Mrs. Parrish is survived by the following
children: E. C. Parrish, the Ebensburg
grocer; C. M. Parrish of Bellefonte, a druggist and John S. Parrish of
Pittsburg, a real estate man and Miss Floy Parrish, at home. J. S. Parrish, with his wife, arrived in
Ebensburg fifteen minutes after his mother died.

J. D. Parrish, husband of the deceased, is
the only survivor in this vicinity of the old Cambria Guards, a company which
went from Cambria County for service in Mexico in the late 40's. Squire Parrish, as he is familiarly known,
was the first man over the wall at Chapultepec.

The funeral was held at 10:30 o'clock [word missing] morning at the church of the
Holy Name. The pastor, Rev. Father H. M. O'Neil, celebrated a requiem high mass
and interment was in the old Catholic cemetery opposite the church edifice.

The following were the pallbearers: A. W. Buck, P. J. Little, F. J. Hartmann,
Philip N. Shettig, F. C. Sharbaugh, D. A. McGough, Dr. Clark Creery, G. H.
Barker, F. C. Lloyd, J. F. McKenrick, A. E. Bender and T. B. O'Hara.

Quite a number of relatives and friends from
out of town attended the funeral services.

(source, Cambria Freeman, dated March 26, 1909, page 2)