HAMILTON PARRISH, farmer, P. O. Port Washington, was born in Belmont County, Ohio, April 13, 1819, the son of Joshua and Sarah (Roland) Parrish. He came to this township in 1830, was raised on a farm and received the education afforded by the common schools. In 1841, he was married to Isabel McCoy, who was born in Maryland, raised in Pennsylvania, and is of Irish descent. Their five living children are Elza H., of this township, who served for six months in the Eightieth Ohio Volunteer Infantry and afterward in the Ninety-eighth to the close of the war; Solomon M., of Iowa; Margaret, married and living in Washington Township; Robert J. L., at home; and Gershon, at home. Samuel R., the eldest child, died at Nashville, Tenn., a member of the Fifty-first Ohio Volunteer Infantry; and Alvira died at the age of eighteen years. Mr. Parrish has been a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church for forty years, and has been Class Leader and Steward of the society, which was organized in 1841 and disbanded in 1882. When Mr. Parrish first came to this county in 1830, they built a house and settled in the woods.
From the History of Tuscarawas County
From the History of Tuscarawas County
HAMILTON PARRISH, farmer, P. O. Port Washington, was born in Belmont County, Ohio, April 13, 1819, the son of Joshua and Sarah (Roland) Parrish. He came to this township in 1830, was raised on a farm and received the education afforded by the common schools. In 1841, he was married to Isabel McCoy, who was born in Maryland, raised in Pennsylvania, and is of Irish descent. Their five living children are Elza H., of this township, who served for six months in the Eightieth Ohio Volunteer Infantry and afterward in the Ninety-eighth to the close of the war; Solomon M., of Iowa; Margaret, married and living in Washington Township; Robert J. L., at home; and Gershon, at home. Samuel R., the eldest child, died at Nashville, Tenn., a member of the Fifty-first Ohio Volunteer Infantry; and Alvira died at the age of eighteen years. Mr. Parrish has been a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church for forty years, and has been Class Leader and Steward of the society, which was organized in 1841 and disbanded in 1882. When Mr. Parrish first came to this county in 1830, they built a house and settled in the woods.
From the History of Tuscarawas County
From the History of Tuscarawas County
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