Brief Life History of Thomas Jefferson
When Thomas Jefferson Parrish was born on 15 October 1853, in Walker, Georgia, United States, his father, John Parrish, was 48 and his mother, Lenora Malinda James, was 30. He married Minerva Elizabeth West about 1876, in Walker, Georgia, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 8 daughters. He lived in District 871, Walker, Georgia, United States in 1900 and Chickamauga, Walker, Georgia, United States for about 20 years. He died on 30 August 1930, at the age of 76, and was buried in Lookout Cemetery, Walker, Georgia, United States.
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- Thomas J Parrish, "United States Census, 1920"
- Tom J Parrish, "Georgia Deaths, 1928-1942"
- T J Parrish in entry for Mrs Allice Mullice, "Georgia Deaths, 1928-1943"
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1861
Civil War History - Some 11,000 Georgians gave their lives in defense of their state a state that suffered immense destruction. But wars end brought about an even more dramatic figure to tell: 460,000 African-Americans were set free from the shackles of slavery to begin new lives as free people.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
Name Meaning
English (mainly southern): from the Old French habitational name and personal name Paris . Parrish is the most common form of the name in English, and is the result of confusion between -s and -sh (compare Norris ), reinforced by folk etymological association with the modern English word parish.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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