When Emma L Parrish was born on 24 November 1859, in Petersburg, Dinwiddie, Virginia, United States, her father, John Parrish, was 33 and her mother, Catherine Crowder, was 39. She lived in Virginia, United States in 1860 and Petersburg, Virginia, United States in 1870.
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The Battle of Manassas is also referred to as the First Battle of Bull Run. 35,000 Union troops were headed towards Washington D.C. after 20,000 Confederate forces. The McDowell's Union troops fought with General Beauregard's Confederate troops along a little river called Bull Run.
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.
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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