Brief Life History of Lexie Calvin
When Lexie Calvin Parrish was born on 9 September 1912, in Benson, Johnston, North Carolina, United States, his father, Lewis Henry Parrish, was 35 and his mother, Nellie Green Johnson, was 33. He married Elsie Jewel Olive in 1938, in North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons. He lived in Pleasant Grove Township, Johnston, North Carolina, United States for about 10 years and Benson, Swift, Minnesota, United States in 1946. He died on 27 March 1959, in Virginia, United States, at the age of 46, and was buried in Benson, Johnston, North Carolina, United States.
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- Lexie C Parrish in household of Louis H Parrish, "United States Census, 1920"
- Lexie Calvin Parrish, "Virginia, Death Certificates, 1912-1987"
- L C Parrish in entry for Lewis Henry Parrish, "United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011"
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1913 · The Sixteenth Amendment
The Sixteenth Amendment allows Congress to collect an income tax without dividing it among the states based on population.
1917 · Camp Lee Training Facility
Camp Lee was the sight of where Europeans first came face to face with the Powhatan Confederation. Than during the Civil War the Union forces used it as a surprise attack and blocked Lee’s army from the supply base. When World War II started Fort Lee became Camp Lee and was used as a training facility.
1927
Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.
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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