Brief Life History of William Beason
When William Beason Parrish was born in 1835, in Jefferson, New York, United States, his father, William Rice Parrish, was 19 and his mother, Alvina Lucina Belcher, was 20. He lived in Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States in 1850. He died on 14 March 1857, at the age of 22, and was buried in Springville, Utah, Utah, United States.
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- William Parish in household of William Parish, "United States Census, 1850"
- William Beason Parrish, "BillionGraves Index"
- William Beason Parrish, "Utah Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel Database, 1847-1868"
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1836 · Remember the Alamo
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1847
Historical Boundaries: 1847: Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States
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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