Sullivan-Wyoming County PA Archives Biographies.....Parrish, Warren M. 1860 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/pafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com February 11, 2008, 11:31 pm Author: Thomas J. Ingham (1899) WARREN M. PARRISH, auditor of Colley township and the well-known salesman of Jennings Brothers, of Lopez, is a son of John F. and E. A. (Frear) Parrish, and was born in his father's native county, Wyoming, in Monroe township, on the eighteenth of October, 1860. He was the second child in a family of four, namely: Elizabeth, deceased; W. M., our subject; A. L., assistant superintendent of Pleasant Hill Coal Company, of Minersville, in Schuylkill county, Pennsylvania; and Nelson E., a carpenter. Mr. Parrish took a three-years course in civil engineering. For four years he traveled extensively as assistant on a civil-engineer corps, and two years was steward, buying all the supplies for the corps and operating in Tennessee, Kentucky and Virginia. He then returned to Lopez and accepted his present position with Jennings Brothers. He came to Sullivan county in 1880 to reside, and in 1894 was united in the bonds of Hymen to Miss Colla Frear, a native of Wyoming county and a daughter of Rufus and Eliza (Jackson) Frear. In politics Mr. Parrish is a Republican and was secretary at the late county convention. He gives valuable aid to the party and was elected to the office of township auditor, serving with entire satisfaction to his constituents. He is a member of the Knights of the Maccabees. Additional Comments: Extracted from: History of Sullivan County Pennsylvania by Thomas J. Ingham Compendium of Biography The Lewis Publishing Company Chicago: 1899 This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/pafiles/ File size: 2.2 Kb