Following is info I have on this PARRISH family. Linda Husband: Ezekiel C. PARRISH Birth: 20 Feb 1841 Place: Marion Co., MO Death: 1945 Burial: Place: Oakland Cem., Moberly, Randolph Co., MO Father: Charles P. PARRISH (1818-) Mother: Elizabeth BAKER (1821-) Marriage: 23 Jan 1875 Place: Near Moberly, Randolph Co., MO Wife: Nancy Margaret OWEN Birth: 1847 Place: Randolph Co., MO Death: 1930 Burial: Place: Oakland Cem., Moberly, Randolph Co., MO Father: Eli OWEN (1819-1892) Mother: Amanda Melvina BAKER (1817-1851) Children... 1. M Child: Arthur C. PARRISH 2. F Child: Birdie PARRISH 3. M Child: Charles E. PARRISH 4. F Child: Dozie PARRISH 5. M Child: Enor P. PARRISH 6. F Child: Hattie C. E. PARRISH 7. F Child: Laura M. PARRISH Husbands Notes... Notes: Cemetery Records of Randolph County, Missouri Biographical Excerpts of Men buried in the Oakland Cemetery in Moberly, Missouri, taken from History of Macon and Randolph County, Missouri, 1881 Volume IV - Part VI Ezekiel C. Parrish Mr. P., a worthy farmer and good citizen of Union township, was born in Marion county, February 20, 1841, and was a son of Charles P. and Elizabeth (Baker) Parrish, the father born in St. Charles county November 12, 1818-and the mother in Howard county, September 9, 1821. They were married May 24, 1840. They reared a family of four sons and two daughters and lost one, a daughter. Ezekiel C. Parrish was reared to a farm life, his father having been an enterprising and successful farmer, and when 24 years of age he was married January 22, 1875, to Miss Nancy M. Owen, of Randolph county, and he soon afterwards settled permanently in this county. Mr. Parrish located on his present farm in 1871. Here he has 117 acres which he has improved himself, having made his farm from raw land and all since 1871. He has improved it in a substantial neat and convenient manner, and now has one of the choice small places in the township. Mr. and Mrs. P. are members of the Missionary Baptist Church, at Enoch. Mr. and Mrs. Parrish had eight children: Charles E., who died in tender years; Hattie C. E., Laura M., who also died in tender years; Octavia, who died in infancy; Birdie and Dozie, both of whom died in infancy; Arthur C. and Enor P. Mr. Parrish is a man of great industry, more than ordinarily intelligent and a kind neighbor. He is much esteemed by all who know him. 1920 Moberly Twsp., Randolph Co., MO, Moorehead Street 155 164 Ezekiel C. Parrish, head, m, w, 78, married MO MO MO Nancy A., wife, f, w, 73, married, MO KY KY 1926 The Higbee News Thursday, 21 Oct 1926, Vol 40, No 25, Pg. 1 Col. 3--MARRIED FOR 62 YEARS--Sixty-two years of wedded life is the record held by Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Parrish of Moberly. They were married January 23, 1865 near Moberly and have lived on the same farm for 44 years. Mr. Parrish is 86 years old and Mrs. Parrish is 81. They claim to be the oldest married couple in the state. 292 Parrish, Ezekiel -- b. 20 Feb 1841 Marion Co., MO; [s\o Charles P. (b. 12 Nov 1818 St. Charles, MO) & (m. 24 May 1840) Elizabeth (Baker) (b. 9 Sep 1821 Howard Co.)]; m. 22 Jan 1875 Nancy (Owen), of Rand.; children: (1) Charles (d. young), (2) Hattie C. E., (3) Laura M. (d. young), (4) Octavia (d. infancy), (5) Birdie (d. infancy), (6) Dozid (d. infancy), (7) Arthur C., (8) Emor P.; HRM84 p. 612314 Last Modified: 28 Mar 2003 Reference Note 292 mkbowlin@iland.net (Kathy Bowlin) Reference Note 314 Larry Sumpter's Death Index of Randolph Co., MO http://www.yggdrasill.net/mgen/sumpter.html Compiled by: Linda Manning Billings, Montana 59102 In a message dated 3/25/03 7:13:40 PM, mbranham@mcmsys.com writes: << Thursday, 21 Oct 1926, Vol 40, No 25, Pg. 1 Col. 3--MARRIED FOR 62 YEARS--Sixty-two years of wedded life is the record held by Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Parrish of Moberly. They were married January 23, 1865 near Moberly and have lived on the same farm for 44 years. Mr. Parrish is 86 years old and Mrs. Parrish is 81. They claim to be the oldest married couple in the state. Does anyone know anything about this family of Parrish??? Thanks, Mary Branham Paris, MO >>