Person:Thomas Parish (3)

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Thomas Parish
b.Abt 1780 Maryland
m. 15 May 1802
  1. Elisha C. Parish1807 - 1889
  2. John ParishAbt 1810 - Bet 1855 & 1856
  3. Richard Tarvin Parish1811 - 1893
  4. Thomas W. Parish1818 - 1884
  5. Ruth C. Parish1819 - 1887
  6. William B. ParishAbt 1820 - 1878
  7. George C. ParishAbt 1822 - 1860
  8. James J. Parish1825 - 1880
Facts and Events
Name[1][3] Thomas Parish
Gender Male
Birth[1] Abt 1780 Maryland
Marriage 15 May 1802 Fleming County, Kentuckyto Cassandra Tarvin
Residence[3] 1820 Covington, Campbell, Kentucky, United States
Death[1] 23 Apr 1842 Carthage, Campbell County, Kentucky
Obituary[2] May 1842
References
  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Tarvin Family Association. The Descendants of Cassandra Tarvin Parish: Seventh Child of Reverand George Tarvin. (Bountiful, Utah: Family History Publishers, 2003)
    p. 11-13.

    According to his great-grandsons, Thomas was a bricklayer, as were two of his sons.

  2. Waters, Margaret R. (Margaret Ruth); Doris Leistner; Western Christian Advocate; Dorothy (Dorothy Lois) Riker; and Indiana Historical Society. Family History Section. Abstracts of obituaries in the Western Christian Advocate, 1834-1850. (Indianapolis [Indiana]: Indiana Historical Society, c1988).

    Died on Saturday night, the 23rd ult., at the house of his son, John Parish, near Carthage, Campbell Co., Ky., Richard Tarvin [i.e., Thomas Parish; Richard Tarvin was the author of the obituary -- apparently a transcriber's error], May 1842.

    About 40 years since, he forsook the dangerous ground of skepticism, and as a sincere convert, enlisted under the Christian's banner, united with the Methodist Episcopal Church, where he remained an undeviating and valuable member until the day of his death. His Christian humility and practical piety secured to his memory the sincere love and veneration of all who knew him. In love feasts and in class meetings, his godliness was most strikingly manifest.

    As a class-leader, he stood pre-eminent in his vicinity. His language and demeanor sealed the mouths of sceptics and revilers of Christianity. When his spirit was about to depart, a friend who attended him to the last asked him if the prospect before him was clear. He replied, not as clear as he could wish. After taking each of his relatives that were present by the hand and exhorting them to be faithful in the discharge of Christian duties, he said, "Now all is bright before me," and forthwith his spirit fled. His death has caused a vacuum which will long be felt in the Church and neighborhood where he lived.

  3. 3.0 3.1 United States. 1820 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M33)
    1820 U S Census; Census Place: Covington, Campbell, Kentucky; Page: 23; NARA Roll: M33_20; Image: 33.

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