PARRISH FAMILY BIBLE

Copied and submitted by:
Jo Ann Parrish Jackson


This Bible was printed in 1867, In the back it says: "JORDAN PARRISHS BIBLE". On the other side of the back cover it reads, "JORDAN PARRISH, HIS BOOK, STEEL NOT, IF ITS YOUR WILL, IT WILL BE SAID".

I figured this Bible is 113 years old. It belonged to my great great great grandfather who fought in the Civil War. Inside is listed these names of Parrish ancestors who are relations to me:

Sylvia Parrish born October the 31 1846
Mary Ann Parrish was born June 19 1851
John W. Parrish was born 1852 the 2 October
Andrew Parrish was born April 24 1856
John W. Parrish left the 12 of April in his eightteenth year
Emma B. Parrish was born April 22, 1894
Geneva Louise Parrish was born April 1, 1913
Mary Evelyn Parrish was born November 24 1916
Eunice Irene Parrish was born November the 31 1914
James Harrington Spivey was born Nov. 1, 1925
Henry David Denson was bourned May 21, 1870
Dilaney Parrish was born October the 19 1817
Mr and Mrs. J. H. Parrish was married March 23, 1940
Mr. A. Parrish died July 16, 1939

This Bible was handed down to me by a cousin. When my grandfather married his fourth wife, it was in the posssisson of one of her grandchildren. Jo Ann Parrish Jackson



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