(Research):Date/places Appears to have been part of pioneer trek to Utah from England
Farmer/Surveyor
6 children with Phebe Phylinda Stanley
Baptized by Bishop Stoker
Phebe StoP 13 Dec 1923 by proxy while still alive (record seems to be in error)BURIAL: Also shown as Buried 25 Nov 1940
10 children with Annie Ackroyd
GIVEN NAMES: Also shown as Archie Lindsay
9 children with Adolph Mangus Kast
12 children with Mary Walker Plant
7 children with Sarah Constancia Tolman
(Research):endowment information from IGI temple ready report 12/24/99
farmer, owned molasses mill
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From Eilene Thompson
1850 ce of Pottawattamie Iowa, District 21, Henry Parish 28 of NY
with his mother rebecca 73 of NY
1856 early Utah statehood ce
Henry Parrish, Cedar County North Kanyon Ward, pg 59
1860 ce record Utah, Davis Co, Bountiful, pg 13
1880 ce of Henry Parish, Bountiful, Davis Utah pg 272b.
Occupation Farmer, mother born in RI
Early members of LDS Church, card index, Henry S. Parrish 19146
Utah Cenus records 1850-90
Henry Parrish, Ceder County, North Canyon ward 1856
Henry Parrish, Utah Davis County, 1860 pg 13
Newpaper records of the Dau of Pioneers Obituary Scrapbook,
Mary E. Pelton, widow of Richard Pelton, born 14 Feb 1862, Bountiful.
lists some family members, with brothers and sisters living.
Life story of Henry Strong Parrish....film 496863 #3
Henry Strong Parrish was born June 17, 1818 in Brownville, Jefferson County, New York about one hundred miles east of the Hill Cummorah. He was the tenth child of a family of twelve, seven boys and five girls. He came of Old New England stock, his ancestors being of English Descent. Two brothers, (children of John Parrish and Elizabeth Rice)
Nathan and Joel were among the early settlers of Vermont. Henry Strong Parrish's family were descendants of Nathan.
While visiting at the Parrish home, Captain William Strong, an intimate friend of Henry's parents, were informed that a new baby boy had been born to them.
Captain William Strong said, "Let me name the baby and I will give him my gold watch and chain." It was thus agreed, but there being an older brother William Parrish, Captain Strong named the baby after his only brother Henry Strong. Hence the baby was named Henry Strong Parrish. The father traded this watch for a cow, and when Henry was sixteen years old his increase was ten cows.
His father, Nathan Parrish, son of John Parrish Senior, was born May 14, 1774, in Levingston Mannor, New York. His mother Rebecca Rhodes, whose ancestors first settled Rhode Island, was born October 10, 1774 at Danberry Dutchess County, New York. They were among the pioneers of central New York and the Elders found them at Brownsville, Jefferson County. They and some members of the family readily accepted the Gospel message and were baptized in 1832. The father had a sudden illness, infection from a boil and when he realized that he could not be with the family long, he requested that Henry, then only 16 years old, to care for his mother and the home. This request, which he loyally fulfilled, was the reason he did not marry until after his mother's death, which occured in 1858 at Bountiful, Utah, when Henry was forty years old.
Shortly after his father died his mother and several children moved with some saints near Richmond, Ray County, Missouri. They passed through the mobbings, drivings and hardships of those memorable days. Later they settled fifty-five miles south of Nauvoo at Pigeon Creek, where Henry was baptized Sept. 1, 1839, by Elder Gifford. They afterwards moved to Nashville, Iowa. He was one of the minute men, and when a proclamation was issued by the Prophet Joseph Smith, calling for aid to defend Nauvoo, her people and their rights, he was one of the first to respond.
When the Prophet selected a certain number of young men and crossed the Mississippi River to take up a line of march for the Indian country or Rocky Mountains, the Parrish family cooked up provisions for them; and their horses were quartered in the Parrish stables, saddled and ready to mount. But through the importuning of his friends the Prophet returned and was confined in Carthage jail where he lost his life.
Henry was a strong, well built man over six feet tall. He had dark brown hair and blue eyes with one slightly drooping eye-lid which seemed to protect his eye, for that eye served him in his old age long after his sight had faded in the other eye. He was very fond of athletics. Several times he wrestled with the Prophet Joseph, who was the only man he ever wrestled with that excelled him. They were very intimate friends. He said he so loved the Prophet that like many other of his friends he would willingly give his life to save him. He rowed a boat across the river in the night with provisions for Joseph and some of the brethren who, by persuasion of their friends, were hiding for a time from the wicked mob.
He was present at the laying of the cornerstone of the Nauvoo Temple and assisted in building that beautiful structure. He not only paid a tenth of his earnings but gave much of his time to the church. He was present at the conference when Brigham Young was chosen President of the Church, and heard him speak in the voice of Joseph.
He left Montrose in 1846. Being naturally of charitable and sympathetic nature he assisted with work and means, many others to emigrate so that he and his mother, brothers and sisters, did not come to Salt Lake until 1852. They started from Council Bluffs July 23, 1852 and arrived in Salt Lake Valley October 11, 1852 with Captain Clark's Company.
The following April they came to Bountiful where he rented twenty-two acres of ground. Later he purchased ten acres of the same piece and built a log house. Two years later he bought land in East Bountiful, build and lived there until 1878, when he moved back to the old farm which he retained until his death. His mother lived with him until her death, 1858.
He had his endowments March 8, 1856 and was ordained a seventy by Jacob Gates, March 8, 1856 and assigned to the fourth quorum. He was Constable of North Canyon Ward, in 1863 - on one occasion there was some disturbance with the soldiers from the fort who were interfering where they had no right. Although there were several in number on horses and well armed, when Henry ordered them to give up their arms, dismount, and get into the wagon to be taken back to the fort, they readily obeyed those orders but remarked that they wouldn't have taken those orders from anyone but Old Hand Parrish. He belonged to the Home Guard or Home Militia under Captain Jude Allen, James Fackrel's roll. September 24, 1856.
On February 3, 1861, he was married to Mary Millesant Parks by Bishop John Stocker. After three children were born they were sealed in the Old Endowment House March 3, 1866. Ten sons and five daughters were born to them.
He was present at the laying of the cornerstone of the Salt Lake Temple April 6, 1853, and also just forty years later when the capstone was laid. With his two ox teams he assisted in hauling the rock for that beautiful edifice. He also assisted in building the East Bountiful Tabernacle in 1861, and the old mud wall around the townsite, and the two meeting houses in West Bountiful. He helped in building school houses, roads, bridges, fences, mills, etc. incident to the pioneering of new country.
Nothing pleased him more than when one of his sons, George W. was called to fill a mission to the Eastern States and he gladly assisted with means, encouraging words and in every way possible.
He was on a retiring disposition and told his children never to put themselves forward into anything but to always respond to any call from the Church or Government. He was adverse to seeking public office. Later in life he was not often seen in public, but most thoroughly enjoyed his friends coming in to chat, dine and lodge with him. He and his wife were charitable to a fault and no one was ever turned away from their door. He abhorred debt. His motto was "pay as you go, and live within your means." He was an examplification of the Mormon creed "mind your own business." He had a strong mind, a keen intellect, an excellent memory, and a very sensitive nature. He never forgot a favor or an injury. He was a good farmer, an occupation that he followed all his life with the exception of a few years that he spent boating on the Mississippi River.
One year he raised the earliest wheat in Sessions Settlement. Before the harvest time feed became very scarce and he was offered a very high price for his wheat but he wouldn't sell it. President Brigham Young asked if he would sell some of his wheat at a good price and he told him he wouldn't sell a pound of it, but he took it and distributed it in ten pound lots among the poor widows and hungry children.
He loved animals and always gave them good care. He owned a very fine team of horses called John and Sankans, and took great pride in keeping them fat and shining. One of them he trained to step regularly when a band or music was heard.
He opened a molasses mill and made molasses for himself and many others in Davis County who would haul their cans to his mill. The molasses he and his sons made was very good and took first prize at the State Fair. It was entered by Mr. Chensy of Centerville, Utah.
He was a great reader, and although he didn't have the opportunity of attending school but six weeks in his life, he was very well educated. Many winter evenings of his boyhood days were spent in spelling matches, the boys in one town challenging the boys in another town. Later in life when some of his neighbor's boys that were attending the University of Utah would come in every few weeks, with a new list of difficult words to test Brother Parrish. They always went away disappointed, but with a determination to catch him next time. They were always out-generaled in their efforts.
He lived to see the young people enjoy themselves, and would often surprise them by appearing in costume at their parties and singing or reading for them.
He was a good father, a kind husband, a peaceable neighbor, and an honest man, true to his friends and family and always ready to defend the work of God and its leaders. He gave his testimony that he knew every word of the Gospel was true.
He passed peacefully away Saturday morning November 10, 1906 at his home in West Bountiful at the age of eighty-nine. Funeral services were held in the West Bountiful Chapel November 12. Patriarchs, Toelman, Barlow, Ashby and Briggs, and Elder Israel Barlow Jr. and Bishop Mair, all old neighbors, spoke of his many sterling qualities. He was laid to rest in the Bountiful Cemetery. His neighbor, Joseph Argyle, was the funeral director.
Some of father's favorite sayings: "Do as you would like to be done by" "First know you are right, then go ahead" "Waste not, want not" "A place for everything and everything in its place" "Honest is the best policy" "A friend in need is a friend indeed" "Anything worth doing is worth doing well." He enjoyed reading good books and words of wisdom from any source.
Notes........A very unusual thing was that on his 70th birthday some of his children searched in vain to find one gray hair on his head but failed, while his wife was quite grey at forty.
He was well experienced in boating, on one occasion at an old folks outing at Lagoon
he entered a boat racing contest in which there were several much younger oarsmen. Although he was past eighty years old he won first prize which was quite surprising to the younger men.
Sources:
1. [S347] FamilySearch AF v4.19, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, (Internet Web Site).2. [S2] Ancestral File: CD-ROM, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, (Version 4.19. Data as of 5 Jan 1998.).
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reference of Joseph Smith wrestling: http://saintswithouthalos.com/m/340212.phtml (Minutes of February 12, 1834)
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From Eilene Thompson, pg 13Henry Parrish, Utah Davis County, 1860 pg 13ry of Henry Strong Parrish....film 496863 #3ve girls. He came of Old New England stock, his ancestors being of English Descent. Two brothers, (children of John Parrish and Elizabeth Rice)ndants of Nathan.e him my gold watch and chain>" It was tus agreed, but there being an older brother William Parrish, Captain Strong named the baby after his only brother Henry Strong. Hence the baby was named Henry Strong Parrish. The father traded this watch for a cow, and when Henry was sixteen years old his increase was then cows.led Rhode Island, was born October 10, 1774 at Danberry Dutchess County, New York. They were among the pioneers of central New York and the Elders found them at Brownsville, Jefferson County. They and some members of the family readily accepted the Gospel message and were baptized in 1832. The father had a sudden illness, infection from a boil and when he realized that he could not be with the family long, he requested that Henry, then only 16 years old, to care for his mother and the home. This request, which he loyally fulfilled, was the reason he did not marry until after his mother's death, which occured in 1858 at Bountiful, Utah, when Henry was forty years old.l children moved with some saints near Richmond, Ray County, Missouri. They passed through the mobbings, drivings and hardships of those memorable days. Later they settled fifty-five miles south of Nauvoo at Pigeon Creek, where Henry was baptized Sept. 1, 1839, by Elder Gifford. They afterwards moved to Nashville, Iowa. He was one of the minute man, and when a proclamation was issued by the Prophet, calling for aid to defend Nauvoo, her people and their rights, he was one of the first to respond.ere quartered in the Parrish stables, saddled and ready to mount. But through the importuning of his friends the Prophet returned and was confined in Carthage jail where he lost his life.. He had dark brown hair and blue eyes with one slightly drooping eye-lid which seemed to protect his eye, for that eye served him in his old age long after his sight had faded in the other eye. He was very fond of Athletics. Several thimes he wrestled with the Prophet Joseph, who was the only man he ever wrestled with that excelled him. They were very intimate friends. He said he so loved the Prophet that like many other of his friends he would willingly give his life to save him. He rowed a boat across the river in the night with provisions for Joseph and some of the brethern who, by persuasion of their friends, were hiding for a time from the wicked mob.o Temple and assisted in building that beautiful structure. He not only paid a tenth of his earnings but gave much of his time to the church. He was present at the conference when Brigham Young was chosen President of the Chruch, and heard him speak in the voice of Joseph.e until 1852. They started from Council Bluffs July 23, 1852 and arrived in Salt Lake Valley October 11, 1852 with Captain Clark's Company.ased then acres of the same piece and built a log house. Two years later he bought land in East Bountiful, build and lived there until 1878, when he moved back to the old farm which he retained until his death. His mother lived with him until her death, 1858.h the soldiers from the fort who were interfering where they had no right. Although there were several in number on horses and well armed, when Henry ordered them to give up their arms, dismount, and get into the wagon to be taken back to the fort, they readily obeyed those orders but remarked that they wouldn't have taken those orfers from anyone but Old Hand Parrish. He belonged to the Home Guard or Home Militia under Captain Jude Allen, James Fackrel's roll. September 24, 1856.On February 3, 1861, he was married to Mary Millesent Parks by Bishop John Stocker. After three children were born they were sealed in the Old Endowment House March 3, 1866. Ten sons and five daughters were born to them.t the laying of the corner stone of the Salt Lake Temple April 6, 1853, and also just forty years later when the cap stone was laid. With his two ox teams he assisted in hauling the rock for that beautiful edifice. He also assisted in building the East Bountiful Tabernacle in 1861, and the old mud wall around the townsite, and the two meeting houses in West Bountiful. He helped in building school houses, roads, bridges, fences, mills, et. incident to the pioneering of new country.Nothing pleased him more than when one of his sons, George W. was called to fill a mission to the Eastern States and he gladly assisted with means, encouraging words and in every way possible.hildren never to put themselves forward into anything but to always respond to any call from the Church or Goverment. He was adverse to seeking public office. Later in life he was not often seem in public, but most thouroughly enjoyed his friends coming into chat, dine and lodge with him. He and his wife were chartable to a fault and no one was ever turned away from their door. He adhearred debt. His motto was "pay as you go, and live within your means." He was an examplification of the Mormon creed "mind your own business." He had a strong mind, a keen intellect, an excellent menory, and a very sensitive nature. He never forgot a favor or an injury. He was a good farmer, an occupation that he followed all his life with the exeptions of a few years that he spent boating on the Mississippi River.t but he wouldn't sell it. President Brigham Young asked if he would sell some of his wheat at a good price and he told him he wouldn't sell a pount of it, but he took it and distributed it in then pound lots among the poor widows and hungry children.rd.. Chensy of Centerville, Utah.s, they boys in one town challenging the boys in another town. Later in life when some of his neighbor's boys that were attending the University of Utah would come in every few weeks, with a new list of difficult words to test Brother Parrish. They always went away disappointed, but with a determination to catch him next time. They were always out-generaled in their efforts.e at their parties and singing or reading for them.y that he knew every word of the Gospel was true.iarchs, Toelman, Barlow, Ashby and Briggs, and Elder Isreal Barlow Jr. and Bishop Mair, all old neighbors, spoke of his many sterling qualities. He was laid to rest in the Bountiful Cemetery. His enighbor Joseph Argyle was the funeral director.Some of fathers favorit sayings: "Do as you would like to be done by" "Frist know you are right, then go ahead" "Waist not, want not" "A place for everything and everything in its place" "Honest is the best policy" "A friend in need is a friend indeed" "Anything worht doing is worth doing well." He enjoyed reading good books and words of wisdom from any source.e gray hair on his head but failed, while his wife was quite grey at forty.. Although he was past eighty years old he won first prize which was quite surprising to the younger men.
Baptized 1 Sep 1839 by L. Gifford
From Eilene Thompson:
Birth: 12 Oct 1862
Death: 3 Feb 19348 children with Richard Pelton
2 children with Maude Manwaring
no photo available
Birth: 28 Feb 1863?
10 children with Walter Kerr
4 children with Nellie May Grover
10 children with Helena Swift
11 children with Elizabeth May Wood
2 children with Queen Valina Grow
8 children with Willametta Foreman
8 children with Amy Leyette Ashdown
10 children with Phebe Eliza Smith
6 children with Elizabeth Day Robins