Warren Farr Parrish (1803 - 1877)

Born 10 Jan 1803 in New York, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Patten) Parrish — married 1822 in Westmoreland, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States

Husband of Martha (Raymond) Parrish — married 3 Dec 1845 in Geauga, Ohio, United States

Died 3 Jan 1877 at age 73 in Emporia, Lyon, Kansas, United States

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Biography

Warren became a member of the LDS Church between 1830 - 1848.

Warren Parrish is Notable.

Warren Parrish was a leader in the early Latter Day Saint movement.

Warren was born in 1803. He was the son of John Parrish and Ruth Farr.

Around 1823 he married Elizabeth Patten, a sister to David Patten, a leader in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.

They had one daughter, Mary, born about 1825.

They lived in Jefferson County, New York. ^[1]

In 1833 he was baptized by Brigham Young into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.

He traveled on missionary journeys in Missouri, Tennessee and Kentucky with his brother-in-law David. He participated in the Camp of Zion in 1834. His wife Elizabeth died of cholera there at Rush Creek, Missouri in 1834.

From 1835-1837 Parrish served as secretary to Joseph Smith. He was appointed member of First Quorum of the Seventy in 1835.

He married Martha Raymond in Ohio in 1835. ^[2]

They had one daughter, Martha (Roberts), 1837–1900.

In 1836 he was appointed treasurer of the Kirtland Safety Society, a banking system for members of the church. A few months later he was accused of embezzling and counterfeiting.

In 1837 he led a group of dissenters away from Smith and formed a new church. When that dissolved he left for Wisconsin and Illinois and became a Baptist minister. Smith relates the words of Heber C. Kimball upon an encounter he had with Warren Parrish at Fox River in 1844:

"He was a grave-looking man-a straight-jacketed fellow, dressed in black, with a white handkerchief around his neck. Says he, 'Elder Kimball, will you have the goodness not to say to the people here that I ever was a Mormon. I am a Baptist minister. I am preaching at that meetinghouse for a salary of $500 a year. If they find out I have been a Mormon, it would hurt my influence very much indeed.'

In 1850 he was a clergyman in Mendon, New York. ^[4]

In 1854 he and his nephew Thomas Carrico came to Rockford, Illinois where he was called as pastor to First Baptist Church. ^[5][6][7]

In 1866 they moved to Emporia, Kansas. He is listed as insane in the 1870 Census. ^[8]

Warren passed away in 1877.

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1830," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHP3-25V : 20 February 2021), Warren Parish, Alexandria, Jefferson, New York, United States; citing 233, NARA microfilm publication M19, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 92; FHL microfilm 17,152.
2. ↑ "Ohio Marriages, 1800-1958", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XD7J-P5Z : 20 June 2020), Warren Parrish, 1835.
3. ↑ Smith, George A (January 10, 1858), "Divine Origin of "Mormonism"- Doings and Sayings of Early Opposers and Apostates", Journal of Discourses, 7: Page 115
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCBS-YPZ : 23 December 2020), Warren Parish, Mendon, Monroe, New York, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
5. ↑ Church, Charles A. (Charles Alpheus). ”History of Rockford and Winnebago County, Illinois, from the first settlement in 1834 to the civil war”. Rockford, Ill., W.P. Lamb, printer, 1900. Page 141.
6. ↑ "Illinois State Census, 1855," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:61YX-T3Z : 11 March 2018), W F Parrish, Rockford, Winnebago, Illinois; citing Rockford, Winnebago, Illinois, 6, p. 146, Illinois State Archives, Springfield; FHL microfilm.
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXHG-PGB : 18 February 2021), Warren F Parrish, 1860.
8. ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCJ5-GH9 : 28 May 2021), W F Parish, 1870.

See also:

• Find A Grave: Memorial #59624050: : accessed 9 June 2022), memorial page for Rev Warren F. Parrish (10 Jan 1803–3 Jan 1877), citing Maplewood Memorial Lawn Cemetery, Emporia, Lyon County, Kansas, USA ; Maintained by Connell O'Donovan (contributor 47199761) .
• Wikipedia:Warren Parrish
• Warren Parrish MormonWiki
• Warren Farr Parrish Biography Joseph Smith Papers
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• "Warren Farr Parrish", Early Mormon Missionaries.