Ernest Rolland Parrish (1894 - 1965)

Born 3 Nov 1894 in Webster County, Kentucky, USA

Died 2 Jul 1965 at age 70 in Webster County, Kentucky, USA

Biography

Per the 1930 U. S. Census, Ernest R. Parrish (34) and Oma L. Parrish (28) were living in Dixon, Webster County, Kentucky, USA. Their children were Margie (6), Ernestine (3-1/12), and Oma J (1-6/12). Living with them was "boarder" Lonnie M. Gibson.^[1]NOTE 1: Oma seems a reasonable nickname for Leoma, and the boarder, Lonnie M. Gibson matches her brother Lonnie Matt Gibson, so one concludes that this is the correct match. NOTE 2: Estimated birth year for Ernest from age 34 in 1930 census.

Per the 1940 U. S. Census Ernest and Oma were still living in Webster County, Kentucky, and they had two more children: Frank Morse (8?) and Billy Wayne (5). Oma J's middle name was revealed as Jewell.^[2]

Although he had served in World War I, Ernest registered for the draft in World War II. The registration revealed that he had a ruddy complexion (he was a farmer), he had brown hair, blue eyes, stood 5' 8" tall, and weighed 170 pounds. It also disclosed that his middle name was Rolland.

Leoma gave birth to their daughter Joan Parrish in 1944.^[3]

Ernest Parrish died 02 Jul 1965, and was buried, with his wife, in Little Zion Cemetery, Dixon County, Webster County, Kentucky, USA.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1930", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XMN3-H2M : 8 December 2015), Oma L Parish in entry for Ernest R Parish, 1930.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K7BQ-PBP : accessed 9 November 2016), Ernest R Parish, Magisterial District 1, Webster, Kentucky, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 117-2, sheet 6A, family 109, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 1362.
3. ↑ "Kentucky, Vital Record Indexes, 1911-1999," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKH5-8P68 : 1 July 2015), Leoma Gibson in entry for Joan Parrish, 1944; citing Birth, Webster, Kentucky, United States, Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives, Frankfort.
4. ↑ Find A Grave, indexed database, (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed November 8, 2016), Memorial # 89524113 for Oma Parrish (1894-196+5) with gravestone image (David Melton, photographer), citing Little Zion Cemetery, Dixon County, Webster County, Kentucky, USA.