[or-roots] Walter E. Parrott
Marsha
pmml at navicom.com
Thu Apr 11 10:12:00 PDT 2002
I have a picture of Walter in Alaska I could E mail it to you if your
interested...........
pmml at navicom
----- Original Message -----
From: "Trisha" <trisha549 at charter.net>
To: "Marsha" <pmml at navicom.com>; "Oregon Roots Discussion List"
<or-roots at sosinet.sos.state.or.us>; "Judy & Sue" <JNS at wvi.com>
Sent: Wednesday, April 10, 2002 8:26 AM
Subject: Re: [or-roots] Walter E. Parrott
> To clarify info on Walter E. Parrott...
>
> W.E. Parrott DOB 12/1861 in Oregon. Parents: Joseph and Elenor (Fish)
> Parrott. Sister: Jessie Mae White, Yakima, WA. Parrot farmed an island
> located at the mouth of the Stikine River. He died at Wrangell, Alaska in
> 1928 and is buried in the cemetery there, although his grave is unmarked.
>
> Information is from my personal research (having lived in Wrangell for 16
> years) and his death certificate (which was passed on to someone on this
> list group some time ago.) I can tell you more about the man if you are
> interested.
>
> Trish
>
> www.designsbytrisha.com
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Marsha" <pmml at navicom.com>
> To: "Oregon Roots Discussion List" <or-roots at sosinet.sos.state.or.us>;
"Judy
> & Sue" <JNS at wvi.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, April 09, 2002 6:36 PM
> Subject: Re: [or-roots] Umatilla County/Parrots
>
>
> > I save all of my E-mail notes from family and though you might be
> interested
> > in my notes of what I
> > have perhaps you can make a connection
> >
> > Parrot, Rev Joseph E. Died Sept 3, at Lafayette born Mo. Dec 21, 1821 to
> > Oregon in 1848 married Sept 17, 1851 to Susan Garrison D. Aug 21, 1869
> > married
> > 2 May 31, 1870 Mrs. L.A. Worden Pacific Cristian Advocate 1864-1890
> > ------------------------------------------------------ dear sharon, i'ce
> lso
> > cc'd someone who had sent me info way back on rev joseph and
> > some of his marriages, but no info on children/jeptha - so i had no
> > proovable
> > but link saved it just in case)
> >
> > well some of this may come to you as a bit of a
> > shocker - i sat down last night and went through some stuff i have held
in
> > my
> > "close but can't prove the link" file - tidbits i'd found during my
> searches
> > that i would save - info that seemed like it should link up w/ jeptha (
> i.e
> > right years and locations etc.) but could never get to fit. years ago
(in
> > the
> > late 1960's and early 70's) i became interested in the family history
and
> > started asking questions/digging. i was told at that time that it would
be
> > difficult because "grandpa parrott was a circuit riding preacher and had
a
> > family in each town" (this was my grandfather, enoch carroll parrott
sr's
> > grandfather and jeptha's father ...)one of the documents that i have
from
> > that
> > era has to do with e.c. parrott sr attempting to get a licence and a
> > passport,
> > but there was no official record of his birth - so he submitted, among
> other
> > things, an affidavit signed in 1947 by ashnah j (last name illegible)
who
> > was
> > present at his (e.c parrott sr.) birth, and he was her nephew - i did
> > everything i
> > could to decipher the last name for a clue in my
> > searches - came up with beddes, geddes and now
> > understand thanks to you, sharon, that it was VEDDER !! in 1947, she was
> > living in washougal washington.
> >
> > so, firstly i show joseph e parrott sr. and joseph e parrott jr
traveling
> to
> > oregon in a wagon train in 1844 - ( for full roster of the 1844 wagon
> > trains,
> > including both joseph e parrotts, check out the
> > following website www.teleport.com/~sflora/1844.htm)
> >
> > they both show up in the 1850 clackamas county
> > washington, oregon territory in the WA 1850
> > Territorial Census joseph sr id # wa007114, joseph jun. is waoo7116
> >
> > understanding there was multiple marriages on the part of joseph e
parrott
> > jr
> > (aka "grandpa parrott to my grandfather e.c. parrott sr) some of this
> > information that seemed to contradict/overlap now becomes clearer.
> > joseph e parrott jr, aka reverend joseph parrott i show did marry:
> >
> > in 1851 susan garrison (i had no info on their
> > children) in salem, marion county
> >
> > in 1861 - there is record of joseph e parrott jr
> > marrying eleanor e. fish in clackamas county oregon -(Book 1 Page 132) -
> > they
> > were divorced in 1862 ( case 02744) clackamas county oregon - this
> marriage
> > overlaps his marriage to susan garison - there was a child i believe
> edward
> > w
> > or walter edward parrott who died in alaska 28 august 1928 in Wrangler
> > alaska
> > - no children
> >
> > in 1870 - on 31 may i show rev joseph e parrott
> > marrying a L.A. Worden (perhaps this was lydia ann goodrich worden ??) -
> who
> > was shown as Pacific
> > Christian Advocate 1864-1890
> >
> > now from jeptha onward - jeptha married zetta mae rowe 03 may 1891 in
> latah,
> > latah county idaho zetta was born 20 december 1875 in missouri, died 28
> > february 1930 and is buried in lincoln memorial park cemetery grave 14
lot
> > 156
> > section fairview, portland oregon) daughter of william clifford rowe
(born
> > 13
> > april 1851 MO, died 12 april 1915 vancouver washington) and elnora
> josephine
> > ormsby (born 7 august 1857 Indianna, died 11 november 1904) - william
and
> > elnora were
> > married 7 february 1875 and traveled from missouri to oregon territory
> and
> > back to missouri, then back again to avon, latah county idaho during
their
> > marriage and had 13 children - i have traced the rowes' side back to
1776.
> >
> > children of jeptha and zetta were:
> >
> > 1. clifford parrott married margaret (?) lived in rogue river area of
> > oregon
> > - had twins jim and bob parrott and a daughter also named margaret aka
> peggy
> > parrott - no dates on these yet i'm afraid
> >
> > 2. enoch carroll parrott sr
> > born 8 dec 1896 in pullman, whitman county,
> > washington
> >
> > enoch carroll parrott sr married viva vivian courter (born 26 july
> 1898,linn
> > county oregon - died 29 august 1971 portland or)- daughter of eva
stringer
> > courter and george courter
> >
> > e.c. and viva
> > married on 20 october 1917 - had only one child, my father enoch carroll
> > parrott jr.
> > (born 6 november 1926 portland oregon died 17 august 1979 portland
oregon)
> > he
> > married willa jean bradford(born 23 september 1926 town creek alabama -
> > still
> > living)
> >
> > i'm the firstborn 23 july 1957 carole jean parrott my brother 18 may
1961
> > craig bradford parrott
> >
> > whew ! puzzle pieces falling into place at last - i 'm cetain there are
> > errors
> > and things to be corrected - but will now focus on getting
> > documentation/copies of marriages/divorce etc. to clairfy the known
> facts -
> > i
> > also have at least one photo of jeptha - and lots of other bits and
pieces
> > from e.c. parrott sr. on down - photos, documents, deeds etc. i seem to
> be
> > the only person in the family interested in being the keeper - can send
> > photocopies if you're interested (don't have a scanner) - and this may
> help
> > identify some of the odd bits i've kept but couldn't connect - your info
> > will
> > keep me busy for weeks confiriming and compiling data now that i have
the
> > missing link - i'll keep you posted w/ any new or corrected data i find.
> >
> > this is so exciting - wheeee ! not to mention a bit of ye old family
> scandal
> > actually proved! also bears telling that both my grandfather e.c.
parrott
> > sr
> > and my father e.c. jr were atheists/disavowed all interest in any form
of
> > religion or church - maybe it's because they felt it hypocritical ??
> >
> > carole parrott joppe
> >
> > --- Sharon Kislenger <kislen at mr.net> wrote:
> > > I have a lot on the family and will share what I > have, I will be
gone
> >
> > most of today, so let me know what you want and I > will send it
tomorrow
> >
> > this is great
> > > Sharon
> > >
> >
> > ____________________
> > ubject:
> > Parrott
> > Date:
> > Tue, 17 Apr 2001 17:45:51 +0000
> > From:
> > Sharon Kislenger <kislen at mr.net>
> > To:
> > pmml at navicom.com
> >
> > this is just some of what I have, I have almost all of the Garrrison
> > family,
> > they went to Oregon in 1843, Susan father was Enoch Garrison and her
> mother
> > was Margaret Herren, and have a lot on both families, I have just been
> > working on the Herren family, so most of it is fresh in my mined I also
> know
> > about the one who went ot Alaska, will have to dig that out
> >
> > This is what I had on Joseph Elgen Parrott (and I had forgotten that one
> of
> > Lewis Parrott's sons was named Elgin or Elgen - another sign): He
signed
> > Lewis Parrott's DLC.
> >
> > Oregon Provisional Land Claims, Book 6, abstracted by Mrs. Wayne E.
Gurley
> :
> > Joseph E. Parrott, Polk County, 640 acres. In Rickreall Valley; Joshua
> Shaw
> > on West; Willamette River on South; Jessie Herrett on East., Intends
> > occupancy, 27 Oct 1847. Vol. 6 page 95
> >
> > Oregon Donation Land Claim #1101:
> > Joseph E. Parrott, Marion County, Born 1820 Cole Co., MO, Arrived in
> Oregon
> > September 1847, Settled claim Sept. 30, 1851, Married Susan Sept 11,
1851
> > in
> > Marion Co., Affadavit signed by Enoch Garrison (MA) and Abijah Carey.
> >
> > Supplement to DLC's:
> > 1101 Parrott, Joseph E., Marion County. Married 17/9/1851 in Marion Co.,
> > O.T.
> > Susan Garrison OHS V5(?)
> >
> > Early Settler's Chart File, OR Genealogical Forum: 1822 Worden,
Guilford
> > (Guifford) Oliver, Polk County, born NY, married Lydia Ann Goodrich, b
> > 4-9-1834, dau. of Carmi Goodrich. She d 11-27-1910, bur Dayton
Cemetery,
> > Dayton, OR. She M. 2nd Rev. Joseph Elgen Parrott & 3rd Reuben
Pettyjohn.
> > Early Settlers #11 (Van Valin & Paul book), #21 (Pacific Christian
> > Advocate-DAR collection)
> >
> > >From an Oregon Historical Society Quarterly (and I didn't write down
> the
> > date!)
> > "There was a J. E. Parrott in 1848 admitted to work with James H. Wilbur
> > (Father Wilbur) as a probationer in Methodist Church on the Mary's River
> > Circuit." (This is close to Corvallis, Oregon.)
> >
> > 1880 Oregon, Yamhill County, Lafayette precinct Family 26
> PETTYJOHN-Ruben,
> > 28 Farmer, Oregon, Missouri, Missouir
> > Lydia, 45, wife, keeps house, Indiana, Maine, Maine WORDEN-Hattie,
20,
> > step-dau, teacher, Oregon, New York, Indiana
> > Gilford, 17, step-son, labor, Oregon, New York, Indiana
> > Gordon, 15, step-son, labor, Oregon, New York, Indiana PARROT-Ella,
16,
> > step-dau, Home, Oregon, New York, Indiana
> >
> > Descendants of Guilford Worden
> > Generation No. 1
> > 1. Guilford1 Worden was born 25 February 1825, and died 19 March
1865
> > in
> > Yamhill county, Oregon. He married Lydia Ann Goodrich 26 October 1851
in
> > Yamhill county, Oregon, daughter of Carmy Goodrich and Peggy Steel.
She
> > was
> > born 09 April 1834, and died 27 November 1910 in McMinnville, Yamhill
> > county,
> > Oregon.
> > More About Guilford Worden:
> > Burial: March 1865, Dayton Cemetery, Dayton, Yamhill county, Oregon
> >
> > More About Lydia Ann Goodrich:
> > Burial: November 1910, Dayton Cemetery, Dayton, Yamhill county, Oregon
> > Census:
> > 1880, Oregon, Yamhill County, Lafayette precinct Family 26
> >
> > Children of Guilford Worden and Lydia Goodrich are:
> > 2 i. Hattie2 Worden, born Abt. 1860.
> >
> > More About Hattie Worden:
> > Census: 1880, Oregon, Yamhill County, Lafayette precinct Family 26
> >
> > 3 ii. Gilford Worden, born Abt. 1862.
> >
> > More About Gilford Worden:
> > Census: 1880, Oregon, Yamhill County, Lafayette precinct Family 26
> >
> > 4 iii. Gordon Worden, born Abt. 1865 in Oregon; died 1940 in
> > Oregon.
> > He married Myrtie V; born 1876; died 1940 in Oregon.
> >
> > More About Gordon Worden:
> > Burial: 1940, Dayton Cemetery, Dayton, Yamhill county, Oregon Census:
> 1880,
> > Oregon, Yamhill County, Lafayette precinct Family 26
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Judy & Sue" <JNS at wvi.com>
> > To: "Marsha" <pmml at navicom.com>; "Oregon Roots Discussion List"
> > <or-roots at sosinet.sos.state.or.us>
> > Sent: Monday, April 08, 2002 9:52 PM
> > Subject: Re: [or-roots] Umatilla County
> >
> >
> > > At 4/8/02 08:07 PM, Marsha wrote:
> > > >I have a Parrott connection.
> > > >Joseph Parrott??? Married 3 times any connection???????????
> > > >pmml at navicom.com
> > >
> > > I don't know too much about my Parrotts.
> > > Here is what I have:
> > > Charles W. Parrott born 1822 Morgan County, Kentucky married ???
> > > Son Charles William Parrott born Dec 1852 Flatlick, Kentucky married
> > > Margarette McClellan (daughter of Robinson G. McClellan)
> > > Children Rosie I. (Feb 1883); Leonie Parrott (Dec 1885), George B.
> Parrott
> > > (Jan 1896)
> > >
> > >
> > > From correspondence in my mother's files:
> > > Charles William came to Pendleton in about 1860, with his father. He
> died
> > > in the late 1940s at the age of 93. Charles William died in the
1960s.
> > >
> > > My mother tried to contact a Floyd Parrott, in Union, Oregon, about
the
> > > family, but if she succeeded, there is no record in her correspondence
> > file.
> > >
> > > Let me know if we connect somewhere.
> > >
> > >
> > >
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