[or-roots] Parrish Descendant - World War I

[Denise Sproed]

I do have one PARRISH descendant.
George Edward Parrish b 28 Sep 1899 Richmond, Oregon; s/o Lucy E Gilliam (1878 OR - 5 Oct 1899 Wheeler Co OR) & George Edward Parrish (1868 OR - 1926 Hood River); grandson of Mary Elizabeth Smith & Edward Evans Parrish Jr. (27 Nov 1837 - 22 Jan 1883) & Francis Marion Gilliam (1847-1929) & Mary Annabell Menefee (1853-1936)

This fine young gentleman had his mother die shortly after his birth and then he served in the military in WW I, dying that that service and is buried in Oise-Aisne American Cemetery in France.  I am thankful for the Oregon State Archives War Defense Record Set - see http://arcweb.sos.state.or.us/pages/exhibits/war/defhist.html 

It was within those files that I located the burial place for this fine young gentleman.  Use the Index http://genealogy.state.or.us/ and filter for World War I record type to locate the Defense records.  They are a fantastic resource, when they exist for relatives.

Denise Sproed
A member of the Association of Professional Genealogists
 
The web page I made for my parents is at:  http://freepages.family.rootsweb.com/~merritt/
 
My genealogy recorded in The Master Genealogist with the webpage created using John Cardinal's Second Site    
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~sproed/ 
and http://freepages.misc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~merritt/