Sunday, January 6, 2008

Addison A. Parrish

Private, Company B, 18th Iowa Infantry

Son of Micajah & Hannah M. Parrish. He was born in 1841 in Indiana. He enlisted at the age of 21 in Company B of the I8th Iowa Infantry on July 22, 1862 and at that time resided in Osceola, Clarke County, Iowa. He was mustered in at Clinton, Iowa on August 5, 1862 and mustered out on July 20, 1865 in Little Rock, Arkansas.

Assison Parrish’s sister, Mary E. Parrish, married Thomas A. Trent who was a sergeant in Company D of the 39th Iowa Infantry.

Sources: Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System; Roster and Record of Iowa Soldiers in the War of the Rebellion, Vol. 3, p. 192; "Home From the 18th Regiment," Union Sentinel, Osceola, Iowa, 5 SEP 1863; 1856 Iowa State Census for Osceola Township, Clarke County, Iowa

See Other Blog Entries:
18th Iowa Infantry
Home From the 18th Regiment

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