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HISTORY OP BUCKS COUNTY. 



nephew Nathaniel Randoljth. In Wat- 

 son's "Annals of l'hilaclcii)hia, " nuich 

 mention is made of "The Bush Hill Ins- 

 tate." Rachel Randolph Parry, the wife 

 of Oliver Parry, died at "The Old Parry 

 iVIansion," New Hope, September g, 

 iS66, his own death occurring February 

 20, 1874, at his city residence, 1721 

 Arch street, Philadelphia, and both are 

 buried in the family lot at Solcbury 

 Friends" burying ground, Bucks county, 

 Pennsylvania. The close of an obituary 

 notice of Oliver Parry in a Philadelphia 

 newspaper of the day, thus pays tribute 

 to his high character, and standing: 

 "Born a member of the Society of 

 Friends, he lived and died in that faith, 

 walking through life with a singleness 

 and direct honesty of purpose which 

 made the name of Oliver Parry synony- 

 mous with truth and honor." (E.dward, 

 Richard, George and Oliver, the four 

 sons of Oliver, are noted below.) 



MAJOR EDWARD RANDOLPH 

 PARRY, U. S. army, born July 27, 1832. 

 eldest son of Oliver Parry (born 1794) 

 was a brave and gallant officer, who 

 served from the beginning to the end of 

 the Civil war of 1861. The following no- 

 tice of him, appeared in many of the 

 newspapers, after his death, which event 

 occurred at "The Old Parry Mansion" 

 April 13, 1874: 



Major Edward Randolph Parry, late 

 of the United States army, died at his 

 residence. New Hope, in this county, on 

 the 13th of April, 1874, and was buried 

 on the i6th, at Friends' Solebury burying 

 ground. He was a son of the late Oliver 

 Parry of Philadelphia, and was born at 

 New Hope, July 27, 1832. In May, 1861, he 

 entered the army as first lieutenant in 

 the nth United' States Infantry, and 

 served throughout the war, with great 

 credit. In 1864 he was made captain in 

 the nth; afterwards transferred to the 

 20th, and on reorganization of the army 

 was promoted to a majorality for j^allant 

 service. He was in the terrible fighting 

 along the line of the Weldon railroad, 

 and before Petersburg, Virginia, com- 

 manding his regiment in several actions. 

 In 1865 he was assistant general of the 

 regular brigade. Army of Potomac, and 

 served upon the stalT of General Win- 

 throp when he was killed. At Lee's sur- 

 render he was attached to army head- 

 quarters. In 1868 Major Parry com- 

 manded Forts Philip and Jackson, at 

 mouth of Mississippi river, and Fort 

 Ripley in Minnesota in 1869. He re- 

 signed on account of ill health in 1871. 

 Major Parrj' was the grandson of Major 

 Edward Randolph, who served from the 

 beginning to the end of the Revolution- 

 ary war. 



A portrait of Major Parry hangs upon 

 the walls of the "Bucks Comity Histori- 

 cal Society" at Doylestovvn, Pennsyl- 

 vania. Major E. R. Parry married De- 



cember 17, 1863, at ]^>oston, Massachu- 

 setts, Frances, daughter of General Jus- 

 tin Dimick, U. S. A., and had three chil- 

 dren. She, with one child, an unmarried 

 daughter (named Katharine) survives 

 him. The other two children, daughters, 

 died in childhood 



RICHARD RANDOLPH PARRY, 



GENTLEMAN, of New Hope, Pennsyl- 

 vania, second son of Oliver and Rachel 

 (Randolph) Parry, was born in Phila- 

 delphia, December 5, 1835, and married 

 October 11, 1866, in Saint Luke's Prot- 

 estant Episcopal church, Portland. Maine, 

 Miss Ellen L. Read, of Portland, and 

 they have issue, three children, as follows : 



1. Gertrude R. Parry, unmarried. 



2. Adelaide R. Parry, unmarried. 



3. Oliver Randolph Parry, born March 

 29, 1873, married on October 15, 1898, in 

 New York city, Miss Lida M. Kreamer 

 and has one child, Margaret (born May 

 3, 1901,) at "The Old Parry Mansion." 



R. R. Parry was educated at private 

 schools in Philadelphia and at Haver- 

 ford College, Pennsylvania. From 1856 

 to 1862, he resided at Mankato, Minne- 

 sota, where he was engaged in the bank- 

 ing business. In "Neill's History of the 

 Minnesota Valley" page 549, published 

 in Minneapolis, 1882, and in "Mankato, iLs 

 First 50 Years" published at Mankato 

 1903, Mr. Parry is described as one of 

 the early pioneers of the valley. In 1862 

 he returned to Pennsylvania to live_. He 

 is a member of the "Bucks County His- 

 torical Society" and a life member of 

 "The Historical Society of Pennsjdvania" 

 since 1855. He is also a member of the 

 "Pennsylvania Society of the Sons of the 

 Revolution;" and a companion of the 

 Military Order of the Loyal Legion of 

 the United States, commandery of Penn- 

 sylvania. He is senior warden of "St. 

 Andrew's Protestant Episcopal Church", 

 Lambertville, New Jersey, and for many 

 years past has been president of "The 

 New Hope Delaware Bridge Company." 

 Mr. Parry is a man of literary tastes, 

 and historical interests and has fre- 

 quentl}^ contributed articles to the press 

 and published works. He resides at the 

 "Old Parry Mansion," in New Hope- 

 borough, erected for his ancestor. Ben- 

 jamin Parry in 1784. Two dififerent por- 

 tions of this estate were occupied by the 

 Continental troops, in December. 1776, 

 just prior to the "Battle of Trenton" as 

 more fully mentioned elsewhere in this 

 volume. 



DR. GEORGE RANDOLPH PARRY, 



of New Hope. Pennsj'lvania ("Coryell's 

 Ferry"), third son of Oliver and Rachel 

 (Randolph) Parry, was born September 

 3. 1839 in Philadelphia, and was edu- 

 cated in private schools of that city. He 

 began the study of medicine in the Phil- 

 adelphia College of Pharmacy from 

 which .In- graduated, in the class of 1862. 



