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  History 
  of 
  Durham. 
  

  

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  COLONEL 
  D. 
  C. 
  PARKISH. 
  

  

  The 
  subject 
  of 
  this 
  sketch 
  was 
  boru 
  in 
  the 
  couiitj' 
  of 
  Or- 
  

   ange, 
  N. 
  C, 
  ]\Iay 
  28th, 
  A. 
  D. 
  1807. 
  Died 
  in 
  the 
  city 
  of 
  

   Durham 
  July 
  11th, 
  1883. 
  

  

  Colonel 
  Parrish 
  was 
  a 
  member 
  of 
  the 
  M. 
  E. 
  Church 
  South, 
  

   having 
  been 
  converted 
  and 
  received 
  into 
  that 
  church 
  dur- 
  

   ing 
  a 
  revival 
  of 
  religion 
  at 
  Moore's 
  Chapel, 
  Granville 
  county, 
  

   in 
  the 
  year 
  1841. 
  In 
  1842 
  he 
  was 
  happily 
  united 
  in 
  mar- 
  

   riage 
  to 
  Miss 
  Ruth 
  A. 
  Ward, 
  a 
  most 
  estimable 
  lady, 
  richly 
  

   endowed 
  with 
  rare 
  personal 
  and 
  christian 
  graces. 
  To 
  them 
  

   were 
  born 
  seven 
  children, 
  six 
  of 
  whom 
  are 
  still 
  living, 
  one 
  

   having 
  died 
  in 
  childhood. 
  Perhaps 
  no 
  union 
  was 
  ever 
  

   blessed 
  by 
  more 
  refined, 
  exemplary 
  children, 
  who 
  to-day 
  

   are 
  among 
  the 
  most 
  cultivated, 
  esteemed 
  and 
  religious 
  fam- 
  

   ilies 
  of 
  this 
  community. 
  Among 
  these 
  the 
  sainted 
  father 
  

   and 
  grandfather 
  spent 
  his 
  latter 
  years, 
  honored 
  and 
  loved 
  

   by 
  all 
  who 
  knew 
  him. 
  

  

  Colonel 
  Parrish 
  was 
  in 
  the 
  highest 
  sense 
  a' 
  type 
  of 
  the 
  

   old 
  school 
  of 
  Southern 
  chivalry 
  and 
  hospitality. 
  He 
  was 
  

   the 
  soul 
  of 
  honor, 
  of 
  courtly 
  and 
  unobtrusive 
  dignity, 
  of 
  

   lofty 
  bearing, 
  suave 
  manners, 
  tender, 
  refined 
  sympathies 
  

   and 
  sublime 
  humility; 
  discreet 
  and 
  prudent, 
  yet 
  always 
  

   candid. 
  For 
  thirty- 
  four 
  years 
  he 
  was 
  a 
  consistent, 
  zealous 
  

   and 
  brave 
  " 
  soldier 
  of 
  the 
  cross, 
  a 
  follower 
  of 
  the 
  Lamb." 
  

   For 
  twenty-five 
  or 
  thirty 
  years 
  he 
  faithfully 
  discharged 
  the 
  

  

  