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  History 
  of 
  Durham. 
  

  

  yet 
  accomplished. 
  He 
  is 
  still 
  young 
  and 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  bright 
  

   field 
  of 
  usefulness 
  before 
  him. 
  In 
  ]SS3-'S4:,he 
  was 
  a 
  member 
  

   of 
  the 
  Board 
  of 
  County 
  Commissioners 
  and 
  of 
  the 
  Durham 
  

   Board 
  of 
  Education 
  and 
  Learning. 
  His 
  paper 
  is 
  Democratic 
  

   to 
  the 
  core, 
  and 
  an 
  useful 
  organ 
  in 
  that 
  party. 
  

  

  EDWARD 
  J. 
  PARRISH. 
  

  

  This 
  gentleman, 
  the 
  leading 
  warehouseman 
  of 
  North 
  

   Carolina, 
  was 
  born 
  in 
  the 
  county 
  of 
  Orange, 
  fourteen 
  miles 
  

   from 
  Durham, 
  on 
  the 
  20th 
  of 
  October, 
  A. 
  D. 
  1846. 
  Is 
  a 
  

   son 
  of 
  the 
  late 
  lamented 
  Mayor 
  of 
  Durham, 
  Col. 
  D. 
  C. 
  Par- 
  

   rish, 
  whose 
  death 
  a 
  few 
  months 
  ago 
  cast 
  a 
  profound 
  gloom 
  

   and 
  sadness 
  throughout 
  the 
  entire 
  community. 
  Attended 
  

   school 
  at 
  Round 
  Hill, 
  Knap 
  of 
  Reeds, 
  South 
  Lowell 
  and 
  

   Cedar 
  Grove, 
  and 
  when 
  prepared 
  for 
  college, 
  entered 
  the 
  

   Sophomore 
  Class 
  at 
  Trinity, 
  under 
  the 
  late 
  Dr. 
  B. 
  Craven, 
  

   but 
  owing 
  to 
  the 
  enforcement 
  of 
  the 
  " 
  Reserve 
  Act," 
  

   passed 
  by 
  the 
  Confederate 
  Congress, 
  was 
  not 
  permitted 
  

   to 
  remain. 
  Leaving 
  college, 
  he 
  went 
  to 
  Raleigh 
  and 
  ac- 
  

   cepted 
  the 
  position 
  of 
  Mailing 
  Clerk 
  on 
  the 
  Spirit 
  ofiheAge^ 
  

   (newspaper) 
  which 
  was 
  subsequently 
  merged 
  into 
  The 
  Con- 
  

   servative, 
  the 
  organ 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  Administration, 
  when 
  he 
  

   was 
  tendered 
  and 
  accepted 
  the 
  position 
  of 
  book-keeper. 
  In 
  

   this 
  position 
  it 
  was 
  thought 
  he 
  would 
  be 
  exempt 
  from 
  mili- 
  

   tary 
  duty. 
  This 
  position 
  failing 
  to 
  secure 
  the 
  desired 
  relief, 
  

   through 
  the 
  influence 
  of 
  the 
  many 
  friends 
  he 
  had 
  won 
  

   while 
  in 
  Raleigh, 
  he 
  was 
  offered, 
  and 
  accepted, 
  a 
  position 
  in 
  

   the 
  Roll 
  of 
  Honor 
  Office, 
  under 
  Major 
  James 
  H. 
  Foote. 
  He 
  

   entertained 
  strong 
  aversion 
  to 
  taking 
  up 
  arms 
  against 
  the 
  

   old 
  flag, 
  under 
  which 
  his 
  father, 
  as 
  Colonel, 
  had 
  so 
  often 
  

   drilled. 
  Having 
  arrived 
  at 
  the 
  age 
  of 
  18, 
  however, 
  he 
  was 
  

   placed 
  in 
  the 
  dilemma 
  of 
  either 
  entering 
  the 
  service 
  or 
  de- 
  

   serting 
  his 
  people. 
  He 
  did 
  not 
  hesitate 
  long, 
  his 
  State 
  pride 
  

   and 
  love 
  of 
  home 
  and 
  the 
  " 
  boys 
  in 
  gray 
  " 
  — 
  the 
  cherished 
  

  

  