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  playmates 
  of 
  yore, 
  counterbalanced 
  if 
  not 
  entirely 
  obliter- 
  

   ated 
  bis 
  prejudices, 
  and 
  be 
  enlisted, 
  being 
  assigned 
  lo 
  ibe 
  

   4tb 
  N. 
  C. 
  Calvary, 
  where, 
  as 
  in 
  all 
  other 
  positions, 
  he 
  dis- 
  

   charged 
  his 
  duty 
  with 
  strict 
  fidelity, 
  as 
  many 
  old 
  comrades 
  

   cheerfully 
  testify. 
  At 
  the 
  close 
  of 
  the 
  war, 
  he 
  came 
  home, 
  

   finding 
  all 
  his 
  father's 
  property 
  devastated. 
  Accepting 
  the 
  

   situation 
  iCf 
  good 
  faith, 
  he 
  immediately 
  took 
  hold 
  of 
  the 
  

   plow 
  handles, 
  and, 
  as 
  it 
  were, 
  began 
  life 
  anew. 
  After 
  tilling 
  

   the 
  soil 
  for 
  some 
  time, 
  he 
  concluded 
  to 
  embark 
  in 
  some 
  other 
  

   enterprise. 
  Accordingly 
  he 
  sought 
  and 
  obtained 
  a 
  situation 
  

   in 
  Raleigh 
  as 
  salesman 
  in 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  leading 
  dry 
  goods 
  

   stores. 
  Possessing 
  keen 
  business 
  sagacity, 
  coupled 
  with 
  

   indomitable 
  will 
  and 
  energy, 
  he 
  was 
  soon 
  recognized 
  as 
  one 
  

   of 
  the 
  best 
  salesmen 
  in 
  the 
  city. 
  His 
  native 
  courtesy 
  and 
  

   gentlemanly 
  bearing 
  soon 
  enlisted 
  around 
  him 
  man}' 
  warm 
  

   friends 
  who, 
  feeling 
  interested 
  in 
  his 
  advancement, 
  secured 
  

   for 
  him 
  a 
  position 
  under 
  the 
  government, 
  and 
  he 
  at 
  once 
  

   entered 
  upon 
  the 
  discharge 
  of 
  the 
  duties 
  pertaining 
  thereto, 
  

   proving 
  himself 
  faithful 
  and 
  eminently 
  worthy 
  of 
  all 
  trusts 
  

   imposed 
  upon 
  him. 
  He 
  early 
  manifested 
  extraordinary 
  

   talents 
  as 
  a 
  business 
  man 
  and 
  financier. 
  While 
  in 
  the 
  ser- 
  

   vice 
  of 
  the 
  government, 
  he 
  married, 
  October 
  5th, 
  1870, 
  Miss 
  

   Rosa, 
  youngest 
  daughter 
  of 
  Capt. 
  E. 
  Bryan 
  Haywood, 
  of 
  

   Chatham 
  county. 
  In 
  January, 
  1871, 
  he 
  resigned 
  his 
  posi- 
  

   tion 
  under 
  the 
  government 
  and 
  moved 
  to 
  Durham, 
  and 
  

   opened 
  a 
  grocery 
  and 
  confectionery 
  store. 
  Durham 
  at 
  that 
  

   time 
  being 
  but 
  a 
  small 
  railroad 
  station, 
  he 
  did 
  very 
  little 
  

   business. 
  In 
  May, 
  1871, 
  he 
  accepted 
  the 
  position 
  of 
  auc- 
  

   tioneer 
  in 
  the 
  first 
  tobacco 
  warehouse 
  opened 
  in 
  Durham, 
  

   under 
  Mr. 
  Henry 
  A. 
  Reams, 
  proprietor. 
  The 
  sales, 
  occur- 
  

   ring 
  then 
  only 
  about 
  twice 
  a 
  week, 
  did 
  not 
  interfere 
  much 
  

   with 
  his 
  store. 
  He 
  continued 
  with 
  Mr. 
  Reams 
  until 
  1873 
  , 
  

   when 
  the 
  Farmer's 
  Warehouse 
  was 
  completed 
  and 
  opened 
  

   by 
  himself 
  and 
  Mr. 
  J. 
  E. 
  Lyon, 
  under 
  the 
  name 
  and 
  style 
  

   of 
  Parrish 
  & 
  Lyon. 
  He 
  continued 
  business 
  with 
  Mr. 
  Lyon 
  

  

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