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I'm trying to find proof that John Parrish was indeed the father of Eliza H. Parrish. *John Parrish was born in North Carolina in about 1798. *Eliza H. Parrish was born in Georgia in 1822. Eliza married James Smith in Autauga County, Alabama. She died in 1911 and is buried in Chilton County, Alabama. *We find John Parrish in Autauga County in 1850 with his wife Sarah and children, John M. and Jesse B.H. Parrish *John married Sarah Todd in 1823 -- BUT... Eliza Parrish was born in 1822. Of that we're pretty confident. This would mean that John was married to someone else before marrying Sarah Todd who most likely died in childbirth or shortly after. Does anyone have any proof that John N. Parrish is the father of Eliza Parrish or who Eliza's mother might be?

Sherrod (Or Sherrid) Porch Hagan was born in 1856 in Alabama, probably Coosa County. He married Josephine Stonecypher in 1876 in Talladega County. This much we know from census records and the marriage record. But Josephine was a widow in the 1900 census. • Their last child was born in September of 1882 • The 1896 marriage certificate for their daughter, Beulah, to Asberry (Dink) Norred, states that the wedding was held "At the bride's mother's" which would indicate that Sherrid was already dead. • These two facts place Sherrid's death between 1882 and 1896. No one, to my knowledge, has ever found his date of death nor the cause. I feel the information is out there, somewhere, possibly in a family Bible. Do you know? ••• Note: There is another Sherrod Porch Hagan close to the same age and living in the same area who is often confused for our Sherrod. Much can be found about the other, but very little about ours.