Socrates Parish (Madison County, Kentucky, farmer and sheriff)
b. 1829-11-30 d. 1909-02-15
Madison County, Kentucky, farmer and sheriff. Kentucky native. Married to Mary H. Adams Parish in Madison County on December 6, 1856. Father of Stephen D. Parish, Mattie Parish, William A. Parish, Jacob Parish, and Larenda Parish. Farmer in Madison County, Kentucky in 1850. Farmer in Madison County in 1860. Deputy sheriff in Madison County in 1860. Sheriff in Madison County in 1864.
Details
- Sex
- Male
- Race
- White
Bibliography
Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Madison County, District 2, p. 283B.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Madison County, Division 1, p. 293.
Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Madison County, Union, p. 280B.
Acts of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, vol. 1 (Frankfort, Ky.: Yeoman Office, 1868), 546.
Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Madison County Marriages, Film #000183302, p. 251.
Find A Grave, "Scoratese Parrish (1829-1909)," Memorial #27604872, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/27604872 (accessed August 4, 2020).
KYR-0001-004-1398.
Citation
Parish, Socrates. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32211510 (November 12, 2026).
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