Dr. Thomas Clay Parrish

Posted on May 9, 2026 by sdbowling

5th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry, Confederate States Army

Son of Thomas A. and America (Bristow) Parrish

Dr. Thomas Clay Parrish

Born in 1832 in Bourbon County, Kentucky

1850 Bourbon County, Kentucky Federal Census
District 1, house #100-105
Samuel Pierce			55
	Jane Parish	        26
	Thomas Parish		28
	Ezekiel Parish		2
	Anna Parish		3

Married on May 4, 1854, to Sarah Ellen Kerr (1834 – 1896) in Jefferson County, Kentucky.  She was the daughter of Enos and Lavina (Smith) Kerr.

1860 Bath County, Kentucky Federal Census
Owingsville Post Office, house #612-619
	T. C. Parrish			32    Physician
	Sarah Parrish			23
		Ella Parrish		4
		Cora Parrish		2
		Aura Parrish		6 months
		Andrew J. Parrish	22
		Lucy Mays		27
Military Service
5th Kentucky Infantry
Acting Surgeon
Three pages of a letter from George W. Connor, written at Camp Morrison at Holston Springs, Virginia, to W. H. Daughtery, detailing the last days and death of Dr. Thomas C. Parrish. Connor describes the burial location of Dr. Parrish and what he did with the $266 dollars that Parrish was paid by the army.

Died on February 9, 1863, at Jonesville, in Lee County, Virginia

Buried on February 10, 1863, in the Hill Family Cemetery at Jonesville in Lee County, Virginia

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