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History of Buffalo & Pepin Counties, Wisconsin - Vol. 1
pub. H. C. Cooper, Jr. & Co., Winona, MN - 1919

         [page 164-165]
         
         EPHRAIM A. PARISH, who was a pioneer, both of Pepin and
       Buffalo counties, spending most of his life, after coming
       to this region, in the latter, was born in Solon township,
       Portage county, Ohio, Dec. 13, 1823. In early manhood he
       learned the trade of tailor, which he followed for awhile
       in his native state. In 1856 he came from Cleveland, Ohio,
       to Green Bay, Wis., making the trip, which took three weeks,
       by the Great Lakes. From Green Bay he drove with a horse
       team to Lima township, Pepin county, which region was then
       a wilderness. He and his wife - for he had already married,
       but at this time had no children - resided in Pepin county
       for two or three years, at the end of which time they re-
       turned to Ohio. In 1862 they came back to Wisconsin, but
       this time located in Bear Creek Valley, Buffalo county.
       Apparently MR. PARISH was not wholly satisfied with con-
       ditions, for after a while, in the spring of 1864, he
       again returned to Ohio. In 1865, however, he came for the
       third time to Wisconsin, and once again located in the
       Bear Creek Valley, where he remained subsequently until
       his death, Feb. 14, 1906. While residing in Ohio he was,
       for several years, engaged in the cattle business. At
       Bear Creek, Buffalo county, where he settled, he cleared
       240 acres of land. The farm is now owned by his son, GUY
       B., and is one of the best in the county. MR. PARISH was
       a Democrat in politics, but voted for the man rather than
       for the party. He was reared in the Presbyterian faith.
       MR. PARISH first married a MISS PETTIBONE, of which union
       there were two children: LILLIA, who was born in Kent,
       Ohio, married CHARLES FESSENDEN, and died in 1917; and
       MARTHA C., born in Kent, Ohio, who is now MRS. ARTHUR
       FOX of Cheyenne, Wyo. By MR. PARISH'S second marriage,
       to CORNELIA J. BREWSTER, he had four children; GENIO,
       born at Aurora, Ohio, Oct. 8, 1858, now a prosperous
       farmer in Mondovi township, Buffalo county; Guy B., born
       on Bear Creek, Buffalo county, Jan. 9, 1867, who is the
       present proprietor of the old homestead; HARRIET O., born
       at Bear Creek, Sept. 18, 1868, now the wife of J. H. CRAW-
       FORD; and ADDIS E., born at Buffalo Creek, May 24, 1870,
       who resides at Lindsay, Mont.
       
       Transcriber's Note: His first marriage was recorded in
       Portage county, Ohio, where, on 18 October, 1845, he
       married CORINTHA PETTIBONE. She was the daughter of
       JACOB W. and MARTHA (TINKER) PETTIBONE. She died Jan.
       30, 1855 and is reportedly buried in the Pioneer
       Cemetery, Mantua Center, Portage Co., OH.
       
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