George B. Parrett
George B. Parrett is one of the most enterprising and industrious farmers of this county. He was born in this county, on the 19th of January, 1834, and is the youngest of a family of eight sons and one daughter. His parents, Joseph J. and Rebecca (Fansher) Parrett, were natives of Tennessee, coming to Ohio from Coke County, immediately following the close of the war of 1812. Mr. Parrett was in the war of 1812, and among other sufferings, he subsisted three days on a half pint of meal. Joseph J. and Rebecca were the parents of nine children: Isaac, Pleasant, Jackson, David, Frederick, Benjamin, Minerva, Russell, and George B.
Isaac Fansher, the maternal grandfather of this subject, served in the Revolutionary War. The Fanshers and Parretts came to Ohio the same year. The former emigrated to Iowa, and the latter became permanent residents of this county.
Our subject was married, August 21, 1856, to Amelia A., oldest daughter of Daniel and Mary E. (Webster) Bush, of this county. Mrs. Parrett was born, September 10, 1835. The Bush ancestry were from South Carolina, and their descendants are numerous in Union Township. Brice Webster, the grandfather of Mrs. Parrett, was an early merchant and physician of Washington.
Mr. and Mrs. Parrett have had born to them twelve children, all of whom are living: Euphemie Estaline, born 1857, married Harry S. Crow, 1878; Edward Ankney, born 1858, married to Frances Taylor, 1880; Ella Gazelle, born 1860, married Dr. Jasper N. Clark, 1876; Florence Jane, born 1861; Ada Verrell, born 1863; Warren Webster, born 1864; Erie Harlan, born 1866; Alice Gertrude, born 1868; Noyes Marvin, born 1871; Dio Ladell, born 1873; George Clyde, born 1877; Annie Blanche, born 1881.
In 1859 Mr. Parrett bought two hundred and seventy-three acres of land on the North Fork of Paint, where he now resides. He is a prudent, temperate liver, and his family are full of health and intelligence. During a term of thirteen years past his doctor bill amounted to only two dollars.
Mr. Parrett is an ardent Prohibitionist, and preaches and practices the same doctrine. He and his wife and other members of the family are members of the Mehtodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Parrett is a working member of Madison Grange, gives especial attention to his own business, has few equals in the township for raising good crops, and breeding stock.
From R. S. Dills' History of Fayette County
Ninety years ago there was born in this county a lad who was destined to become one of the most prominent citizens of Fayette county. Although he has now passed to his reward, yet the sincere and fruitful life he led was such that his influence is still felt in the community where he spent so many years of his active life. He was a man of great force of character and always stood on the right side of all moral questions. he was an ardent Prohibitionist and was a strong foe of the liquor traffic all his life. Successful in business, he never lost sight of his obligations to those around him and was in the forefront of every movement which was launched for the betterment of his community. Such men give character to a locality and of such strength was Mr. Parrett that he was a leader in all uplifting movements.
The late George B. Parrett was born January 19, 1834, in Fayette County and died in Madison township, July 4, 1913. He was the son of Joseph J. and Rebecca (Fansher) Parrett, both of whom were natives of Coke County, Tennessee, and the youngest of a family of eight sons and one daughter. Joseph J. Parrett served in the War of 1812 and, among other privations, subsisted at one time for three days on a half pint of meal. Rebecca Fansher was the daughter of Isaac Fansher, a soldier of the Revolutionary War. Joseph J. Parrett and wife reared a family of nine children, Isaac, Benjamin, Frederick, David, Pleasant, Russell, Jackson, Mrs. Minerva Allen, and George B., with whom this narrative deals.
George B. Parrett was married August 21, 1856, to Amelia A. Bush. She was the daughter of Daniel and Mary E. (Webster) Bush, of Fayette county, and was born September 10, 1835. The Bush family came to this county from South Carolina. Brice Webster, the grandfather of Mrs. Parrett, was an early merchant and physician of Washington C.H. Mr. and Mrs. Parrett were the parents of a family of twelve children: Euphemie Estaline, born in 1857; Edward Ankney, born in 1858; Ella Gazelle, born in 1860; Florence Jane, born in 1861; Ada Verrell, born in 1863; Warren Webster, born in 1864; Erie Harlan, born in 1866; Alice Gertrude, born in 1868; Noyes Marvin, born in 1871; Dio Ladell, born in 1873; George Clyde, born in 1877; Anna Blanche, born in 1881.
Euphemie E. Parrett became the wife of Harry Crow and had three children: Georgia, who married Elza Steward and has two children, Vergil and Paul; Willie, who married Frank Steward and has three children, Selma, Pauline and Grace; and Grace. Edward A. Parrett married Francis Taylor and has five children: Earl, who married Amelia Michael, and has two children, Helen and one other; Harvey, Inez, who married Charles England and has three children, Ellen, Edward and Parrett; Scott, who married Euda Beal; and Edward. Ella G. Parrett married Dr. Jasper N. Clark and has nine children: Mabel (the widow of Dr. Shaw, deceased), Lewis, Lydia, Pauline (the wife of Hubert Hichols and the mother of two children, Hubert and Dorothy), Zelma (the wife of Earl Beckwith and the mother of an infant child), Ralph, Winifred (the wife of Charles Lewis), Lucy and Jasper. Florence J. Parrett married J.B. Harrison and has five children: George; Pleasant, who married Flora Dennis and has one daughter, Dorothy; Catherine, who married Lugen Bell; and two single, Blanche and Olive. Ada V. Parrett married Everett Harrison (deceased) and has eleven children: Homer (deceased), Ray, Howard (who is married and has four children), Scott, Grover, Edward, Bateal, Grant, Mary, Clay and Florence. Warren W. Parrett married Ida Noble and has four children: Charles (deceased), Ross (married and has two children, Juanita and Charles), Floyd and Paul. Erie Harlan Parrett married Minnie Puckett and has seven children: Marion (married Edna Graham and has one son, Harlan), Marie (married William Dick and has one son, Harold), Pearl (married Ray Downs and has one child, Minnie Marie), William, Glenn, Willard and Robert. Alice Gertrude Parrett is deceased. Noyes M. Parrett married Ellen Terry and has three children, Olive, Clay and Margaret. Dio Ladell Parrett married Belle Coe and has one son, George, deceased. George Clyde Parrett married Alda Long and has two children, Cleo and Eugene. Anna Blanche Parrett married Benton Cross and has one son, George Benton.
Mr. Parrett was a life-long member of the Methodist church and was always interested in the welfare of the church. He was a stanch advocate of temperance and was a loyal supporter of the Prohibition party. He was one of the most successful farmers of Madison township and left a well-improved farm of two hundred acres. He was a man of kindly impulses and was always ready to assist those less fortunate than himself, with the result that he was one of the best loved men in the county. He was a man of domestic tastes and was never happier than when seated by his own fireside surrounded by his loved ones. He left a name which was free from all censure and a requtation which places him among the representative men of his county.
From History of Fayette County Ohio - Her People, Industries and Institutions by Frank M. Allen (1914, R. F. Bowen & Company, Inc.)