John R. Parish
John R. Parish was the next Prosecutor of this county. He was a son of Roswell Parish, and born at Canterbury, Windham Co., Conn., in 1786; educated in the common schools and the Plainfield Academy, which was in a town of that name close to Canterbury. He read law in the office of his uncle, John Parish, of Windham, and was there admitted to the bar. In 1816, he came to Columbus, Ohio, and began the practice of his profession. He was a man of vigorous mind, a good lawyer, and soon obtained a fair share of the litigated business. In 1820, he was elected to the Legislature from Franklin County, and re-elected in 1821; was a popular legislator, and upon the expiration of his second term, was appointed Prosecuting Attorney of that county. Prior to this, he served as Prosecutor of Madison, viz., in the September term, 1816, and from December, 1817, up to the close of 1819. Mr. Parish married Mary Phillips, of Columbus. Like many lawyers of that period, he indulged in the convivialities of the times. He died in June, 1829; was a cousin of Judge Orris Parish, and is said to have been much the abler lawyer, and better versed in the legal learning of the profession.
From History of Madison County - W. H. Beers [Chicago, 1883]