- Lucian W. Parrish
Lucian Walton Parrish (
January 10 ,1878 -March 27 ,1922 ) was a U.S. Representative fromTexas .Born in Sister Grove, near
Van Alstyne, Texas , Parrish moved with his parents to Clay County in 1887 and settled nearJoy, Texas .He attended the public schools of Joy and Bowie, Texas, and the North Texas State Normal College atDenton, Texas .He taught school for two years.He was graduated from the law department of theUniversity of Texas at Austin in 1909.He was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice inHenrietta, Texas .Parrish was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-sixth and Sixty-seventh Congresses and served from
March 4 ,1919 , until his death inWichita Falls, Texas ,March 27 ,1922 .He was interred in Hope Cemetery,Henrietta, Texas .ource
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