Descendants of Roger Lewis Parry

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Generation No. 1

 

1.  ROGER LEWIS1 PARRY was born Abt. 1812 in Talgarth, South Wales, and died Bet. 1880 - 1900 in Monroe County, Ohio.  He married ELIZABETH PUGH.  She was born 11 Mar 1818 in Wales, and died 1882 in Washington County, Pennsylvania.

 

Notes for ROGER LEWIS PARRY:

According to Steve King (as posted on Ancestry.com) He indicates Roger was the son of Lewis Parry (1760-1850) and Mary Jones (Williams).

 

Based on the ages of his children, Roger and his wife, Elizabeth, left Wales, or possibly England, about 1842, when they arrived in Cuba initially (their first child is listed as born in Cuba in the 1850 census). Their daughter, Jane's, birth location is listed as New Jersey in 1850, (three years later) before finally electing to settle in Washington County, Pennsylvania, where the bulk of their children were born.

 

1841 Wales Census:  There was more than one Roger Parry, with a wife, Elizabeth, living in different shire in Wales.  One, Monmouthshire, Wales, may be the best match.  Roger consistently appears on census reports with the birth location as South Wales.  Each of his children regularly indicated both parents were born in S. Wales.

 

1850 Census:  West Finley, Washington County, Pennsylvania

1860 Census:  Wind Ridge, Aleppo, Green County, Pennsylvania

1870 Census:  Magnolia Twp., Wetzel County, West Virginia (New Martinsville P.O.)

 

In 1870 Roger was living alone.  In 1880, his wife Elizabeth was living with their son, William, despite not appearing in the 1870 Pennsylvania census....?  It seems odd Roger would move to West Virginia, while allowing his wife to stay in Pennsylvania.

 

1880 Census:  Washington Township, Monroe County, Ohio

 

In 1880, Roger was living, no wife, with his married daughter, Jane, and her husband James Sparks

Roger does not appear in the 1900 census.  Roger does not appear in the Monroe County, Ohio death index, so it is possible he may have left Ohio and migrated to another state.

 

 

    

Children of ROGER PARRY and ELIZABETH PUGH are:

           i.  LEWIS2 PARRY, b. 11 Feb 1838, Wales; d. 24 Dec 1914, Higbee, Pennsylvania; m. MARY CATHERINE WOOD, 1859; b. 1837, West Virginia; d. 13 Feb 1915.

          ii.  JANE R. PARRY, b. 04 Oct 1841, New Jersey; d. Bef. 1934; m. JAMES SHARKS; b. 1839, Ohio.

         iii.  WILLIAM M. PARRY, b. 12 May 1843, Beallsville, Washington County, Pennsylvania; d. Bet. 1920 - 1930, Washington County, Pennsylvania.

         iv.  HENRY HARRISON PARRY, b. 16 Feb 1845, Beallsville, Washington County, Pennsylvania; d. 1919; m. MARY MALISSA MCVAY.

          v.  MARY PARRY, b. 07 Jan 1847, Beallsville, Washington County, Pennsylvania; d. Bef. 1934.

         vi.  ZACHARY TAYLOR PARRY, b. 30 Nov 1849, Beallsville, Washington County, Pennsylvania; d. Bet. 1920 - 1930, Washington County, Pennsylvania.

2.     vii.  JOHN ROGERS PARRY, b. 14 Jul 1855, Beallsville, Washington County, Pennsylvania; d. 29 Aug 1934, Woodsfield, Monroe County, Ohio.

 

 

Generation No. 2

 

2.  JOHN ROGERS2 PARRY (ROGER LEWIS1)1 was born 14 Jul 1855 in Beallsville, Washington County, Pennsylvania, and died 29 Aug 1934 in Woodsfield, Monroe County, Ohio.  He married (1) CATHERINE A. WATSON 22 Dec 1879 in Monroe County, Ohio, daughter of JAMES WATSON and MARY DEVORE.  She was born 28 Jun 1863 in Monroe County, Ohio, and died 12 Dec 1882 in Monroe County, Ohio.  He married (2) MINNIE ELIZABETH GATCHELL 19 Apr 1886 in Monroe County, Ohio, daughter of JOHN GATCHELL and MARGARET DEVORE.  She was born 22 Jul 1869 in Washington Township, Monroe County, Ohio, and died Aft. 1934 in Monroe County, Ohio.

 

Notes for JOHN ROGERS PARRY:

Spirit of Democracy, Woodsfield, Ohio, dated, August 30, 1934

 

              Dr. J. R. Parry, aged 79 years, highly respected resident of Woodsfield passed away at 6:15 Wednesday morning, August 29th at his home on Eastern Avenue, from an illness of several months, having been in declining health for the past two years.

 

              He is survived by his wife, one daughter, Miss Georgia, of Cleveland; two sons, Dr. Thayer Parry, and Ward Parry, both of Akron. A number of other relatives and a host of friends also mourn his departure.

 

              Also surviving are three grandchildren; Ward Parry, Jr., of Akron and John and June Parry, of Philadelphia, Pa.

 

 One son, Roger, preceded his father in death several years ago.

 

              Dr. Parry was well and favorably known throughout the entire community. He has been practicing medicine for the past fifty-six years.

 

              Funeral services will be held at the home at 3:00 o’clock Friday afternoon in charge of Rev. W. H.___ of the First Presbyterian Church. Interment will be in the Oaklawn cemetery.

 

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Parry, John Rogers Parry  2nd obit

 

Spirit of Democracy, Woodsfield, Ohio, dated, September 13, 1934

 

              John Rogers Parry was born July 14, 1855 and died August 29, 1934. He was born at Buersville, Washington county, Pennsylvania, son of Elizabeth Pugh Parry and Roger Lewis Parry, both of whom were born in Wales.

 

              Dr. Parry was the youngest of nine children, six sons and three daughters, none of whom survive.

 

              Dr. Parry was twice married, first to Katherine A. Watson, daughter of Captain James Watson and Mary Devore Watson, in December 1879. To this union two children were born, Beatrice Lee and Mary Ethel, both of whom died in infancy. Mrs. Parry’s death occurred on December 12, 1882.

 

              On April 19, 1886, Dr. Parry was again united in marriage with Minnie Elizabeth Gatchell, daughter of John D. and Margaret Jane Gatchell, who survives him. To this union five children were born:

 

                             Georgia Parry, instructor in the Heights High School, Cleveland Heights, Ohio.

 

                             John Rogers Parry, who had been practicing eye surgery in Philadelphia prior to his death in that city on November 16, 1925.

 

                             Hildred, who died in infancy.

 

                             Ward Hudson Parry, in business in Akron, Ohio.

 

                             Dr. Thayer L. Parry, of Akron

 

              The following grandchildren also survive:

 

                             Ward Hudson Parry, Jr. of Akron; Jane E. Parry, John Rogers Parry III, of Philadelphia.

 

              At the age of fourteen, J. R. Parry entered Jacktown Academy at Jacktown, Pa. After completing his course there he took his pre-medical work at the Monongahela College and Allegheny College. At intervals during his college work he was engaged in teaching. Meanwhile he was reading medicine under his older brother, Dr. W. M. Parry, and later he took the full course in medicine and surgery then offered at the Ohio Medical College at Cincinnati, now known as the University of Cincinnati.

 

              In 1891 and 1892 he pursued graduate courses in general medicine, physicial diagnosis and operative surgery, at the New York Polyclinic, for which he was granted a diploma in the latter year.

 

              The early years of Dr. Parry’s general practice were spent in Graysville, Monroe County, Ohio. Later he transferred his residence to Woodsfield, entering into professional partnership with the late Dr. T. H. Armstrong.

 

              Coincident with Dr. Parry’s general practice he was U.S. Pension Examiner for 44 years during the entire period of the late war he was physician on the examining board for soldiers; was also a member of the Volunteer Medical Service Corps. Authorized by the Council of National Defense, for which war services he was given special recognition by the government; was surgeon of the O. R. & W. Railway Co. until the line was discontinued a few years ago.

 

              Dr. Parry was a member of the Presbyterian Church; also of B. P. O. E., No. 114, Zanesville.

 

              Throughout the years of his practice he maintained membership in the American Medical Association, and was also a member of the Monroe County Medical Association during its existence.

 

              Dr. Parry practiced his profession for over half a century 56 years to be exact. Although of a naturally rugged physique, the time came when he could no longer practice actively. His struggle against the odds of advancing years finally ended in death. He strove for life with the same persistence which had saved the lives of many of his patients, but it was destined that a career remarkable for useful, kindly service should come to an end.

 

              The passing of a useful life from a community is ever a matter of sorrow and regret upon the part of the citizens of that community. Yet in the passing of these lives we still continue to feel their influence. Many are the thoughts that come to those who mourn at the last rites of a friend. The veil of petty misunderstandings that blind us to the better things of life is for the moment swept aside and we become convinced that out of the intricate maze of experiences, heartaches and disappointments which may be referred to as our daily lives—two things stand out as being superbly worthwhile. Briefly they are, character, and a desire to be of service to our fellow-man. Perfection is never achieved by any mortal. But in striving for excellence in these two desirable attributes we are building a solid foundation for the life eternal.

 

              Dr. Parry’s life was one of devotion to his profession and to his family.

 

              To those who find themselves in position to do so, life affords no greater satisfaction than that offered in aiding those who are willing, to advance themselves in a worthwhile way. For many years during his practice of medicine, Dr. Parry found it advisable to have the assistance of able-bodied young men to help him reach some of the more remote rural calls. Over the coarse of years these young men were numerous. It was Dr. Parry’s great desire that they improve themselves and many of them did so. Today some of these young men, through the aid and encouragement extended to them by Dr. Parry and his family, occupy enviable positions in the business and professional world. Needless to say, their gratitude to the man who started them on the road to success and a broader outlook upon life is deep and everlasting.

 

              Dr. Parry was permitted to live to serve three generations in the practice of his profession a very enviable record. Columns could be written about the sacrifices made and the good deeds performed by him as well as by others, of the older school of physicians in this county who have passed on, but a legion of grateful patients can best attest to this.

 

              Funeral services in charge of Rev. W. Hilton Petry were held from the late home on Friday, August 31st and were largely attended. Burial was in Oaklawn Cemetery.

 

              Among those from a distance who attended the funeral were: Ralph Turner, Mrs. J. R. Parry, Jr., daughter, Miss Jane and son, John, of Philadelphia, Pa.; Mr. and Mrs. Roscoe Burg and son George, New Lexington, Ohio; Mrs. William Williams, Zanesville; Dr. and Mrs. E. P. Edmonds, Sistersville, W. Va.; Knox Watson, McKeesport, Pa.; Mrs. Martin Williams and son Ross, Mr. and Mrs. Jay Booth, all of Graysville; Mrs. Jessie Burkhart, Wheeling; Mr. and Mrs. Cecil King, of Charleston, W. Va.; Dr. F. C. Huth, Cambridge, Ohio; Clarence Harper, Barnesville; Dr. Thayer Parry, Mr. and Mrs. Ward Parry and son Ward, Jr., Akron and Miss Georgia Parry, Cleveland.

 

 

 

 

 

More About JOHN ROGERS PARRY:

Burial: 31 Aug 1934, Oaklawn Cemetery, Woodsfield, Monroe County, Ohio

 

Notes for MINNIE ELIZABETH GATCHELL:

There is a record for a Minnie E. Parry, on the Ohio Death Index, listing a date of death as 23 Nov. 1957, in Licking County, Ohio.

    

Children of JOHN PARRY and CATHERINE WATSON are:

           i.  BEATRICE LEE3 PARRY, b. 13 Nov 1880, Monroe County, Ohio; d. 01 Mar 1882, Graysville, Washington Township, Monroe County, Ohio.

          ii.  MARY ETHEL PARRY, b. 13 Nov 1880, Monroe County, Ohio; d. Graysville, Washington Township, Monroe County, Ohio.

 

    

Children of JOHN PARRY and MINNIE GATCHELL are:

         iii.  GEORGIA3 PARRY, b. 26 Sep 1888, Graysville, Washington Township, Monroe County, Ohio; d. 20 Jul 1980, Cleveland Heights, Cuyahoga County, Ohio.

 

Notes for GEORGIA PARRY:

She never married.

 

         iv.  JOHN ROGERS PARRY, JR., b. 11 Dec 1889, Graysville, Washington Township, Monroe County, Ohio; d. 16 Nov 1925, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; m. FLORENCE DOROTHY MOITZ; b. 26 Oct 1895, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; d. 10 Apr 1983, Doylestown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.

 

Notes for JOHN ROGERS PARRY, JR.:

Military record (from Ancestry.com)

 

John Rogers Parry, First Lieutenant

Residence:  Lima, Ohio

Birth Place:  Woodsfield, Ohio

Birth Date:  11 December 1889

 

Assigns Comment:

 

1 Lieutenant MC 25 Sept 1918 from CL. MC 242 Field Hospital 11 Sanitary Train to 5 Feb 1919; Sanitary Detachment 154 Depot Brigade to Discharge Cp Meade Medical Department Honorable discharge 29 May 1919.

 

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(from directory of deceased american physicians (ancestry.com) )

John Rogers, Jr. Parry

 

Death Date:  December 1925

Death Place:  Philadelphia, PA

 

Type Practice:  Allopath

 

Practice Specialities:

 

Woodsfield, OH, 1913, Jan 25, 1915, Oct 30, 1911, Philadelphia, PA, Aug 16, 1913, Oct 19, 1920, Lima, OH, Nov 19, 1915

 

Practice Dates Places:

 

Woodsfield, OH, 1913, Jan 25, 1915, Oct 30, 1911, Philadelphia, PA, Aug 16, 1913, Oct 19, 1920, Lima, OH, Nov 19, 1915

 

Medical School:  University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, 1911, (G)

 

Education:  Woodsfield High School

 

Cause of Death:  pericarditis

 

 

 

 



 

More About JOHN ROGERS PARRY, JR.:

Burial: 19 Nov 1925, Cedar Hill Cemetery, Philiadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania

 

More About FLORENCE DOROTHY MOITZ:

Burial: 12 Apr 1983, Cedar Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania

 

          v.  HILDRED PARRY, b. Nov 1890, Graysville, Washington Township, Monroe County, Ohio; d. 01 Mar 1891, Graysville, Monroe County, Ohio.

 

Notes for HILDRED PARRY:

Parry, Young Child Parry

 

The Spirit of Democracy, Woodsfield, Ohio, dated, March 5, 1891

 

       A four months old child of Dr. J. R. Parry died on last Thursday.

 

       The funeral took place on Saturday.

 

 

 

         vi.  WARD HUDSON PARRY, b. 20 Sep 1894, Graysville, Washington Township, Monroe County, Ohio; d. Dec 1968, Duval County, Florida; m. MARTHA MORRISON SUTTON, 1947, Tyler County, West Virginia; b. 1895, West Virginia.

 

Notes for WARD HUDSON PARRY:

WWI service history

 

Medical Department Unassigned to 21 Oct 1917; Ambulance Service Section 597 to 25 Feb 1918; Medical Department Unassigned to 3 March 1918; 86 Aer Squadron to Discharge Private, first class 2 Sept 1918. Meuse-Argonne. American Expeditionary Forces 7 March 1918 to 23 May 1919. Honorable discharge 27 May 1919.

 

        vii.  THAYER LEMOYNE PARRY, b. 26 Aug 1902, Graysville, Washington Township, Monroe County, Ohio; d. 20 Mar 1996, Akron, Summit County, Ohio; m. CATHERINE MARY LIVINGSTON; b. 1902, Michigan.

 

Notes for THAYER LEMOYNE PARRY:

He was a physician, just like his father, and graduated from the University of Michigan. 

 

 

 

Endnotes

 

1.  Ohio Historical Society Death Index.

 

 

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