The Jubilee History and Biographical Sketches of the [Black] Liberty Association, G. R. Ford. Printed and Published by Times Publishing Company of Smith's Grove, Ky., 1916. Also taken from Barren's Black Roots, Vol. 3, Michelle B. Gorin, (C) May 1993. Used by permission. [Warren Co.] THESSALONIES PARRISH, teacher and soldier, was born 14 miles south of Glasgow, near Rocky Hill, Ky., January 4, 1886. He enlisted in the U. S. Army for service in the Philippine Islands. On his tour around the world in 1909 he visited the Holy Land. He married Miss Pattie Thelma Baker, June 14, 1911. He professed hope in Christ November 16, 1915, through the preaching of Reverends Tom Brown and Luther Shobe. He is living a consistent member of the Rocky Hill Missionary Baptist Church. Parrish Baker Brown Shobe = Philippines http://www.rootsweb.com/~kygenweb/kybiog/warren/parrish.t.txt