HENRY PARISH, miner and farmer, Sec. 12; P. O. Montfort; born in Grant Co. about 1843; his father, Dawson Parish, was one of the earliest settlers of Grant Co.; he was married to Alice Russell, born at Sauk City, Wis., in 1846; they have three children - Jennie B., Walter and Leo R. A sad accident occurred to the family of Mr. Parish Aug. 3, 1880. Two bright and promising boys of Mr. and Mrs. Parish - Loren R. and William H., aged respectively 11-1/2 and 9-1/2 years, on the morning of the day mentioned, started for Mineral Point with a wagon-load of mineral, called black-jack; by some unknown cause the wagon was capsized, and the boys were buried beneath the heavy metal, and, when found, life was extinct.

This biography generously submitted by Roxanne Munns.