Margaret Parish

(1864-1949)

Biographical Data

Important Dates

Margaret Parish was born on November 3, 1864, in Hillsborough, NC. She died on October 1, 1949, and was buried in Hillsborough Townl Cemetery in Hillsborough, NC.

Relatives

• Parents: Calvin E. Parish (1832-1898) [1] and Elizabeth Palmer Lynch (1833-1918)  [1].
• Spouse: Samuel Mallett Gattis [1].
• Maternal grandparents: Lemuel Lynch (1808-1893) [1] and Margaret Palmer [1].
• Siblings:
  • two brothers, Calvin R. Parish (1876-1907) [1] and Harry Lynch Parish (1862-1917) [1].
  • three sisters, Elizabeth Clancy Parish (1872-1914) [1], Ida Parish (1860-1888) [1] and Agnes Parish [1].
• Others: A.J. Wooton (brother-in-law) [1] and V.L. Epes (brother-in-law) [1].

References

1. Mary Claire Engstrom. The Book of Burwell Students: Lives of Educated Women in the Antebellum South. (Hillsborough: Hillsborough Historic Commission, 2007).