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Newton Parish, Yuma



March 1883 "Newton Parish is in the jug at Rosita, for burglarizing the Hardware store of Price & Gilbert, a few days ago."

Newton cash-claimed a quarter in section 17, 1N 48W in 1891.

POSSIBLY

Amos Newton Parrish was the son of John 1825-1854 and Mary Ann Pritchard born 1827.

In 1860 Marion County, Virginia, Mary A. Parrish is 33, Mahala E. Parrish 13, Amos N. Parrish 9, Rachel M. Parrish 6, John E. M. Parrish 5, Amelia Prichard 50, and John Freeland 17.

November 1879 St. Joseph, Missouri, "George E. Turner, Silver Cliff, Col., and Miss Susan M. Parrish, of this city. The event took place at tbe residence of th bride's mother, Mrs. Martha Parrish, in the presence of family and friends. The Gazette extends hearty well-wishes for the future of the young couple."

In 1880 Silver Cliff, George E. Turner is 42, Susie Ann Turner 23 Wife, George Turner 13 Son, Martha Jane Parrish 52 Mother-in-law, and Jennie Parrish 25 Sister-in-law.

In 1885 Custer County, Geo. E. Turner is 47, Susan M. Turner 30 Wife, and Geo E. Turner 18 Son.

In 1900 San Diego, George E. Turner is 61, Susan M. Turner 44 Wife, Mildred Turner 9 Daughter, and Eliza Rockford 60 Boarder.


George E. Turner BIRTH 16 Jun 1838 Greenfield, Hancock County, Indiana, DEATH 26 Oct 1908 San Diego, California, BURIAL Mount Hope Cemetery San Diego, California, MEMORIAL ID 41729644.

In 1920 San Diego, Jerry A. Parrish 72, and Susan M. Turner 65 Sister, both widowed.

Susan Margaret Parrish Turner BIRTH 23 Jan 1856 West Virginia, DEATH 18 Dec 1936 San Diego County, California, BURIAL Cremated, Location of ashes is unknown MEMORIAL ID 147554370 .

In 1880 Silver Cliff, Custer County, Colorado, Andrew J. Conway is a lawyer, 38, Mellissa Conway 26 Wife.

May 1885 Rosita "F. B. Koen and wife and Mrs. L. Conway were up from the Cliff Sunday."

Malissa received a widow's pension in January 1889 in Colorado for Andrew's service in H, 95th Ohio Infantry.

In 1910 Audrain County, Missouri, John C. Parrish is a physician, single, 55, Mary A. Parrish 82 Mother - five kids, three living, Melissa Conway 56 Sister, widowed, born in Missouri, a postmistress, and Mary E. Conway 27 Niece.
Malissa Parrish Conway BIRTH 9 Jun 1853 DEATH 10 Jul 1924 BURIAL Vandalia Cemetery Vandalia, Audrain County, Missouri, MEMORIAL ID 136918064.

Wm. T. Nardin and Mary E. Conway married on 27 Oct 1910 in Audrain County.


Mary Ellen Conway Nardin BIRTH 17 Sep 1882 Vandalia, Audrain County, Missouri, DEATH 8 Dec 1961 St. Louis City, Missouri, BURIAL Vandalia Cemetery Vandalia, Audrain County, Missouri, MEMORIAL ID 13691806.

1882 Silver Cliff

September 1882 Silver Cliff "A.N. Parrish will open out tomorrow with a full line of everything that is usually kept in a dry goods and notion store, in C.C. Logan's old stand, Main street. He is a young man, well acquainted with the trade and will be pleased to have the citizens call in and inspect his goods."

September 1885 Silver Cliff, Colorado "A. N. Parrish and Everet Koen came in from western Kansas Monday ."

A. N. Parish, 34 and Mary Anderson married on 3 Mar 1886 in Silver Cliff, Custer County, Colorado.

1896

In 1900 Lamar, "Amoret" Parish is a stock raiser, 49, May A. Parish 34 Wife, John H. Parish 12 Son, and Gail Parish 11 Daughter.






In 1912 the members of the Colorado Senate included ". Twenty-fifth District (Las Animas, Bent, Baca and Prowers Counties - A. Newton Parrish (Holdover Republican). "


Amos Newton Parrish BIRTH 2 Apr 1851 DEATH 23 May 1928 BURIAL Fairmount Cemetery Lamar, Prowers County, Colorado, MEMORIAL ID 66205423.
"President of the First National Bank at Lamar, CO. He and his son, bank teller John Parrish, were killed by four bank robbers on May 23, 1928."

June 1928

"The Lamar, Colo., bandit suspects will go on trial Sept. 17, 1929 at Lamar. Requests for a change of venue was denied Tuesday by Judge A. F. Hollenbeck at a hearing held in Lamar. The three men, "Whitey" Walker, Charles B. Clinton and Floyd Jarrett will be charged with murder in connection with the robbery of the First National bank at Lamar on May 23, 1928, which resulted in the slaying of four men. Walker and Clinton were present for the hearing, having been brought from Colorado Springs where they are being held in jail. Clinton had no attorney and stated that he would have none as he preferred to plead his own case. Floyd Jarrett is being held in the State penitentiary at Canon City. The trials, which will open on Sept. 17, promise to be the most interesting trials to have been held in Colorado in many years."


"William Jennings Bryan (Whitey) Walker, alleged Oklahoma bank robber, gangster and all-around “bad man,” will go to trial here June 17 or 18 for the murder of A. N. Parrish and his son, John F. Parrish, officials of the First National Bank of Lamar."

July 22, 1934 "In Florida, one of the gang members flashed a $5,000 wad of cash and paid $1,500 for a Cadillac with some bills that traced back to Waco and Marlin banks. Arrested as Howard Peoples, the fingerprints returned to one Irvin "Blackie" Thompson.
Meanwhile, Whitey took a shotgun blast in the shoulder during an aborted bank robbery in Tallahassee. He and Roy Johnson were taken into custody and returned to Texas. The state asked for the death penalty for the whole gang, but Blackie Thompson was the only one sentenced to the chair; Walker and Johnson were given life sentences.
The entire gang was sent to the Walls Unit in Huntsville where Whitey Walker took it upon himself to see that his friend Blackie would not be electrocuted in "Ol Sparky" at the Huntsville Death House. It wasn't like desperados hadn't been busted out of a prison before. Bonnie and Clyde had busted their old confederate, the notorious Raymond Hamilton, out of the Eastham Unit along with Joe Palmer, Hilton Bybee, James Mullins and Henry Methvin. The incident was a huge embarrassment for the state's prison system and proved to be the beginning of the end for Bonnie and Clyde.
At Huntsville, Walker enlisted the aid of a man named Charles Frazier to help in the escape attempt. Frazier was, as McConal notes, a man more prone to reaction than thinking. "What he may have lacked in brains he made up for in sheer guts," McConal wrote. Frazier, whose real name was Eldridge Roy Johnson, escaped and was recaptured from prisons in Louisiana and Texas eight or nine times. Combined with a parole granted him in 1922 and a 15-day furlough from which he didn't return, Frazier spent enough time on the outside to pick up another 20 or so years for burglary and robbery along with a murder charge in Arkansas.
He was eventually sent to the Walls Unit in Huntsville, where he tried three times to escape, failing each time. Frazier had more gunshot wounds than he had escape attempts. He considered getting shot part of the deal. He didn't seem to mind it too much.
This was the man Whitey Walker enlisted to help him bust Blackie Thompson out of the Death House on July 22, 1934.
With help from a prison guard who arranged to have guns smuggled into the prison, Frazier pulled a gun on one of the guards and ordered a steward to release Thompson, then Charles Palmer, then Ray Hamilton, who had been part of the Eastham escape.
As they ran from the Death House, Whitey Walker, Roy Johnson and Hub Stanley joined them, but guards caught sight of the men and opened fire as the escape was taking place. Thompson, Hamilton and Palmer made it over the wall.
Walker wasn't so lucky. He had climbed about halfway up the wall when he proclaimed, "God, it looks like we're gone" just as a bullet fired by guard W.W. Roberts passed through both of his lungs, killing him instantly.
Frazier was shot four times - just another day for him. He didn't die, but he wasn't able to make it over the wall. He was thrown into a death row cell and not allowed to shave or get a haircut; guards wanted to be able to recognize him the next time he tried to escape.
Eventually he was sent to Louisiana where he received a life sentence for the Angola prison escape.
Frazier again tried to escape - to no one's surprise - and was shot six times during the process. He lived. Shortly after, he converted to Christianity and spent the rest of his life preaching.
The three who escaped were recaptured or killed, but they stopped by Rogers to pay their respects to Walker. The Houston Post estimated that about 500 people dropped by to pass by Whitey's casket.
Walker is buried in a family cemetery where he is identified on the headstone as Bryan Walker."

His sister Mahala was in Vernon County, Missouri in 1870, Festus B. Koon 28, Mahala E. Koon 20, and John Hixon, a shoemaker born in Ohio, 27.
In Custer County, Colorado in 1880, F. B. Koen, a dry goods merchant 38, M. E. Koen 32 Wife, and E. L. Koen 20 Brother. All three were born in West Virginia.

1882

May 1885 Rosita "F. B. Koen and wife and Mrs. L. Conway were up from the Cliff Sunday."

March 1886 Rosita, Colorado "That F. B. Koen, of Bent county, was in town Tuesday and had to leave without making a dollar - we look sorry."


Eddith Elizabeth Brown Birth Place: Barton Co Kansas Marriage Date: 6 Feb 1898 Marriage Place: Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Father: Robert J. Brown Mother: Mary Alice Wells Spouse: Festus B. Koen.

Festus is in Benton County, Arkansas in 1910, Festus B. Koen 67 , married eleven years to Eddith Koen 28 Wife , and Festus B. Koen Jr. 9 Son.

Festus reeived an invalid pension January 1866, and Eddeth E. Koon a widow's pension in Apri 1932 in Kansas.


POSSIBLY

In 1880 Vernon County, Wisconsin, Jane Parrish is 56, John L. Parrish 32 Son, Samuel T. Parrish 22 Son, Jasper Parrish 19 Son, Nuton Parrish 19 Son is a farmhand, born in Indiana, and Samuel T. Boldon 84 Grandfather.

In 1900 Vernon County, Jasper Parrish is 39, Susie E. Parrish 20 Wife, Arthur Parrish 4 Son, Emmet E. Parrish 2 Son, Nora A. Parrish 8/12 Daughter, Samuel Parrish 41 Brother, and Newton Parrish 39 Brother.

Newton Parrish BIRTH 17 Apr 1861 Wildcat Township, Tipton County, Indiana, DEATH 1923 Hillsboro, Vernon County, Wisconsin, BURIAL Billings Creek Cemetery Ontario, Vernon County, Wisconsin, MEMORIAL ID 21049704.
"Newton was born in Wildcat Township, Tipton County, IN to David and Elizabeth Jane Boldon Parrish. He is the grandson of Old Sam T and Margaret Love Boldon. He is a twin to Jasper.
Newton never married or had children."


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