1. William Parrott was born in 1803 in England.

General Notes: Came to US in 1833

William married Maria Beck. Maria was born in 1812 in England and died in Schoharie, Schoharie Co., New York.

Children from this marriage were:

   2 F    i. Charlotte Parrott was born in 1834 in New York.

   3 F    ii. Maria Parrott was born in 1835 in New York.

+ 4 M    iii. Mathies Parrott was born on 11 May 1837 in Schoharie, Schoharie Co., New York and died on 22 Apr 1900 in Battle Creek, Calhoun Co., Michigan at age 62.

   5 F    iv. Caroline Parrott was born in 1839 in New York.

   6 F    v. Christina Parrott was born in Feb 1845 in New York.

   7 F    vi. Eve Mary Parrott was born in 1845 in New York.

   8 M    vii. William Parrott Jr. was born in 1846 in New York.

General Notes: Established the Parrott Hotel in Schoharie.
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Schoharie still focused on the Parrott House
6/13/2018, By Jim Poole

"Frustrating but optimistic" is the way supporters of the Parrott House describe their feelings about the Schoharie landmark's recovery.

And that recovery may take a while, as those close to the project continue to seek a buyer for the flood-damaged former restaurant, bar and hotel.

"It keeps the fabric of the village whole," said Schoharie Mayor John Borst. "It's one piece that's critical to Schoharie."

Ever since Hurricane Irene in 2011\endash\endash and maybe before\endash\endash the Parrott House story has been one of starts and stops.

Dennis and Ruth Coughtry bought the Parrott House in 2015 and started restoration. But they moved out of the area, and although the project stopped, the Coughtrys still own the building.

It was almost exactly a year ago that Village of Schoharie officials planned to use grant money to buy and restore the Parrott House.

Those plans fell through, and now Madison Wellman, who works for the Schoharie Community Development Corporation and the Schoharie County Industrial Development Agency is looking for a buyer.

Mr. Wellman has had a few leads. Developer Carver Laraway was interested but decided he needed a partner before going forward, Mr. Wellman said.

Two others are interested in the property, he added.

The general idea is to restore the building to its former heyday as a restaurant and bar on the first floor and hotel rooms above.

"For generations, it was the center meeting place for banquets and big affairs," said Mayor Borst.

"But more importantly, it was a place to get people out of their backyards and homes and get together."

Those times may be coming again\endash\endash if the numbers work.

"The next step is to determine whether an investor can get a return if he turned it into a hotel," Mr. Wellman said.

"There's a question of keeping it filled. I'm feeling confident it could because there's a shortage of hotel space."

A study done last year estimated restoration at $7 million.
That price seems too steep, according to Nan Stolzenburg, a planner and board member of the Community Development Corporation.

She cited an earlier restoration estimate of $1.5 million.

Cost will depend on its use. John Wilkinson, chair of the Community Development Corporation, said the foundation is sound, but there's electrical, plumbing and roof work to do, along with heating, ventilation and air conditioning.

Although price is the key issue, the importance of the Parrott House is undeniable, Ms. Stolzenburg said.

Schoharie's comprehensive plan, done in 1995, identified the building as essential to Main Street and the village's economic development.

And for the long-term recovery plan after Irene, "the number-one thing people focused on was getting the Parrott House back," Ms. Stolzenburg said.

A half-dozen years later, people still feel that way, she added.
"We all hope that it will be kind of what it was," Ms. Stolzenburg said. "We need to find someone that has the vision and sees the long-term value."

At the same, though, she agreed with Mr. Wellman by adding that "restoration's got to make economic sense.
"We're frustrated but still optimistic."

http://www.timesjournalonline.com/article.asp?id=103817

+ 9 M    viii. Alfred Parrott was born in Jul 1848 in Schoharie, Schoharie Co., New York.

William next married Ann. Ann was born in 1819 in New York.

Children from this marriage were:

   10 M    i. George Parrott was born in 1852 in Schoharie, Schoharie Co., New York.

   11 F    ii. Mary Parrott was born in 1855 in Schoharie, Schoharie Co., New York.

   12 M    iii. Seward Parrott was born in Dec 1859 in Schoharie, Schoharie Co., New York.

4. Mathies Parrott (William¹) was born on 11 May 1837 in Schoharie, Schoharie Co., New York and died on 22 Apr 1900 in Battle Creek, Calhoun Co., Michigan at age 62. Another name for Mathies was Matt Parrott.

General Notes: Bio- Parrott Talk 11:49. Became a prominent journalist in Iowa

Matt. Parrott is a native of Schoharie, Schoharie County, New York, and was born on the 11th of May 1837. He is a son of William and Maria (Beck) Parrott. William Parrott was a baker by trade, with quite as many children as he could supply with bread, there being ten in all, our subject standing third from the head. At thirteen, in the autumn of 1850, Matt. Entered the office of the Schoharie " Patriot," then published by Peter Mix, and received his first lessons in the art of printing. In 1854 he left this office, a full-blown journeyman printer, and took his first " tramp." Obtaining a situation in the job department of the Troy, New York, "Traveler," he remained a few months; returned to his native town and worked in the "Republican" office until early in 1855; went to Utica, and obtained a situation on the " Morning Herald "; in July, 1856, started for the west; spent a few weeks on the Chicago " Democrat," published by John Wentworth; went to Davenport, Iowa, in August, and worked in the "Evening News" office until about the 1st of February, 1857, when he connected himself with the office of Luse, Lane and Co., who were then printing the debates on the new constitution. The following summer, he found a situation on the Burlington " Hawkeye." In December of the same year he went to Anamosa, Jones county, and entered into partnership with C. L. D. Crockwell in the publication of the " Eureka," a paper then in its first year. In the autumn of 1863 we find Mr. Parrott once more in the office of Luse, Lane and Co. (this time in the position of foreman), then the largest job- printing and publishing house in the state. He remained in that situation until 1869. In February of the year just mentioned, in company with J. J. Smart, he purchased the office of the " Iowa State Reporter " at Waterloo, Black Hawk County, a paper originated as a democratic organ, and which had died of the political measles at the end of about eight months. Two months later the "Reporter" was revived as a republican paper; a bindery was added in June, and the business of manufacturing blank books for counties actively commenced. In 1872 James L. Girton became a member of the firm, and the name was changed to Smart, Parrott and Co. In January 1876, Mr. Smart retired, and J. P. Sherman took an interest, and the firm name was changed to Parrott, Girton and Sherman. The "Reporter" has a spacious and inviting home of its own, forty by eighty feet, built by Smart and Parrott. Mr. Parrott has been in the council of Waterloo two or three years; was president of the school board of East Waterloo independent district in 1873 and 1874, and is now mayor of Waterloo, being elected in March, 1877, and reflected on the 4th of March, 1878, after a unanimous nomination and an almost unanimous vote, receiving all but seventeen in a poll of eight hundred and eleven. These positions all came to him unsought, and were accepted only after repeated solicitations from his neighbors and townsmen. In January 1878, Mr. Parrott was a candidate for state binder before the general assembly, and after a lively canvass, with two competitors in the field; he was nominated on the first ballot. His official term will not commence until the 1st of May 1879. Should his business take him to Des Moines, even temporarily, he will be missed in Waterloo. Mr. Parrott has been a member of the Masonic fraternity since 1860, and has held various official positions. On the 25th of October 1859, he was married at Davenport to Miss Frank M. Field, youngest daughter of Isaac N. Field, and they have three boys. Mr. Parrott has gray eyes, a florid complexion, an unwrinkled face, a young look, a pleasant disposition, and the cordiality of a sincere, honest and warm heart. He is five feet and eight inches tall, weighs one hundred and. ninety pounds, and has very symmetrical proportions.

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He went on to serve in the Iowa State Senate, and was Lieutenant Governor of Iowa from 1896-1898.

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MATT PARROTT DIES IN IOWA
Ex-Lieutenant Governor of Iowa Passes Away at Battle Creek, Mich., After Lingering Illness

Waterloo, Ia., April 22.--[Special.]-- Former Lieutenant Governor of Iowa Matt Parrott died last night at a sanitarium at Battle Creek, Mich. The cause of his death was Bright's disease, of which he had been a sufferer fro some time. On the advice of his physicians early in January he went to Eureko Springs, Ark., and about a month ago was taken to Battle Creek with the hope that the ravages of the disease might be overcome. His death, while expected, has proved a shock to this community and to the State at large.

Mr. Parrott was born in Schoharie County, New York, on May 11, 1837. At the age of 18 he began work at the printers' trade in his native town. A few years later he came west and worked in Chicago on the old Democrat when John Wentworth was the editor. In 1869 he came to Waterloo and purchased an interest in the Iowa State Reporter, which with his sons, he conducted since that date.

Chicago Daily, 23 Apr 1900
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Printing Firm Marks 100th Year

Matt Parrott Established Family 'Dynasty' With Historic Effect on Waterloo and Iowa

BY PATTY JOHNSON

Printing and Parrott have been interrelated since 1850 -- and in Waterloo for a century.

The 100th year of the liaison between the two will be marked, appropriately enough by 100 guests next Thursday when Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Parrott entertain at a dinner in the Walnut Rooom of the Elks Club for employes of Matt Parrott & Sons Co.

Robert Parrott, grandson of the founder, is now chairman of the board, with Harrington Buck as president.

Among the special guests invited to the event, in addition to retired employes, are Matt Parrott, son of Lou G. Parrott, an Jay Parrott, son of James S. Parrott. Lou and Jim were among the original owners.

Third of 10 Children
The first Matt was a native New Yorker, son of William and Maria Parrott, English immigrants who settled in Albany and later in Schoharie, where young Matt, third of 10 children, was born in 1837.

At 13, he began his printing career at the The Patriot in Schoharie, where he worked until 1854 to become a journeyman printer and pressman. After two years more of work in New York, he came to Chicago to work for the Chicago Democrat. Then young Matt tried Iowa, where he found a home. After working on the Burlington Hawkeye and serving as foreman of a printing company, interspersed with a period of co-ownership of the Anamosa Eureka, he and Jay Smart purchased the Democrat Organ in Waterloo in 1868.

Political Switch
However, the paper was not to Parrott and Smart's political tastes. They changed the name to the Iowa State Reporter after two months and then a couple of months later added a bindery and the manufacturer of blank books for Iowa counties. Both facets of the business thrived. So did Parrott, who became a civic leader as well as a newspaperman and printer. By 1884, the business was wholly a Parrott project, Smart having retired in 1876 and other associates between 1880 and 1883.

In 1859, Matt had married Miss Frank M. Field at Davenport and the couple had three sons: William, L. G. (Lou) and James S. Parrott. When Matt took over the firm in its entirety as Matt Parrott & Sons, William and Lou became associates. By then, in a building 40 by 80 feet in size, the Reporter considered its facilities as spacious and well-equipped as any in the state.

Parrott himself was on his way to becoming known throughout Iowa. A Mason and a Whig, he was one of the founders of Christ Episcopal Church. He also served on the Waterloo City Council for three years, was president of the East Waterloo school board in 1873 and 1874 and was elected mayor three times in 1877, 1878 and 1879 when he received all except nine votes in a total of 1,050.

His business and political career went hand-in-hand. He served as state binder from 1879 to 1885 and was nominated that year by acclamation as a Republican state senator and elected that November. He served eight years, plus two as lieutenant governor from 1896 to 1898.

Dad Took Over
When he died in 1900, his son, William Field Parrott, later known throughout Iowa as "Dad," became president of Matt Parrott & Sons Co. He'd been brought up on printer's ink and had traveled by horse and buggy through the area selling printing supplies and Reporter subscriptions. The firm was incorporated in 1908. After the newspaper was merged with the Waterloo Courier in 1914, the company continued its printing and commercial sales work.

"Dad" Parrott also was given credit for the completion of Hwy. 20 from Dubuque to Sioux City as part of bus campaign for better roads. He was a co-founder of the Iowa Good Roads Association, a member of the Black Hawk County Republican Central Committee for more than 50 years, secretary for 10 years of the National Editorial Association and a frequent observer at sessions of the Iowa legislature.

Children Shareholders
L.G. Parrott, who'd been an editor of the newspaper, died in 1911 and was succeeded by Dad until its sale three years later. Then Jim and Dad bought out Lou's estate and continued the business until Dad's death in 1945 when Jim became president and Dad's three children: Robert, Elizabeth Parrott Wenner and Frances Parrott Pearson, were equal shareholders of their father's stock, Before Jim died in 1948, Robert had purchased his interest and later those of his sisters.

The dinner Thursday will include Waterloo relatives, as well as officials and directors from throughout Iowa.

Planted the Seed
Although the newspaper facet of Matt Parrott's enterprise no longer exists, he planted the seeds which grew into the present plant at 514 Bratnober St., third location for the business, and now including commercial printing, business and governmental supplies, advertising layout and design, office furnishings and office planning services, the latter housed at nearby 319 Broadway.

Matt Parrott began life as the village baker's son, but the family empire he founded rose from his own conviction that a man gains in stature by more than what fills his stomach. Matt Parrott created his own successful recipe for enriching the mind.

The Courier, 18 Feb 1968, Sun, Page 25

Mathies married Frances Maria Field on 25 Oct 1859 in Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa. Frances Maria was born on 19 Sep 1841 in Ypsipilanti, Washtenaw Co., Michigan and died on 27 Dec 1927 in Waterloo, Black Hawk Co., Iowa at age 86.

Children from this marriage were:

+ 13 M    i. William Field Parrott was born on 1 Jul 1860 in Anamosa, Jones Co., Iowa and died on 16 Mar 1945 in Waterloo, Black Hawk Co., Iowa at age 84.

+ 14 M    ii. Louis Gilbert Parrott was born on 2 Dec 1863 in Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa and died on 1 Feb 1911 in Waterloo, Black Hawk Co., Iowa at age 47.

+ 15 M    iii. James Sears Parrott was born on 27 Jun 1875 in Iowa and died in Aug 1948 in Rainy Lake, Ontario, Canada at age 73.

   16 F    iv. Kate Parrott was born on 7 Aug 1878 and died on 19 Aug 1878. She had no known marriage and no known children.

9. Alfred Parrott (William¹) was born in Jul 1848 in Schoharie, Schoharie Co., New York.

Alfred married Mary Brewster. Mary was born in Feb 1853 in New York and died on 17 Jul 1925 in Schoharie, Schoharie Co., New York at age 72.

Children from this marriage were:

   17 F    i. Maria B. Parrott was born in Jun 1874 in Schoharie, Schoharie Co., New York.

Maria B. married Samuel Albert Scranton on 10 Oct 1900. Samuel Albert was born in 1876 in New York.

   18 M    ii. Col. Ralph Brewster Parrott was born on 20 Oct 1876 in Schoharie, Schoharie Co., New York and died on 29 Mar 1959 in New York at age 82.

General Notes: CAPT. PARROTT FOR RUTGERS
Captain Ralph Brewster Parrott, now stationed at Fort Sheridan as captain of the 27th Infantry, has been assigned as military instructor at Rutgers College to succeed Captain Smiley, who will be transferred in October.

Capt. Parrott is an alumnus of the college, having been graduated in the class of 1897. He was the best soldier in college during his term.

He was appointed second lieutenant from civil life in 1898, and assigned to the 27th Infantry. He was then appointed first Lieutenant and assigned to the Fifteenth Infantry, and was then made captain of the 28th Infantry.

He is a member of Delta Phi. His home is in Schoharie, N.Y.

The Central New Jersey Home News, 17 Apr 1906, p 1

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CAPT. PARROTT GOES TO CUBA
Rugers military instructor leaves to-night to rejoin 27 infantry- George Nuttmann in charge.

Captain Ralph B. Parrott, who was detailed at Rutgers College by the War Department as instructor of military science and tactics, has now been ordered by the department to join his regiment, the Twenty-seventh infantry, which is in Newport News, Virginia, preparing to join the army of occupation in Cuba.

The captain expects to leave New Brunswick to-night.

He has been here since the college opening, taking up the drill work where it was left off when Captain Smiley left the college last Spring. The military work in the college will be conducted by George W. Nuttmann until another army officer is assigned by the War Department. It is likely, of course, that the army will be ordered home from Cuba in a short time, in which case the probabilities are that Captain Parrott will return to Rutgers.

Captain Parrott is a Rutgers graduate, for which reason his management of the military squad was being watched with especial interest. The 27th infantry will sail for Cuba in a few days.

The Central New Jersey Home News, 04 Oct 1906, p 1

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CAPT. RALPH B. PARROTT, Formerly instructor in military tactics at Rutgers, has left Fort Sheridan, Ill., for Manila, Phillipine Islands. He is with the 27th Infantry.

The Central New Jersey Home News, 25 Oct 1912, p 2

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Parrott Makes His Mark Abroad
Ross N. Hood, of Philadelphia, who served as a Y.M.C.A. secretary in France, was a visitor in New Brunswick to-day. Mr. Hood, while abroad, had the good fortune to meet Col. Ralph Parrott, a graduate of Rutgers College and a former Metuchen resident. Mr. Hood was greatly impressed with Col. Parrott's military career in war, and like everyone who knows him, believes he is the ideal soldier.

Col. Parrott now has the important position of Provost Marshal of Paris, and is regarded as one of the coming men of the United States Army. Those who claim to know state that had the war gone six months more, Col. Parrott would have been given the rank of brigadier-general.

Col. Parrott was in the Argonne drive with the First Army Corps held in reserve, and was frequently under machine gun fire. He was in the last drive made by the Germans the Sunday before armistice was signed. This was between the Seille and Moselle rivers, just beyond Pont-A-Mousson. Col. Parrott left this country for the war zone last June.

The Central New Jersey Home News, 23 Apr 1919, p 4

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Officers Get New Assignments.
Col. Ralph B. Parrott, U.S. infantry, has been assigned to duty in the office of the Adjutant General, War Departmetn, and Col. Ralph Harrison, now on duty in that office, has been transferred to Chicago, Ill., for duty.

Evening Star (DC), 20 May 1919, p 32

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Col. Parrott Goes to Camp Dodge.
Col. Ralph B. Parrott has been relieved from duty in the office of the adjutant general of the Army and ordered to Camp Dodge, Iowa, for duty as division adjutant.

Evening Star (DC), 01 Mar 1920, p 5

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Col. R.B. Parrott Dies At 83
Ralph B. Parrott, 83, retired colonel of the U.S. army, died Saturday at Albany hospital.

Born in Schoharie on Nov. 7., 1875, he was the son of Alfred and Maria Brester Parrott. He had never married. Col. Parrott was an 1897 graduate of Rutgers University.

He is survived by a sister, Mrs. S.A. Scranton, and two nephews, Samuel and Alfred Scranton; three grand nieces, Carole, May Louise and Sally Scranton, all of Schoharie.

He enlisted in the U.S. Army when the Spanish American war broke out and made the army his career which was very colorful. He served in the Philippine conflict and World War I when he was a provost marshal in Paris at the conclusion of the war under General John J. Pershing. He worked with Theoodre Roosevelt on legal matters on the formation of the American Legion in Paris 40 years ago.

He retired from military service in 1936. He was a member of the Schoharie Reformed church for 60 years, and also was a member of the Schoharie American Legion post 1261.

A private funeral service was conducted at the convenience of the family at the late residence. The Rev. R.J. Hoeksma officiated. Burial will be in Lutheran cemetery, Schoharie.

Unsourced obit posted on Find a Grave 133582299

13. William Field Parrott (Mathies², William¹) was born on 1 Jul 1860 in Anamosa, Jones Co., Iowa and died on 16 Mar 1945 in Waterloo, Black Hawk Co., Iowa at age 84.

William Field married Jane Fisher. Jane was born on 7 Jun 1862 in Iowa and died on 16 Sep 1942 in Waterloo, Black Hawk Co., Iowa at age 80.

Children from this marriage were:

   19 F    i. Elizabeth Parrott was born on 25 Jan 1884 in East Waterloo, Black Hawk Co., Iowa and died on 18 Feb 1973 in Waterloo, Black Hawk Co., Iowa at age 89.

Elizabeth married Edward Jackson Wenner. Edward Jackson was born on 3 Jul 1880 in Benton, Jackson Co., Iowa and died on 27 Mar 1967 in Waterloo, Black Hawk Co., Iowa at age 86.

   20 M    ii. Robert Wallace Parrott was born on 9 Jun 1885 in Waterloo, Black Hawk Co., Iowa.

Robert Wallace married Ellen F. Law. Ellen F. was born in 1886 in Iowa.

   21 F    iii. Frances Parrott was born on 25 Jul 1887 in Iowa and died on 26 Apr 1973 in Waterloo, Black Hawk Co., Iowa at age 85.

14. Louis Gilbert Parrott (Mathies², William¹) was born on 2 Dec 1863 in Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa and died on 1 Feb 1911 in Waterloo, Black Hawk Co., Iowa at age 47.

Louis Gilbert married Anna Roebuck. Anna was born on 23 Dec 1869 in Waterloo, Black Hawk Co., Iowa and died on 7 Jun 1959 in Waterloo, Black Hawk Co., Iowa at age 89.

Children from this marriage were:

   22 F    i. Marjorie M. Parrott was born in Dec 1892 in Iowa.

Marjorie M. married Henry Melaas. Henry was born on 16 Nov 1888 in Bluffton, Winneshiek Co., Iowa and died in Oct 1965 in Decorah, Winneshiek Co., Iowa at age 76.

+ 23 M    ii. Matt N. Parrott was born on 21 Jun 1906 in Waterloo, Black Hawk Co., Iowa and died in Mar 1985 in Waterloo, Black Hawk Co., Iowa at age 78.

15. James Sears Parrott (Mathies², William¹) was born on 27 Jun 1875 in Iowa and died in Aug 1948 in Rainy Lake, Ontario, Canada at age 73. {FGID: 66124222}

General Notes: JAMES PARROTT, PRINGTING FIRM PRESIDENT, DIES
Succumbs in Sleep While on Vacation at Rainy Lake, Can.
James S. Parrott, 73, of 329 Prospect avenue, died in his sleep Tuesday night at Rainy Lake, Ontario, Canada, where he had been fishing with his son, T. (Al) Parrott, 168 Sans Souci boulevard.

Though cause of death had not het been determined Wednesday noon, it was assumed by the family that Mr. Parrott was the victim of a sudden heart attack.

He had been in comparatively good health, according to the family. The body is at St. Francis, Ontario, from where it will be sent to Parrott & Wood funeral home.

Born in Waterloo. Mr. Parrott was born in Waterloo June 27, 1875, at 415 East Third street, the son of Matt and Frances Parrott. He married Susan L. Myers in Waterloo Oct. 7, 1897. The couple celebrated their golden wedding anniversary last October.

He was president of Matt Parrott & Sons Co., printers and stationers. A life long Waterloo resident, Mr. Parrott was a member of Rotary club, Elks club, a Mason and a life vestryman in Christ Episcopal church.

Has Two Sons. Surviving are his wife, at home, two sons, James M., 219 Highland boulevard, and T. (Al). He was preceded in death by daughter and two brothers.

Funeral arrangements are bing planned at Parrott & Wood funeral home.

Waterloo Daily Courier, 18 Aug 1948, p 3



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Funeral services for James S. Parrott, 73, of 329 Prospect Avenue, who died in his sleep at Rainy Lake, Ont. Tuesday night, will be conducted Saturday at 10:30 a. m. in Christ Episcopal Church.

Rev. Charles Gunnell, rector of the church will officiate. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery.

The body will arrive in Waterloo from Ft. Francis, Canada, via Rock Island railroad Thursday at 9:35 p.m., and will be taken from Parrott & Wood Funeral Home to the family home shortly after noon Friday.

The body will remain at the family home until Saturday at 8 a.m. then taken to the church where it may be viewed until shortly before services begin. The casket will not be opened after services.

Waterloo Daily Courier, Thursday, August 19, 1948
Posted on Find a Grave 66124222

James Sears married Susan Louise Myers on 7 Oct 1897 in Black Hawk Co., Iowa. Susan Louise was born in Mar 1877 in Alden, Hardin Co., Iowa and died in 1955 in Waterloo, Black Hawk Co., Iowa at age 78. {FGID: 66124209}

Children from this marriage were:

+ 24 M    i. James Myers Parrott was born on 22 May 1905 in Waterloo, Black Hawk Co., Iowa and died on 15 Mar 1969 in Sarasota Co., Florida at age 63.

+ 25 M    ii. Thomas Alfred Parrott was born on 14 Feb 1907 in Waterloo, Black Hawk Co., Iowa and died on 19 Aug 1958 in Venice, Sarasota Co., Florida at age 51.

23. Matt N. Parrott (Louis Gilbert³, Mathies², William¹) was born on 21 Jun 1906 in Waterloo, Black Hawk Co., Iowa and died in Mar 1985 in Waterloo, Black Hawk Co., Iowa at age 78.

Matt N. married Lillian. Lillian was born on 23 Dec 1907 in Iowa and died in Jan 1982 in Waterloo, Black Hawk Co., Iowa at age 74.

The child from this marriage was:

   26 F    i. Sonya Lou Parrott was born on 5 Oct 1936 in Iowa and died on 3 May 2016 in Sandy Springs, Fulton Co., Georgia at age 79.

General Notes: Sonya Parrott Smith passed away peacefully at her home in Sandy Springs on the evening of May 3rd, 2016. A Memorial Service will be held in honor of this accomplished woman's life. Sonya's last wish was a graveside service that would be held at the site where her husband, Garrett Jennings Smith was buried when he preceded her in death in 1999.

The Memorial Service will be held Monday, May 9, 2016 at Arlington Memorial Park, 201 Mount Vernon Highway, NW, Sandy Springs, Georgia 30328, (404)255-8511. All attendees are asked to assemble at the Park's main entrance between 10:45 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. We will proceed after assembly in a procession to the gravesite. Reverend Ashley Fitzpatrick Jenkins will administer last rites for Mrs. Smith.

All attendees are invited to a reception following the Memorial Service at Dunwoody United Methodist Church, 1548 Mount Vernon Road, Dunwoody, Georgia 30338, (770) 394-0675. The United Methodist Women at Dunwoody United Methodist will host this reception with light refreshments and an opportunity to continue the celebration of Sonya's life. In lieu of flowers for the service donations will be accepted to the P. E. O. Foundation which is a national society dedicated to provide financial assistance to women seeking postsecondary education opportunity through financial assistance. Donations may be presented at the reception or mailed to: P. E. O. Foundation, Executive Offices, 3700 Grand Avenue, Des Moines, Iowa 50312. Please note donations are in memory of Sonya P. Smith, a past President of the Atlanta Chapter of P. E. O.

http://obits.dignitymemorial.com/dignity-memorial/obituary.aspx?n=Sonya-Smith&lc=7119&pid=179898162&mid=6917961


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SMITH, Sonya Parrott Sonya Parrott Smith- passed away Tuesday, May 3, 2016. A Memorial Service will be held Monday, May 9, 2016 at 11:00am at Arlington Memorial Park, all attendees are asked to assemble at the Park's main entrance between 10:45 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. All attendees are invited to a reception at Dunwoody United Methodist Church following the Memorial Service. Please visit www.sandyspringschapel.com for more information.

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Friday, May 6, 2016

Sonya Lou married Garrett Jennings Smith. Garrett Jennings was born on 27 May 1937 in Point Peter, Oglethorpe Co., Georgia and died on 17 Jan 1999 in Georgia at age 61.

24. James Myers Parrott (James Sears³, Mathies², William¹) was born on 22 May 1905 in Waterloo, Black Hawk Co., Iowa and died on 15 Mar 1969 in Sarasota Co., Florida at age 63. {FGID: 89034201}

General Notes: PARROTT, JAMES M., 63, of Casey Key, Nokomis, Saturday (March 15, 1969). Born in Waterloo, Iowa and came to Nokomis 12 ago from there. Owned and operated an office equipment and printing service for 32 years. Member of the Venice Yacht Club and Venice Elks. Survived by his wife, Lucy J.; a son, James M., Nokomis; two daughters, Mrs. Susan Kolek, Memphis, Tenn. and Mrs. Gretchen Buck, Waterloo, Ohio and five grandchildren. Rawles Funeral Home, Venice.

St. Petersburg Times, 18 Mar 1969, p 11D

James Myers married Floreen C. Wente on 14 Nov 1934 in Waterloo, Black Hawk Co., Iowa. The marriage ended in divorce. Floreen C. was born on 28 Apr 1912 in Waterloo, Black Hawk Co., Iowa and died on 19 Sep 2006 in Waterloo, Black Hawk Co., Iowa at age 94. {FGID: 78322410}

Marriage Notes: Announced in Waterloo Sunday was the engagement and approaching marriage of Miss Floreen C. Wente, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H.W. Wente, to Mr. James Myers Parrott, son of Mr. and Mrs. J.S. Parrott, all of Wateroo. The marriage will be an event of November.

Miss Wente was graduated from West Waterloo high school and attended the University of Iowa for two years, where she was a member of Delta Gamma sorority. Mr. Parrott is a graduate of Shattuck Military academy at Faribault, Minn. He is employed by Matt Parrott and Sons, Waterloo.

Iowa City Press-Citizen, 29 Oct 1934, p 7

James Myers next married Lucy Jane Miller Lockwood. Lucy Jane was born in 1916 in Waterloo, Black Hawk Co., Iowa and died in 1974 in Sarasota Co., Florida at age 58. {FGID: 89034202}

25. Thomas Alfred Parrott (James Sears³, Mathies², William¹) was born on 14 Feb 1907 in Waterloo, Black Hawk Co., Iowa and died on 19 Aug 1958 in Venice, Sarasota Co., Florida at age 51.

General Notes: VENICE, Aug. 20. - Thomas Alfred Parrott, 51, a resident of Casey Key for one year, died in the Venince Memorial Hospital yesterday. A native of Waterloo, Iowa, Mr. Parrott was a Winter visitor here for seven years before making it his permanent home. He was a memer of the Parrott Insurance Agency in Waterloo for 30 years. Mr. Parrott was a member of the Venice-Nokomis Lodge 1854, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, and the Waterloo Lodge No. 290, F&AM, the Bobby Jones Golf Club, Sarasota, and the Venice Yacht Club. Survivors include: His widow, Mrs. Elsie C. Parrott; a son, Thomas A. Parrott, II; and a brother, James M. Parrott, all of Casey Key.

The Tampa Tribune, 21 Aug 1958, p 2A

Thomas Alfred married Elsa Magretha Christoffersen. Elsa Magretha was born on 19 Nov 1906 in Anita, Iowa and died on 29 Dec 2002 in Cedar Falls, Black Hawk Co., Iowa at age 96.

The child from this marriage was:

+ 27 M    i. Thomas Alfred Parrott was born on 15 Feb 1942 in Waterloo, Black Hawk Co., Iowa and died on 4 Mar 2021 in Denver, Bremer Co., Iowa at age 79.

27. Thomas Alfred Parrott (Thomas Alfred⁴, James Sears³, Mathies², William¹) was born on 15 Feb 1942 in Waterloo, Black Hawk Co., Iowa and died on 4 Mar 2021 in Denver, Bremer Co., Iowa at age 79.

General Notes: Thomas A. Parrott, 79, of Denver, died Thursday, March 4, 2021 at his home following a battle with cancer. Tom was born February 15, 1942 in Waterloo, the son of Thomas & Elsie (Christoffersen) Parrott. He married Linda Denkinger on September 6, 1969 at St. John Lutheran Church in Cedar Falls. Tom was a Quality Engineer at John Deere until retiring.

Survivors include his wife, Linda Parrott of Denver; one son, Thomas (Linda) Parrott of Centennial, Colorado; one daughter, Michelle (Stephen) Morgan of Denver, Colorado; four grandchildren, Jaden and Max Parrott, Maddie and Nate Morgan and close extended family: Ericksons, Hansens, Havenstrites, Matt Weichers and Louw van Wyk.

A Virtual Visitation of Celebration & Remembrance hosted on Zoom will take place from 4-6 p.m. Friday, March 12. 2021. Anyone who would like to submit a written message, audio recording, or video recording to be shared at the Friday Zoom sharing time can submit those to pastorbrian@stjohncf.org.

The service will be at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, March 13, 2021 at St. John Lutheran Church in Cedar Falls. Attendees must bring and wear a mask, and social distance. Those unable to attend in person may join through the livestream at facebook.com/stjohncf. The service will also be accessible there for several weeks afterward. Memorials may be directed to Cedar Valley Hospice. Dahl-Van Hove-Schoof Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

https://www.dahlfuneralhome.com/obituary/thomas-parrott