Parry, Benjamin bio

History of Fulton County, Illinois; together with Sketches of its Cities, Villages and Townships, Educational, Religious, Civil, Military, and Political History; Portraits of Prominent Persons and Biographies of Representative Citizens. Chas. C. Chapman & Co., Peoria, Illinois, 1879, page 455, Astoria Township
Benjamin Parry. Long years ago, when scarcely a steam-boat plowed the Father of Waters, and before the oceans were connected with iron bands, Benjamin Parry made his way to Illinois and selected a home in Fulton Co. in 1835. He was born in Harrison Co., O., Dec. 6, 1814. Elsewhere we have spoken of his parents. Few have witnessed more of the stirring scenes of pioneer life than Benj. Parry and his estimable wife, to whom he was united on the 24th of Sept., 1840. She was a daughter of Edward and Ann Leaf, natives of England, as likewise Mrs. Sarah Parry. The family crossed the ocean to America as early as 1838. After a long and eventful battle in his Western home, Mr. P. has at last conquered, and now resides in comfortable circumstances on his farm in this township. For many years he has led a consistent Christian life.
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