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Below is a family biography included in Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Jackson County, Arkansas published by Goodspeed Publishing Company in 1889. These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary. Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more. There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.
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Alexander S. Parish, M. D., of Jackson County, student of the Allopathic School of Medicine, was born in Tennessee. He is a brother of the Hon. J. W. Parish. In 1871 he came to Arkansas, and began the study of medicine with Dr. P. S. Woodward, and in 1879 took his first course of lectures at Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tenn. He continued in Dr. Woodward’s office until the fall of 1880, when he returned to the University, graduating in 1881, after which he returned to Jackson County, and actively engaged in the practice of his profession. March 26, 1884, our subject married Miss Annie Phillips, of Arkansas, daughter of Col. T. H. and Amanda (Robinson) Phillips, the father a native of Georgia, and the mother of Arkansas. They have one child, William Theodore, born March 31, 1885. Dr. Parish is one of the deservedly successful physicians of this portion of the community. Earnest, careful and searching in the investigation of the science to which he has given his best attention, he has become well-informed, keeping thoroughly apace with the advancement made in this profession. His practice is a happy illustration of his worth.
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