Barbara Ellen Buffington Parrish

Barbara Ellen Buffington was born at Gnadenhutten, Tuscarawas county, Ohio, August 14, 1840. To this union were born five sons and two daughters all of whom, with the husband survive. They are George E. Parrish, of Rosalie, Neb., J. Ross Parrish, of Herman, Theodore Parrish of Omaha, Mrs. P.S. Hopkins, of Omaha, Mrs. A.C. Trevits, of Omaha, Lynn A. Parrish, if Omaha and Jess C. Parrish of Omaha. Mrs. Parrish was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Buffington. Her mother’s maiden name was Johnson. Both traced their ancestry back to colonial days, an ancestor of Mr. and Mrs. Buffington having been one of the early settlers at Jamestown, Va.

Mr. and Mrs. Parrish with Mr. and Mrs. Buffington drove from Ohio to Nebraska reaching Blair late in the fall of 1879. It was a very severe season and four weeks were consumed in crossing the state of Iowa. In the spring of 1881 they came to Herman. The Buffington’s took a farm nearby while Mr. Parrish opened a blacksmith shop in Herman. Several years later, when Mr. Buffington died Mr. and Mrs. Parrish moved to the farm which they operated until the death of Mrs. Buffington after which they moved to Herman where they have resided ever since.

Mrs. Parrish became a member of the Methodist church in Ohio while yet a child and adhered to the faith all her life. She was a consistent worker in church circles up to a few years ago when failing health made it impossible for her to continue her labors.

Her death was due to the ailments incident to old age coupled with the effects of long years of hard work and the hardships and privations which are braved by all pioneers of a new country. She had suffered from a general break down for the past year and had been practically helpless. Though death could hardly have been unexpected the end came without immediate warning. It was painless though she was conscious to the last moment. Funeral services were held at the Methodist church Thursday at 2:30 o’clock. Interment at the Herman cemetery.

Pilot 18 June 1924

Parrish, Ellen Buffington (Mrs. S.M.)

Mrs. S.E. Evans had word yesterday morning that her sister, Mrs. S.M. Parrish, died at her home in Herman at 6 o’clock that morning, following a long illness from diabetes and other troubles incident to old age, she being nearly 86 years of age. The funeral will be held at the Methodist church at 2 o’clock tomorrow. Ellen Buffington was born in Tuscarawas county, Ohio, August 13th, 1838, and was married there March 4th to S.M. Parish. They came to live in Blair for several years. Later they moved to the George L. Buffington farm near Herman and still later into Herman. She is survived by her husand and seven children, two daughters, Mrs. Phil H. Hopkins, of Herman, and Mrs. Anson Thevits, of Newton, Ia,, and five sons, George, of Rosalie, Ross, of Herman, and Lynn, Jesse and Theodore, of Omaha. Also one sister, Mrs. S.E. Evans, of this city and a brother, Jacob L. Buffington, of Elgin, Neb.

Obituary

Mrs. S.E. Evans, of this city received word Tuesday morning of the death of her sister, Mrs. S.M. Parrish of Herman, early that morning. The deceased leaves her husband and seven children and one brother and one sister, to mourn her passing.

The children are: Geo, of Rosalie, Nebr., Ross, of Herman, Mrs. Phil Hopkins, of Omaha, Theodore, Lynn and Jess, of Omaha, and Mrs. Anson Trevits, of Newton, Ia. The brother is J.L. Buffington, of Elgin, Nebr.

Funeral service will b

e held Thursday at 2:30 at the M.E. church at Herman.

~~~Obituaries courtesy of the Nebraska Washington County Genealogical Society. Newspaper clippings on file in the Blair, Nebraska Public Library~~~

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