Warren Parrish
Reverend Warren F. Parrish | |
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| Born | Warren F. Parrish January 10, 1803 Mendon, New York, United States |
| Died | January 3, 1877 (aged 73) Emporia, Kansas, United States |
| Resting place | Maplewood Memorial Lawn Cemetery 38°25′12″N 96°12′22″W / 38.420°N 96.206°W |
| Spouse | Martha H. Raymond |
Warren Farr Parrish (January 10, 1803 – January 3, 1877) was a leader in the early Latter Day Saint movement. Parrish held a number of positions of responsibility, including that of scribe to church president Joseph Smith Jr. Parrish and other church leaders became disillusioned with Smith after the failure of the Kirtland Safety Society; left the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in 1837; and formed a short-lived church in Kirtland, Ohio in 1838 which they called The Church of Christ, after the original name of the church organized by Smith. This church soon disintegrated as the result of disagreement between its leaders. By 1844, Parrish was working as a Baptist minister in the Fox River area of Wisconsin & Illinois.