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Lucian Walton "Father" Parrish (January 10, 1878 – March 27, 1922) was a
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from
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, and a star college athlete and coach. Born in Sister Grove, near
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, Parrish moved with his parents to Clay County in 1887 and settled near
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where they owned a ranch. He attended the public schools of Joy and Bowie, Texas, and the North Texas State Normal College at
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(now the
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).


College Athlete

After teaching school for two years, he attended the University of Texas from 1903-1906 where he played football and ran track. Parrish was a
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on the Varisty football team, and captained the team in 1906 helping them to go 9-1 and 4-0 in conference play and made the all-Southern Team every year. He captained the track team in 1904. He also served as president of the Political and Economic Association and of the Student Association. He stayed at Texas to go to Law School and served as an assistant coach for 2 years under coach W. E. Metzenthin in 1907-08 during which time the team went 11-5-1. He graduated from the law department of the
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with M.A. and law degrees in 1909. In 1913 he was He was chosen for an all-time Texas team by R. W. Franklin and in 1970 he was named to the Longhorn Hall of Honor.


Political career

Parrish was admitted to the bar in 1909 and commenced practice in
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and practiced law with William Wantland. A lifelong
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, Parrish was elected as to the Sixty-sixth and Sixty-seventh Congresses and served from March 4, 1919 until his death in 1921


Death

Parrish was campaigning for the nomination for U.S. Senator for Texas when he was seriously injured in an automobile crash on March 15, 1922. Parrish was driving from Anson to Roby when his car plunged off a bridge over the Cottonwood Creek in Fisher County. He injured his skull and broke his jaw. He was taken to a hospital in Stamford. His condition got worse and he was transferred to a hospital in
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. Twelve days after he was hurt, he died at the age of 44 of cerebral meningitis, which had developed during his convalescence."Rep. Lucian W. Parrish Dies of Fatal Injuries Received While on Senatorial Campaign", ''El Paso (TX) Herald'', March 28, 1922, p. 5 He was interred in Hope Cemetery in
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See also

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Parrish, Lucius Walton
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