Melissa (Williams )Parish

Melissa (Williams) Parish, a full-blood Choctaw, Roll Number 4695, was born 10 December 1889 in Jack's Fork County, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory to Forbis and Molsey Williams. She was married to Elias Parish, 02 May 1913 in Antlers, Pushmataha County, Oklahoma by L. P. Davenport, County Judge. She died in August of 1974 in Antlers, Pushmataha County, Oklahoma and was interred in Sugar Loaf Cemetery, Pushmataha County (Between Darwin and Antlers), Oklahoma. She was the mother of Sham, Sampson, Elijah, Elizabeth, and Noah Parish. Photo furnished by