Biographical Sketches of Members of Congress, Members of the Legislature, Officers of the State Governement and judges of the Supreme Court of Appeals, West Virigina, 1917 Source: West Virginia Legislative Hand Book and Manual and Official Register, 1917, Compiled and Edited by John T. Harris, Clerk of the Senate, The Tribune Printing Co., Charleston, West Va. pgs. 719 - 770 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES pg. 728 PARRISH, ROY EARL. (Republican.) Born Novem- ber 24, 1868, at Wallace, Harrison county; educated in pub- lic schools and West Virginia Wesleyan College and West Virginia University; attorney by profession; studied law. at the University; member House of Delegates 1913; chairman Republican Executive Committee Harrison county; elected to the Senate in 1914 from the Twelfth District ;jcommittee assignments 1917: Insurance (Chairman); Judiciary, Educa- tion, Railroads, Militia, Public Library, Passed Bills, Virginia Debt. Absent with leave from extra session of 1917, having. entered the officers' military training camp at Fort Benja- min Harrison, Indiana; is now Second Lieutenant U. S. Reserves, stationed at Chillicothe, Ohio. Submitted by: Valerie Crook