 Joseph Parry LDS Biographical Encyclopedia, Andrew Jenson, Vol. 2, p.685
Parry, Joseph, a High Councilor in the Weber Stake, Weber co., Utah, was born April 4, 1825, at New Marke, Flintshire, North Wales, the son of Edward Parry and Mary Foulkes, and the youngest child of thirteen children. He was baptized Dec. 31, 1846, by Thomas Thomas, ordained a Priest in the spring of 1847 by Simeon Carter at Liverpool, ordained an Elder in the spring of 1852 by John D. Reese at Kanesville, Iowa, ordained a Seventy in the spring of 1853 in Salt City and ordained a High Priest by John Henry Smith in Ogden in 1877. In 1855–57 he filled a colonization mission to Salmon river (now in Idaho). In 1870–71 he filled a mission to Great Britain, during which he presided over the Swansee conference in Wales. In 1863–64 he acted as counselor to the presiding Elder of the Third District in Ogden, after which he presided over said district until 1876. From 1877 until the time of his demise he served as a High Councilor in the Weber Stake of Zion. He emigrated to Utah in 1852 and settled temporarily in Salt Lake City, but the following year (1853) he became a permanent resident of Ogden. He participated in the Johnston army troubles in 1857 and 1858, serving under Lot Smith in Echo canyon. In 1848 (Sept. 1st) Bro. Parry married Jane Payne who died April 18, 1849, en route to Utah. Subsequently he married a number of other wives and became the father of twenty-two children. Bro. Parry served several terms as an alderman and city councilman in Ogden. He was a builder by trade and built and owned the Parry Block on Washington Ave., Ogden. He was also a director of the Consolidated Implement Company. Bro. Parry died in Ogden, Aug. 6, 1911. |
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