John H. Parrett
John H. Parrett, farmer, and member of the State Board of Equalization, was born in Ross County, October 11, 1821, and is a son of Joseph F. and Sarah Barrett, natives of Virginia, who came to Ohio in September, 1814, with a family of ten children.
John H., our subject, was married on the 25th day of December, 1850, to Miss Sarah A. Harper, daughter of Caleb and Mary Harper, of Ross County. They have a family of four children: Caleb H., Joseph, Mollie, and Sallie. Mr. Parrett is a member of the Presbyterian Church. He was county commissioner and justice of the peace of Wayne Township for some three years. He has a farm of two hundred and fifty acres seven miles south of Washington, adjoining the village of Good Hope, where he makes his home. He is one of the most enterprising farmers of the county, and a man of influence wherever he is known.
