The old family home was at Gilmanton, New Hampshire, but Parrish' parents removed to Kewanee from Boston, where Rufus Parker Parrish had been engaged in business and was prominently associated with William Lloyd Garrison and others in the anti-slavery cause.
The ancestral home of the Parrish family was located in Gilmanton, New Hampshire, but they moved to Kewanee from Boston, where their son, Rufus Parker Parrish, had been involved in business and was a prominent figure in the anti-slavery movement alongside William Lloyd Garrison and others.