Census Records

Here I have provided a list of his census records.  I do not know where he was in 1790, nor 1800.  Presumably by 1800 he should have been in Bedford County, but he does not appear there.

1810 Census:
Greenfield Twp, Bedford County, PA
Joshua Parrish
2 white males <10 (Thomas - 6, ??)
3 white males 10-15 (George - 15, James - 13, Joseph - 10)
1 white male 16-25 (John - 16)
1 white male 26-44 (Joshua - 40)
2 white females <10 (Elizabeth - 4, Mary - 0)
1 white female 26-44 (Barbara - 40)

1820 Census:
Cambria Twp, Cambria County, PA
Joshua Parrish
1 white male <10 (Peter - 6)
1 white male 16-18 (Thomas - 16)
3 white males 16-26 (James - 23, Joseph - 20, Thomas - 16)
1 white male >45 (Joshua - 50)
1 white female <10 (Mary - 10)
1 white female 10-16 (Elizabeth - 14)
1 white female >45 (Barbara - 50)
11 people in agriculture
8 other persons except Indians not taxed  (I don't know who this would be, there are no slaves or free people of color living with him)

1830 Census:
Cambria Twp, Cambria County, PA
Joshua Parish
1 white male <5 (??)
1 white male 5-10 (??)
1 white male 15-20 (Peter - 16)
1 white male 50-60 (Joshua - 60)
1 white female 20-30 (Mary - 20)
1 white female 60-70 (Barbara - 60)

1840 Census:
Cambria Twp, Cambria County, PA
Joshua Parrish
1 white male 15-19 (??)
1 white male 70-79 (Joshua - 70)
1 white female 10-14 (??)
1 white female 70-79 (Barbara - 70)
2 persons employed in agriculture
1 white person over 20 who cannot read or write

1850 Census:
Cambria Twp, Cambria County, PA
Barbara Parrish, age 80, born in Maryland, cannot read or write, $2160=value of real estate owned
Note: she's living in the household of her youngest son, Peter Benedict Parrish.  Joshua is deceased, died in 1840.

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