My research so far on WM Parrish for my wife.

So, I have been researching my wife's ancestry.
Starting with my wife's grandfather, Clute McCord Parrish, I started delving in to see how far back I could go.
Clute proved relatively easy to track down as did a lot of information on his father, George Daniel Parrish.

George Daniel Parrish was born in 1860. I was able to deduce this from census records where he and Clute were both listed. I am pretty sure this is where he is buried. Both my wife's great grandparent's and great-grandparent's on the Wingard side are also buried there. The Parrish family has very distinct connections through the census records to Autauga County and later Elmore County (which was once part of Autauga). and the area around Lightwood, Deatsville and New Hope Church.

It is trying to find the father and mother of George Daniel that is proving difficult as there are records that show different names for the wife.
It is probably a W M Parrish and possibly W may be Wesley.

I will show what I have found so far.

The census record from 1880 Elmore, New Hope, lists a G. Danil Parrish (b. 1860) as living in the household of Mary Fuller (b. 1834) with several other Parrishes: Thomas Parrish (b. 1859), Sidney Parrish (b. 1862) and also Willie Johnson (b. 1875 and not related) Everyone here born in Alabama.
I think Mary Fuller is probably the widow of WM Parrish.
Living nearby is first this household William Parrish (b. 1820, GA), Louisa (wife), Edward (son), Della (daughter) and Julias (son).
Second household, Jessee Parrish (b. 1829, GA), Budey (wife), James (son), Eubulus (son), William (son), Jessee (son) and Sarah (daughter)
The heads may be important later as they may be the brothers of WM since one record shows him being born in Georgia.

The 1860 Census for Robinson Springs, Autauga County shows: WM Parrish (b. 1828, GA) overseer, Mary (b. 1836, AL) wife, Janes (b. 1858), George (b. 1860).
The wife would appear to match name wise, but not age wise and Janes, while the birth date could be different due to when the census was taken, is no the same name as Thomas. Could still be the same though just using a middle name.
No other Parrishes appear to live nearby.
Robinson Springs is also farther away from the epicenter of most of the Parrish residences. as seen below. But no place is farther than 15 miles from each other.

I have Alabama Civil War Service Records of Confederate Soldiers that shows a WM Parrish serving with Hilliard's Legion. Hilliard's Legion served at Chickamauga where this WM Parrish was killed.

Parrish W.M. Co.E. 2nd Bat. Hilliard's legion entered March 16,1862 died May 3, 1863 Nara report states coffin and grave

Found these on the Alabama Civil War Service Database. WM Parrish and this both Autauga County. The 4 dependents would match up with the 1880 Census. Not sure on this though.
Interestingly, the NPS database has an alternate name for him Henry M./Parish
If this is my wife's ancestor, then this would be cool for her. She would like to go to the battlefield and I could figure out where his company fought and probably show her the general area where he died. Tactile history is the best history.

We also have, a Marriage event for Wesley M. Parrish to Polly Norris on 02 Apr 1858 in Autauga County. This name is completely different than Mary. Also one that shows the event date as 29 Apr 1858.
But this links back into Sidney from the 1880 census. I found a record of him in Alabama Deaths: 1908-1974. They list his father as Wesley Parrish and mother as Polly Norris. Is it possible that Polly an Mary are the same person? I am starting to think so.

I need to do a bit more research on the Polly/Mary thing and also the possible brothers of Wesley.


Miscellaneous mentions:
Genealogy.com question - Mentions Polly, Thomas, George and Sidney.
Autaugans in the Civil War