I was just browsing through the messages and ran across a message from Dewey Parris concerning his father, Henry F. Parris. I thought you might be interested in this coincidence. My father's name was Henry Thomas Parris (born in 1888, died 1947) and my brother's name was Dewey Carl Parris (born 1918? and died in 1989?) Wish there was a connection, but I doubt it. My father said his father's name was Eli, but I can't get anywhere. Good luck with your search.