Joe Parish
J. R. Parish was listed in the Reference Book of the Lumbermen's Credit Association, January 1905 at Tatum, and again in 1907. A G. R. Parish was cutting lumber at Tatum in 1915. J. R. Parish was listed again, this time in 1928, as sawing wood at Tatum, in the Southern Lumberman's Directory of American Saw Mills and Planing Mills. In 1934, the company was noted under the name of Joe Parish, who had a sawmill and planing mill at Tatum.
Mill Details
Alpha Numeric Key:
RU
Owner Name
Joe Parish. G. R. Parish. J. R. Parish.
Location
Tatum
County
Rusk
Years in Operation:
30
Start Year:
1905
End Year:
1934
Decades:
1900-1909,1910-1919,1920-1929,1930-1939
Period of Operation:
1905 to 1934
Town:
Tatum
Company Town:
1
Peak Town Size:
154 in 1905; 1200 in 1928; 425 in 1934.
Mill Pond:
2