sentences:  The Parrish came to Kewanee, then the merest excuse of a village, in April, 1855; the husband becoming connected with the pioneer store of Morse & Willard, then situated at the corner of Main and Fourth streets.A little later the firm became Parrish & Faulkner, the business finally being sold to Elias Lyman, being thus the nucleus for the large department store of Lyman-Lay Company.From the time of arrival until his death in 1903, Rufus Parrish was ranked among the most prominent citizens of this community, where he conducted a book store and held many offices of trust.