Maurice Ray Parrott ^{1 2}

   Another name for Maurice was Maurice Perrott.¹

   FamilySearch ID: LHQL-N9K.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Newspaper: St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Marriage Licenses: Maurice R. Parrott, 3457A Crittenden, and Mai L. Beecher, 3630 Shaw., 14 Dec 1910, Saint Louis, St. Louis, MO. ⁴

2. Newspaper: St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Exchange Member Gets A Very Handsome Gift, 23 Dec 1910, Saint Louis, St. Louis, MO. ⁵ Maurice R. Parrott of the Merchant's Exchange was the recipient of a beautiful chest of silver from his friends on the floor Friday, on his return home from his honeymoon trip. Parrott, or "Denny," to his floor members, was escorted to the directors' rooms where Rodger P. Annan Sr. made the presentation speech. Parrott in expressing his thanks laughingly remarked it was just what he wanted to give his bride for Xmas. She was Miss Mae Beecher of 3630 Shaw avenue, until a week ago.

3. Census in 1920 in Saint Louis, St. Louis, MO. ⁶ The 1920 census recorded Maurice Parrott, grain broker, 30, living with wife Mai, 29. Maurice and his father were born in Illinois, and his mother in Indiana. Mai and her parents were born in Missouri.

4. Census in 1930 in Saint Louis, St. Louis, MO. ⁷ The 1930 census recorded living in a $20,000 home at 215 Bristol Road: Maurice Parrott, grain broker, 40, with wife Mai B., 40, and son Dennis B., 9 months old when the census was recorded on 11 Apr 1930. Maurice and Mai were married for 21 years. Maurice, his parents, and Mai were born in Illinois. Her parents and Dennis were born in Missouri.

5. Newspaper: St. Louis Post Dispatch: M. R. Parrott, Grain Man, Hurt In Fall At Exchange, 19 Sep 1934, Saint Louis, St. Louis, MO. ⁸

6. Newspaper: St. Louis Post-Dispatch: "Maurice R. Parrott Dies Following Fall. Victim of Injuries Suffered Sept. 19 At Merchants' Exchange.", 28 Sep 1934, Saint Louis, St. Louis, MO. ²

Maurice married Mai Ledgerwood Beecher, daughter of James M. Beecher and Margaret Ann Parker, in Dec 1910 in Saint Louis, St. Louis, MO.¹ (Mai Ledgerwood Beecher was born on 12 Jan 1890 in Chicago, Cook, IL,^{9 10 11} died on 1 Jan 1948 in Sarasota, Sarasota, FL ¹² and was cremated on 5 Jan 1948 in Kirkwood, St. Louis, MO.)