| Last name | Parrish |
| First name | Joseph |
| Display name | Joseph Parish |
| Other names | Joseph Parrish |
| Birth date | 1779 |
| Death date | 1840 |
| Gender | m |
| Affiliations | Society of Friends |
| Bio notes | Phila. Quaker physician. Son of Isaac Parish (c.1734-1826) and Sarah Mitchell Parish; m. (1808) Susannah Cox, daughter of John Cox (1754-1847) and Ann Dillwyn Cox. Apprenticeship with his father; studied medicine with Caspar Wistar (1802); medical degree, Univ. of Pa. (1805); several important medical posts in Phila. President, Pa. Abolition Soc.; opposed capital punishment. |