Alexander Parry farmed on the 27th Sideroad, north and west of town.  He was on the farm October 14, 1883 when William Donaldson, Postmaster, brought him a startling telegram.  His nephew, Henry Parry, was dead and he was asked to notify the young man's folks.  Henry was  24 years old and had left Toronto to work at the Lyceum Theater in Chicago.  He died of suffocation in a small room on the third floor of the building during one of Chicago's blazing theatre fires.  Mr Parry's diary simply says: "Oct. 13 - Henry died."  Later Mr. Parry retired to a fine brick house in town on Anne Street.  It was while he was on a trip to Portage la Prairie, Manitoba that another interesting occurrence took place.  From The Beaver, Tuesday, September 22, 1908: "A recent issue of the Winnipeg Free Press tells of an adventure which befell Mr. Alex. Parry, of this village, who is at present travelling in the West, while stopping at a hotel in Portage, la Prairie.  During the night, while Mr. Parry was peacefully slumbering, some bold, bad man entered his room and swiped his breeches.  Nor was this the worst.  The thief neglected to fell in the pockets before departing with his booty, and so forgot to leave behind him $40 which was in one of them."  (from Hillsburg's Heyday, by Patricia Kortland)

The 1901 census says his date of birth was Feb. 29, 1859.  He came to Canada from the US in 1859.
1901 Census of Canada Page Information District: ON WELLINGTON (South/Sud) (#126) Subdistrict: Erin B-6 Page 7
Parry Alexander M Head M Sep 29 1859 41 
Parry Elizabeth F Wife M Nov 16 1867 33 
Parry John M Father W Feb 14 1828 73

1911 Census / Ontario / Wellington South / 11 Erin Township / page 4 
Perry Alexander M Head M Sep 1859 51  
Perry Elizabeth F Wife M Nov 1863 43

Cemetery transcription for Huxley Cemetery, page 33, grave 18-1 Parry/ Alexander G. Parry/ Born Sept. 29, 1859. Died May 9, 1938/ His Wife/ Elizabeth Nodwell/ Born Nov. 18, 1867. Died Fed. 7, 1940/  A picture of the stone is on file.