George Randall Parrish (June 10, 1858 – August 9, 1923) was an American lawyer, journalist, and writer - in particular, author of dime novels, including Wolves of the Sea (Being a Tale of the Colonies from the Manuscript of One Geoffry Carlyle, Seaman, Narrating Certain Strange Adventures Which Befell Him Aboard the Pirate Craft "Namur").

[1] The Parrish came to Kewanee in April 1855; the husband forming connections with the pioneer store of Morse & Willard, then situated at the corner of Main and Fourth streets.

From the time of arrival until his death in 1903, Rufus Parrish was ranked among the most prominent citizens of the community in which he conducted a bookstore and held many offices of trust.

Parrish then went to Wichita, Kansas, and became an assistant in the law office of William C. Little, a year later forming a partnership with E. S. Martin, a one-time principal of the Kewanee high school.

Devoting a lot of his time to politics and having achieved a reputation as a public speaker, he was elected city attorney alongside being a delegate to county and state conventions.

His health starting to break down from close confinement, Parrish crossed the plains in 1882 with a cattle party, walking most of the way to Las Vegas, New Mexico.

During the following few months, he worked at tracklaying, engine wiping, and firing between Las Vegas and Albuquerque on the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad, finally going as a sheep driver to Fort Sumner.

He was later ordained by the Blue Valley Association and held pastorates at Harvard, Nebraska, Mattoon, Illinois, Constantine, Michigan, and Marshalltown, Iowa.