Angell, Truman O (1967), "Truman O. Angell, 1810-1887, Autobiography (1810-1856)", Our Pioneer Heritage (10): 195–213. "Also Parish, the clerk and cashier, robbed the bank of about $20,000. These things crippled the bank and caused it to suspend business soon after; and false brethren in consequence forced President Smith to Missouri, seemingly to save himself."
Woodruff, Wilford (1865). "History of Wilford Woodruff (From his own pen)". Millennial Star. Woodruff records that "Mr. Kent, the postmaster, showed me a letter containing two sheets of foolscap, signed by Warren Parrish and several of the Twelve, who had apostatized and been cut off from the Church. The communication was full of slander and falsehoods against Joseph Smith and all that stood by him."
"W F Parish", United States census, 1870; Emporia, Lyon, Kansas; page 8, line 9, Family History film 545937, National Archives film number M593. Retrieved on 2017-01-19.
Parrish, Warren (February 5, 1838). "Letter from M. (sic, W.) PARRISH, Kirtland, February 5, 1838". Vol. 2, no. 14–15. Painesville Republican. Retrieved 2007-02-06. Angry over the failure of the bank, Parrish wrote of Joseph Smith and Sidney Rigdon: "I believe them to be confirmed Infidels, who have not the fear of God before their eyes, notwithstanding their high pretensions to holiness."
Parrish, W (October 1, 1838). "Letter from W. Parrish, Kirtland, August 11, 1838". The Evangelist. Retrieved 2007-02-06. In this letter, Parrish also claims that Joseph Smith and Sidney Rigdon "are notorious infidels."
