Iola Lee Durham1878–
- Name
- Iola Lee Durham
- Given names
- Iola Lee
- Surname
- Durham
 Birth | about 1878 31 34 Note: Birth date/place based on 1880 Census |
 Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
 Census | June 18, 1880 (Age 2 years) |
 Birth of a brother | Samuel W Durham October 19, 1880 (Age 2 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Myrtle Durham November 1885 (Age 7 years) Note: Birth date/place based on 1900 Census. |
| Birth of a sister | Vera Durham June 28, 1891 (Age 13 years) |
| Death of a father | William L Durham July 29, 1896 (Age 18 years) Note: Document names Tennessee Durham (nee McGehee) as William's beneficiary. |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 20 years)Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War |
| Death of a sister | Acland Durham September 10, 1901 (Age 23 years) |
| Death of a sister | Myrtle Durham before 1910 (Age 32 years) Note: In the 1910 Census, her husband was listed as being a Widow |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 38 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Death of a brother | Savannah Commodore “SC” Durham September 13, 1918 (Age 40 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 39 years)Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I |
| Death of a mother | Tennessee McGehee December 1, 1918 (Age 40 years) Note: Death Certificate states she died on Dec 1, 1918. Not sure why the tombstone shows a different date. |
| Historical Event | Spanish Influenza Epidemic 1918 (Age 40 years)Note: Spanish Influenza killed over 500,000 people in the United States, and somewhere between 20 and 40 million in what has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in history - http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/ |
| Death of a sister | Vera Durham April 17, 1923 (Age 45 years) Associate: Arthur Daniel Poteete
Associate: Tennessee McGehee
Associate: William L Durham
Note: The death information was provided by Vera's husband, Arthur Daniel Poteete. Note: Death Certificate documents that her father was William L Durham and mother was Tennessee McGee (aka, McGehee). |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 51 years)Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression |
| Death of a sister | Lenora Alice Durham November 11, 1940 (Age 62 years) Associate: Henry Nichols
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| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 63 years)Note: The United States enters World War II after the attack at Pearl Harbor, a global war that involved the vast majority of the world's nations and including all of the great powers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II |
| Death of a brother | Milerage Lindsey “JD” Durham August 23, 1951 (Age 73 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 72 years)Note: The Korean War was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War |
| Death of a brother | Samuel W Durham June 8, 1974 (Age 96 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 68 years)Note: The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The divisive war, increasingly unpopular at home, ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control two years later. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War |
 Death | unknown |
| Family with parents |
| father |
William L Durham Birth: about 1847 — Georgia, United States Death: July 29, 1896 — Arkansas, United States |
| mother |
Tennessee McGehee Birth: March 18, 1843 43 28 — Arkansas, United States Death: December 1, 1918 — Arkansas, United States |
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Marriage: September 6, 1866 — Conway, Arkansas, United States |
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17 months elder sister |
Acland Durham Birth: February 9, 1868 21 24 — Arkansas, United States Death: September 10, 1901 — Plumerville, Conway, Arkansas, United States |
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2 years elder brother |
Milerage Lindsey “JD” Durham Birth: February 10, 1870 23 26 — Howard, Conway, Arkansas, United States Death: August 23, 1951 — Perry, Arkansas, United States |
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19 months elder brother |
Savannah Commodore “SC” Durham Birth: September 15, 1871 24 28 — Arkansas, United States Death: September 13, 1918 — Plumerville, Conway, Arkansas, United States |
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2 years elder sister |
Lenora Alice Durham Birth: February 6, 1874 27 30 — Arkansas, United States Death: November 11, 1940 — Arkansas, United States |
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3 years elder sister |
Ollie A Durham Birth: about 1876 29 32 — Arkansas, United States Death: |
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3 years herself |
Iola Lee Durham Birth: about 1878 31 34 — Arkansas, United States Death: |
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3 years younger brother |
Samuel W Durham Birth: October 19, 1880 33 37 — Arkansas, United States Death: June 8, 1974 — Plumerville, Conway, Arkansas, United States |
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5 years younger sister |
Myrtle Durham Birth: November 1885 38 42 — Arkansas, United States Death: before 1910 — Arkansas, United States |
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6 years younger sister |
Vera Durham Birth: June 28, 1891 44 48 — Arkansas, United States Death: April 17, 1923 — Plumerville, Conway, Arkansas, United States |
| Mother’s family with David Pruitt |
| step-father |
David Pruitt Birth: about 1844 23 31 — Kentucky, United States Death: |
| mother |
Tennessee McGehee Birth: March 18, 1843 43 28 — Arkansas, United States Death: December 1, 1918 — Arkansas, United States |
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Marriage: about 1860 — Arkansas, United States |
| Birth | Birth date/place based on 1880 Census | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Census | 1880 United States - Census transcript - William L Durham - Household
Union, Conway, Arkansas, United States
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