The Shemwell Family

Name
James Oscar Parham
Given names
James Oscar
Surname
Parham
Birth November 13, 1879 32 31
Census June 21, 1880 (Age 7 months)
Birth of a brotherWilliam Hughlon Parham
March 26, 1882 (Age 2 years)
Birth of a brotherThomas Floyd Parham
October 6, 1884 (Age 4 years)
Birth of a brotherFranklin Wilber “Wilker” Parham
October 28, 1887 (Age 7 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 18 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
Census June 9, 1900 (Age 20 years)
MarriageStella Emma HallView this family
June 29, 1910 (Age 30 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Hazel H Parham
October 8, 1911 (Age 31 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherElizabeth Betsy Brown
July 28, 1913 (Age 33 years)
Note: All living children are noted -b
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 36 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Birth of a son
#2
Leo Max Parham
September 15, 1918 (Age 38 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 37 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
Historical Event
Spanish Influenza Epidemic
1918 (Age 38 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 fatherWilliam Johnson Parham
June 7, 1919 (Age 39 years)
Census January 10, 1920 (Age 40 years)
Death of a motherMary Elizabeth Ford
March 17, 1927 (Age 47 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 49 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
Census April 5, 1930 (Age 50 years)
Marriage of a childRoy Eugene TurnbaughHazel H ParhamView this family
June 8, 1932 (Age 52 years)
Census April 4, 1940 (Age 60 years)
Death of a sisterEva Lesta Parham
July 25, 1944 (Age 64 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 62 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
Marriage of a childLeo Max ParhamVersa Lorena PurdyView this family
January 9, 1948 (Age 68 years)
Census April 5, 1950 (Age 70 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 70 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
Marriage of a childLeo Max ParhamEdna D RobinsonView this family
1957 (Age 77 years)

Death of a sonLeo Max Parham
February 1, 1963 (Age 83 years)
Death of a brotherWilliam Hughlon Parham
April 16, 1963 (Age 83 years)
Death of a brotherFranklin Wilber “Wilker” Parham
April 16, 1963 (Age 83 years)
Death of a daughterHazel H Parham
May 13, 1965 (Age 85 years)
Death of a brotherThomas Floyd Parham
July 19, 1967 (Age 87 years)
Death of a sisterLunetta “Nettie” Parham
March 1, 1968 (Age 88 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 66 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 July 1969 (Age 89 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Rose City Cemetery
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