Nancy AshleyAge: 89 years1837–1926
- Name
- Nancy Ashley
- Given names
- Nancy
- Surname
- Ashley
- Married name
- Nancy Parham
 Birth | May 7, 1837 |
 Historical Event | Mexican-American War from 1846 to 1848 (Age 8 years)Note: The Mexican-American War was an armed conflict between the United States of America and the United Mexican States from 1846 to 1848 in the wake of the 1845 U.S. annexation of Texas, which Mexico considered part of its territory despite the 1836 Texas Revolution - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican%E2%80%93American_War |
| Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 19 years)Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884 |
 Marriage | Allen Parham — View this family December 12, 1860 (Age 23 years) |
 Birth of a daughter#1 | Martha Lena “Mattie” Parham October 25, 1861 (Age 24 years) |
| Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 23 years)Note: In the spring of 1861, tensions between the northern and southern United States over issues including state's right versus federal authority, westward expansion and slavery exploded into the American Civil War - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War |
| Birth of a son #2 | William A Parham December 21, 1866 (Age 29 years) |
| Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 29 years)Note: The Alaska Purchase was the purchase of 586,412 square miles of new territory by the United States from the Russian Empire (a bargain at two cents an acre) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Purchase |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic 1867 (Age 29 years)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 31 years)Note: The First Transcontinental Railroad was a 1,907-mile contiguous railroad line constructed between 1863 and 1869 across the western United States to connect the Pacific coast with the existing Eastern U.S. rail network - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Transcontinental_Railroad |
| Birth of a son #3 | Allen Parham Jr. August 23, 1872 (Age 35 years) |
| Birth of a son #4 | James Ashley Parham February 21, 1874 (Age 36 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #5 | Mittie Drucilla Parham February 21, 1876 (Age 38 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 40 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
| Marriage of a child | John William Wilburn — Martha Lena “Mattie” Parham — View this family about 1881 (Age 43 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Allen Parham Jr. — Carrie Belle Wilburn — View this family December 25, 1892 (Age 55 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #1 | Hallie Parham August 9, 1893 (Age 56 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #2 | William Herman Parham August 25, 1896 (Age 59 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 60 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 |
| Birth of a grandson #3 | Clyde W Parham July 6, 1900 (Age 63 years) |
| Marriage of a child | David Frank McKell — Mittie Drucilla Parham — View this family between 1910 and 1920 (Age 72 years) |
| Death of a husband | Allen Parham April 26, 1915 (Age 77 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 78 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 79 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 80 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 | July 4, 1926 (Age 89 years) |
| Family with Allen Parham |
| husband |
Allen Parham Birth: December 5, 1832 38 37 — Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States Death: April 26, 1915 — Lamar, Texas, United States |
| herself |
Nancy Ashley Birth: May 7, 1837 — McCracken, Kentucky, United States Death: July 4, 1926 — Roxton, Lamar, Texas, United States |
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Marriage: December 12, 1860 — Hopkins, Texas, United States |
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13 years son |
James Ashley Parham Birth: February 21, 1874 41 36 — Texas, United States Death: January 5, 1939 — Lamar, Texas, United States |
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-7 years son |
William A Parham Birth: December 21, 1866 34 29 — Lamar, Texas, United States Death: January 20, 1935 — Lamar, Texas, United States |
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-5 years daughter |
Martha Lena “Mattie” Parham Birth: October 25, 1861 28 24 — Canyon City, Randall, Texas, United States Death: December 23, 1945 — Maricopa, Arizona, United States |
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11 years son |
Allen Parham Jr. Birth: August 23, 1872 39 35 — Lamar, Texas, United States Death: May 8, 1943 — Lamar, Texas, United States |
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4 years daughter |
Mittie Drucilla Parham Birth: February 21, 1876 43 38 — Texas, United States Death: June 13, 1961 — Honey Grove, Fannin, Texas, United States |
| Allen Parham + Mary Elizabeth Jones |
| husband |
Allen Parham Birth: December 5, 1832 38 37 — Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States Death: April 26, 1915 — Lamar, Texas, United States |
| husband’s wife |
Mary Elizabeth Jones Birth: 1836 — Tennessee, United States Death: August 1858 — Texas, United States |
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Marriage: December 20, 1855 — |
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9 months step-daughter |
Mary Haret Parham Birth: September 20, 1856 23 20 — Texas, United States Death: May 3, 1940 — Lannius, Fannin, Texas, United States |
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23 months step-daughter |
Tennessee Ann “Tennie” Parham Birth: August 23, 1858 25 22 — Lamar, Texas, United States Death: August 11, 1924 — Mineral Wells, Palo Pinto, Texas, United States |