The Shemwell Family

Amanda BarnardAge: 35 years18601895

Name
Amanda Barnard
Given names
Amanda
Surname
Barnard
Married name
Amanda Parham
Birth May 24, 1860
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 10 months)

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
Historical Event
The Alaska Purchase
1867 (Age 6 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 6 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 8 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
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 17 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
MarriageJesse Franklin ParhamView this family
October 1889 (Age 29 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Creed Edward Parham
February 24, 1892 (Age 31 years)
Death December 4, 1895 (Age 35 years)
Family with Jesse Franklin Parham - View this family
husband
herself
Amanda Barnard
Birth: May 24, 1860Tennessee, United States
Death: December 4, 1895Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Marriage: October 1889Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
2 years
son
Creed Edward Parham
Birth: February 24, 1892 36 31Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: May 2, 1973Arlington, Virginia, United States
Jesse Franklin Parham + Mollie Rice - View this family
husband
husband’s wife
Marriage: before 1910
-19 years
step-son