The Shemwell Family

Mary C ParhamAge: 79 years18681948

Name
Mary C Parham
Given names
Mary C
Surname
Parham
Birth December 23, 1868 33 24
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 9 days)

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
Census September 1, 1870 (Age 20 months)
Birth of a sisterEller Jane Parham
December 15, 1877 (Age 8 years)
Birth of a sisterElizabeth Parham
about 1877 (Age 8 years)
Birth of a brotherJohn Henry Parham
December 1877 (Age 8 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 9 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Death of a paternal grandfatherShemwell Parham
before 1880 (Age 11 years)
Census June 3, 1880 (Age 11 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherChristiana Gibbons
after 1880 (Age 11 years)
Birth of a sisterHattie M Parham
September 29, 1882 (Age 13 years)
Birth of a brotherGeorge Walton Parham
May 2, 1885 (Age 16 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 29 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 brotherJohn Henry Parham
March 4, 1905 (Age 36 years)
Death of a fatherAllen Parham
November 23, 1905 (Age 36 years)
Death of a brotherWilliam S Parham
November 17, 1908 (Age 39 years)
Death of a motherElizabeth M Douglass
July 31, 1909 (Age 40 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 47 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 48 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 49 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/
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 60 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 sisterHattie M Parham
May 25, 1942 (Age 73 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 72 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
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 77 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 December 19, 1948 (Age 79 years)
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: February 8, 1866Gasconade, Missouri, United States
11 months
elder brother
23 months
herself
Mary C Parham
Birth: December 23, 1868 33 24Missouri, United States
Death: December 19, 1948Laclede, Missouri, United States
9 years
younger sister
Eller Jane Parham
Birth: December 15, 1877 42 33Laclede, Missouri, United States
Death: April 10, 1958Laclede, Missouri, United States
1 month
younger brother
John Henry Parham
Birth: December 1877 42 33Missouri, United States
Death: March 4, 1905Laclede, Linn, Missouri, United States
1 month
younger sister
6 years
younger sister
Hattie M Parham
Birth: September 29, 1882 47 38Missouri, United States
Death: May 25, 1942Laclede, Missouri, United States
3 years
younger brother
George Walton Parham
Birth: May 2, 1885 50 40Brownfield, Laclede, Missouri, United States
Death: May 23, 1956Dove, Laclede, Missouri, United States

Mary C Parham has 24 first cousins recorded

Census1870 United States - Census transcript - Allen Parham - Household

Miller, Maries, Missouri

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREPEBirthplaceFFBMFBBornMarSchoolReadWriteInfirmCitDis
Parham, Allenhead35MWCarpenterMO
Parham, E Mwife25FWMO
Parham, W Sson3MWMO
Parham, M Cdaughter1FWMO

Census1880 United States - Census transcript - Allen Parham - Household

Auglaize, Laclede, Missouri

NameColorSexAgeMonRelationCondMYOccupationUnEmSickBlindDDIdioticInsaneDisabledSchoolReadWriteBPFBPMBP
Parham, AllenWM45headMFarmerTNNCTN
Parham, ElizaWF35wifeMKeeping HouseMOMOMO
Parham, WilliamWM11sonSLaborerMOTNMO
Parham, Mary CWF10daughterSMOTNMO
Parham, JohnWM4sonSMOTNMO
Parham, ElizaWF3daughterSMOTNMO