The Shemwell Family

Name
Bessie Lee Parham
Given names
Bessie Lee
Surname
Parham
Married name
Bessie Lee Tollett
Birth October 29, 1898 22 17
Census June 6, 1900 (Age 19 months)
Birth of a brotherWilburn Miles Parham
July 2, 1900 (Age 20 months)
Birth of a sisterNellie Ruth Parham
1902 (Age 3 years)
Birth of a brotherMason Agee Parham
April 22, 1905 (Age 6 years)
Birth of a sisterMary Emma Parham
March 9, 1908 (Age 9 years)
Census April 27, 1910 (Age 11 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 17 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 18 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 19 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 paternal grandfatherWilliam Johnson Parham
June 7, 1919 (Age 20 years)
Marriage of a parentJohn Curtis ParhamRose DenbelView this family
January 1, 1920 (Age 21 years)
Census January 17, 1920 (Age 21 years)
MarriageLander Decosto “Casto” TollettView this family
January 8, 1922 (Age 23 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Dorotha Lillian Tollett
November 17, 1922 (Age 24 years)
Birth of a son
#2
Mose Tollett
December 29, 1924 (Age 26 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherMary Elizabeth Ford
March 17, 1927 (Age 28 years)
Birth of a son
#3
Carl Carmack Tollett
June 30, 1928 (Age 29 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 30 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 3, 1930 (Age 31 years)
Marriage of a parentJames Jake SmithLillie Pearl AgeeView this family
after 1930 (Age 31 years)
Birth of a son
#4
Leon Tollett
June 7, 1931 (Age 32 years)
Birth of a son
#5
Franklin Delano Tollett
January 1, 1934 (Age 35 years)
Death of a motherLillie Pearl Agee
March 26, 1937 (Age 38 years)
Note: Lilly death informant W M Parham, husband Jake
Census April 27, 1940 (Age 41 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 43 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
Census April 5, 1950 (Age 51 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 51 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
Birth of a granddaughter
#1
Sharon Lillian Kerley
February 6, 1956 (Age 57 years)
Death of a granddaughterSharon Lillian Kerley
February 6, 1956 (Age 57 years)
Birth of a grandson
#2
Walter Kirk Kerley
October 21, 1956 (Age 57 years)
Death of a grandsonWalter Kirk Kerley
October 31, 1956 (Age 58 years)
Death of a brotherWilburn Miles Parham
August 15, 1964 (Age 65 years)
Death of a sonFranklin Delano Tollett
March 19, 1965 (Age 66 years)
Death of a sisterNellie Ruth Parham
1969 (Age 70 years)

Death of a brotherMason Agee Parham
October 2, 1971 (Age 72 years)
Death of a fatherJohn Curtis Parham
July 26, 1973 (Age 74 years)
Death of a husbandLander Decosto “Casto” Tollett
May 6, 1974 (Age 75 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 47 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 February 26, 1977 (Age 78 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Tollett Cemetery
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