The Shemwell Family

Name
Mason Agee Parham
Given names
Mason Agee
Surname
Parham
Birth April 22, 1905 28 23
Birth of a sisterMary Emma Parham
March 9, 1908 (Age 2 years)
Census April 27, 1910 (Age 5 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 10 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 11 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 12 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 14 years)
Marriage of a parentJohn Curtis ParhamRose DenbelView this family
January 1, 1920 (Age 14 years)
Census January 17, 1920 (Age 14 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherMary Elizabeth Ford
March 17, 1927 (Age 21 years)
MarriageMargaret “Maggie” ThurmanView this family
September 11, 1927 (Age 22 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Charles Alfred Parham
July 1, 1928 (Age 23 years)
Death of a sonCharles Alfred Parham
March 9, 1929 (Age 23 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 24 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
Birth of a son
#2
James Wilburn “Pete” Parham
January 5, 1930 (Age 24 years)
Census April 19, 1930 (Age 24 years)
Marriage of a parentJames Jake SmithLillie Pearl AgeeView this family
after 1930 (Age 24 years)
Birth of a daughter
#3
Bettie Jo Parham
December 28, 1931 (Age 26 years)
Birth of a son
#4
David Ray Parham
June 25, 1934 (Age 29 years)
Birth of a son
#5
Joel Randall Parham
August 19, 1936 (Age 31 years)
Death of a motherLillie Pearl Agee
March 26, 1937 (Age 31 years)
Note: Lilly death informant W M Parham, husband Jake
Birth of a son
#6
Eddie Parham
November 7, 1939 (Age 34 years)
Census May 6, 1940 (Age 35 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 36 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
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 44 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
Death of a brotherWilburn Miles Parham
August 15, 1964 (Age 59 years)
Death of a sisterNellie Ruth Parham
1969 (Age 63 years)

Death of a wifeMargaret “Maggie” Thurman
August 23, 1970 (Age 65 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 40 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 October 2, 1971 (Age 66 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Cumberland View Cemetery
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