The Shemwell Family

Allen Parham Jr.Age: 70 years18721943

Name
Allen Parham Jr.
Given names
Allen
Surname
Parham
Name suffix
Jr.
Birth August 23, 1872 39 35
Birth of a brotherJames Ashley Parham
February 21, 1874 (Age 17 months)
Birth of a sisterMittie Drucilla Parham
February 21, 1876 (Age 3 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 5 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 grandmotherDrucilla Selby
June 7, 1884 (Age 11 years)
MarriageCarrie Belle WilburnView this family
December 25, 1892 (Age 20 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Hallie Parham
August 9, 1893 (Age 20 years)
Birth of a son
#2
William Herman Parham
August 25, 1896 (Age 24 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 25 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 son
#3
Clyde W Parham
July 6, 1900 (Age 27 years)
Death of a fatherAllen Parham
April 26, 1915 (Age 42 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 43 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 44 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 45 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 half-sisterTennessee Ann “Tennie” Parham
August 11, 1924 (Age 51 years)
Death of a motherNancy Ashley
July 4, 1926 (Age 53 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 57 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 brotherWilliam A Parham
January 20, 1935 (Age 62 years)
Death of a brotherJames Ashley Parham
January 5, 1939 (Age 66 years)
Death of a half-sisterMary Haret Parham
May 3, 1940 (Age 67 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 69 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
Death May 8, 1943 (Age 70 years)
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: December 12, 1860Hopkins, Texas, United States
13 years
younger brother
James Ashley Parham
Birth: February 21, 1874 41 36Texas, United States
Death: January 5, 1939Lamar, Texas, United States
-7 years
elder brother
William A Parham
Birth: December 21, 1866 34 29Lamar, Texas, United States
Death: January 20, 1935Lamar, Texas, United States
-5 years
elder sister
Martha Lena “Mattie” Parham
Birth: October 25, 1861 28 24Canyon City, Randall, Texas, United States
Death: December 23, 1945Maricopa, Arizona, United States
11 years
himself
4 years
younger sister
Mittie Drucilla Parham
Birth: February 21, 1876 43 38Texas, United States
Death: June 13, 1961Honey Grove, Fannin, Texas, United States
Father’s family with Mary Elizabeth Jones - View this family
father
step-mother
Marriage: December 20, 1855
9 months
half-sister
Mary Haret Parham
Birth: September 20, 1856 23 20Texas, United States
Death: May 3, 1940Lannius, Fannin, Texas, United States
23 months
half-sister
Tennessee Ann “Tennie” Parham
Birth: August 23, 1858 25 22Lamar, Texas, United States
Death: August 11, 1924Mineral Wells, Palo Pinto, Texas, United States
Family with Carrie Belle Wilburn - View this family
himself
wife
Marriage: December 25, 1892Lamar, Texas, United States
7 months
daughter
Hallie Parham
Birth: August 9, 1893 20 19Roxton, Lamar, Texas, United States
Death: October 27, 1965Gunter, Collin, Texas, United States
3 years
son
William Herman Parham
Birth: August 25, 1896 24 22Petty, Lamar, Texas, United States
Death: June 28, 1964Lamar, Texas, United States
4 years
son
Clyde W Parham
Birth: July 6, 1900 27 25Oklahoma, United States
Death: November 6, 1987Paris, Lamar, Texas, United States