Benjamin A ParhamAge: 67 years1867–1934
- Name
- Benjamin A Parham
- Given names
- Benjamin A
- Surname
- Parham
 Birth | about 1867 27 22 |
 Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867Note: 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 1867Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
 Birth of a brother | Franklin Pierce Parham October 13, 1869 (Age 2 years) |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 2 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 |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | Allen B Parham March 17, 1871 (Age 4 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Essie May Parham about 1877 (Age 10 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 11 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
| Birth of a brother | Ollie G Parham about 1879 (Age 12 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 31 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 father | Lewis Washington Parham January 31, 1904 (Age 37 years) |
| Death of a mother | Sarah Ann Rand November 9, 1912 (Age 45 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 49 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 50 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 51 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 62 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 brother | Samuel Allen Parham December 4, 1932 (Age 65 years) |
 Death | May 24, 1934 (Age 67 years) |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Lewis Washington Parham Birth: July 4, 1839 40 32 — Bedford, Lawrence, Indiana, United States Death: January 31, 1904 — Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, United States |
| mother |
Sarah Ann Rand Birth: October 26, 1844 — Bloomington, Monroe, Indiana, United States Death: November 9, 1912 — Sidell, Vermilion, Illinois, United States |
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Marriage: 1859 — Bloomington, Monroe, Indiana, United States |
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4 years elder brother |
Samuel Allen Parham Birth: 1862 22 17 — Indiana, United States Death: December 4, 1932 — Sidell, Vermilion, Illinois, United States |
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6 years himself |
Benjamin A Parham Birth: about 1867 27 22 — Illinois, United States Death: May 24, 1934 — Allerton, Vermilion, Illinois, United States |
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3 years younger brother |
Franklin Pierce Parham Birth: October 13, 1869 30 24 — Illinois, United States Death: April 22, 1943 — Lansing, Ingham, Michigan, United States |
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8 years younger sister |
Essie May Parham Birth: about 1877 37 32 — Illinois, United States Death: December 20, 1962 — Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States |
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3 years younger brother |
Ollie G Parham Birth: about 1879 39 34 — Illinois, United States Death: May 16, 1947 — Sidell, Vermilion, Illinois, United States |