Cora Emmaline “Carrie” ParhamAge: 85 years1849–1934
- Name
- Cora Emmaline “Carrie” Parham
- Given names
- Cora Emmaline
- Surname
- Parham
- Married name
- Cora Emmaline Swafford
- Nickname
- Carrie
 Birth | March 6, 1849 28 33 |
 Census | October 5, 1850 (Age 18 months) |
 Birth of a brother | John W Parham about 1852 (Age 2 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Jesse Franklin Parham March 1, 1855 (Age 5 years) |
 Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 7 years)Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884 |
| Census | August 1, 1860 (Age 11 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Thomas Sherman “Tom” Parham February 3, 1863 (Age 13 years) |
| Death of a father | Johnson Parham Jr January 20, 1865 (Age 15 years) |
| Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 12 years)Note: In the spring of 1861, tensions between the northern and southern United States over issues including state's right versus federal authority, westward expansion and slavery exploded into the American Civil War - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War |
 Marriage | Samuel Swafford — View this family April 14, 1867 (Age 18 years) |
| Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 17 years)Note: 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 1867 (Age 17 years)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
| Birth of a daughter #1 | Alice Perditt Swafford July 24, 1868 (Age 19 years) |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 19 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 |
| Birth of a daughter #2 | Nancy E “Nannie” Swafford January 1, 1870 (Age 20 years) |
| Birth of a son #3 | Jimmy Swafford September 1, 1871 (Age 22 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #4 | Martha Jane Swafford September 1, 1873 (Age 24 years) |
| Death of a son | Jimmy Swafford January 8, 1874 (Age 24 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #5 | Pernada “Nada” Swafford June 20, 1876 (Age 27 years) |
| Birth of a son #6 | Thomas Young Swafford February 27, 1878 (Age 28 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 28 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 daughter #7 | Crocia Swafford July 1880 (Age 31 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #8 | Sarah Thurman “Sally” Swafford January 27, 1883 (Age 33 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandmother | Drucilla Selby June 7, 1884 (Age 35 years) |
| Death of a sister | Martha Caroline Parham January 9, 1885 (Age 35 years) |
| Birth of a son #9 | John Ulysses Swafford February 25, 1885 (Age 35 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #10 | Ada Emmaline “Addie” Swafford February 28, 1888 (Age 38 years) |
| Birth of a son #11 | Samuel Daily “Dale” Swafford September 2, 1890 (Age 41 years) |
| Marriage of a child | John Hamilton Jr — Alice Perditt Swafford — View this family October 20, 1890 (Age 41 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #1 | Ida John Hamilton August 15, 1891 (Age 42 years) |
| Death of a daughter | Martha Jane Swafford April 24, 1893 (Age 44 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #12 | Anna Ida Swafford September 18, 1893 (Age 44 years) |
| Death of a sister | Sarah Jane Parham October 29, 1893 (Age 44 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 49 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 daughter | Pernada “Nada” Swafford March 21, 1900 (Age 51 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Thomas Young Swafford — Sarah Emma Lee — View this family about 1901 (Age 51 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Thomas Harmon Hale — Crocia Swafford — View this family 1901 (Age 51 years) |
| Death of a son | John Ulysses Swafford February 7, 1902 (Age 52 years) Note: accidental death while attending college |
| Death of a daughter | Nancy E “Nannie” Swafford February 20, 1902 (Age 52 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #2 | Vera Lee Hale March 31, 1903 (Age 54 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Aaron Devaney — Alice Perditt Swafford — View this family March 20, 1904 (Age 55 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #3 | Leonard Hale December 14, 1905 (Age 56 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #4 | Maxine Hale August 31, 1907 (Age 58 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Bert Arlando Packer — Sarah Thurman “Sally” Swafford — View this family December 24, 1907 (Age 58 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #5 | Delta Hale 1910 (Age 60 years) |
| Death of a granddaughter | Delta Hale 1910 (Age 60 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #6 | Samuel Aubrey Hale June 18, 1912 (Age 63 years) |
| Death of a mother | Elizabeth Betsy Brown July 28, 1913 (Age 64 years) Note: All living children are noted -b |
| Birth of a grandson #7 | Ralph Hale 1914 (Age 64 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Samuel Daily “Dale” Swafford — Grace White — View this family December 26, 1914 (Age 65 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #8 | Roger Hickman Hale December 16, 1916 (Age 67 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 66 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Marriage of a child | James Fortinatus Robnett — Ada Emmaline “Addie” Swafford — View this family August 25, 1918 (Age 69 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 67 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 68 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/ |
| Birth of a grandson #9 | Edgar Cornell Hale March 20, 1919 (Age 70 years) |
| Death of a brother | William Johnson Parham June 7, 1919 (Age 70 years) |
| Death of a brother | Jesse Franklin Parham May 31, 1920 (Age 71 years) |
| Death of a brother | James Lafayette Parham May 30, 1929 (Age 80 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 80 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 | John W Parham June 7, 1931 (Age 82 years) |
 Death | December 18, 1934 (Age 85 years) |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Johnson Parham Jr Birth: October 23, 1820 26 25 — Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States Death: January 20, 1865 — Cumberland, Tennessee, United States |
| mother |
Elizabeth Betsy Brown Birth: June 11, 1815 — Burke, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States Death: July 28, 1913 — Cumberland, Tennessee, United States |
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Marriage: estimated 1841 — |
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17 months elder sister |
Sarah Jane Parham Birth: May 23, 1842 21 26 — Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States Death: October 29, 1893 — Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States |
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14 months elder brother |
James Lafayette Parham Birth: July 10, 1843 22 28 — Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States Death: May 30, 1929 — Osage, Missouri, United States |
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20 months elder sister |
Martha Caroline Parham Birth: March 7, 1845 24 29 — Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States Death: January 9, 1885 — Cumberland, Tennessee, United States |
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3 years elder brother |
William Johnson Parham Birth: October 24, 1847 27 32 — Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States Death: June 7, 1919 — Cumberland, Tennessee, United States |
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16 months herself |
Cora Emmaline “Carrie” Parham Birth: March 6, 1849 28 33 — Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States Death: December 18, 1934 — Pikeville, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States |
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4 years younger brother |
John W Parham Birth: about 1852 31 36 — Tennessee, United States Death: June 7, 1931 — Seattle, King, Washington, United States |
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3 years younger brother |
Jesse Franklin Parham Birth: March 1, 1855 34 39 — Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States Death: May 31, 1920 — Dayton, Rhea, Tennessee, United States |
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8 years younger brother |
Thomas Sherman “Tom” Parham Birth: February 3, 1863 42 47 — Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States Death: May 2, 1944 — Sewanee, Franklin, Tennessee, United States |
| Family with Samuel Swafford |
| husband |
Samuel Swafford Birth: January 12, 1843 — Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States Death: November 27, 1936 — Pikeville, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States |
| herself |
Cora Emmaline “Carrie” Parham Birth: March 6, 1849 28 33 — Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States Death: December 18, 1934 — Pikeville, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States |
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Marriage: April 14, 1867 — |
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15 months daughter |
Alice Perditt Swafford Birth: July 24, 1868 25 19 — Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States Death: August 4, 1947 — Rhea, Tennessee, United States |
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17 months daughter |
Nancy E “Nannie” Swafford Birth: January 1, 1870 26 20 — Pikeville, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States Death: February 20, 1902 — Pikeville, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States |
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20 months son |
Jimmy Swafford Birth: September 1, 1871 28 22 — Pikeville, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States Death: January 8, 1874 — Pikeville, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States |
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2 years daughter |
Martha Jane Swafford Birth: September 1, 1873 30 24 — Pikeville, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States Death: April 24, 1893 — Pikeville, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States |
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3 years daughter |
Pernada “Nada” Swafford Birth: June 20, 1876 33 27 — Tennessee, United States Death: March 21, 1900 — Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States |
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20 months son |
Thomas Young Swafford Birth: February 27, 1878 35 28 — Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States Death: December 22, 1943 — Pikeville, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States |
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2 years daughter |
Crocia Swafford Birth: July 1880 37 31 — Tennessee, United States Death: October 25, 1983 — Pikeville, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States |
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3 years daughter |
Sarah Thurman “Sally” Swafford Birth: January 27, 1883 40 33 — Pikeville, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States Death: April 18, 1967 — Akron, Summit, Ohio, United States |
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2 years son |
John Ulysses Swafford Birth: February 25, 1885 42 35 — Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States Death: February 7, 1902 — Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States |
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3 years daughter |
Ada Emmaline “Addie” Swafford Birth: February 28, 1888 45 38 — Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States Death: January 1, 1991 — Nine Mile, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States |
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3 years son |
Samuel Daily “Dale” Swafford Birth: September 2, 1890 47 41 — Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States Death: March 12, 1984 — Pikeville, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States |
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3 years daughter |
Anna Ida Swafford Birth: September 18, 1893 50 44 — Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States Death: October 12, 1981 — Pikeville, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States |
Cora Emmaline “Carrie” Parham has 56 first cousins recorded
Father's family (56)
Parents William J Rector + Elizabeth Parham
Parents Willaim Taylor Orme + Martha Ann “Patsy” Parham
Parents William “Bill” Parham + Sarah Brown
Parents Isaac Parham + Stacy Emma Taylor
Parents James Washington Parham + Martha Elizabeth Stephens
Parents Allen Parham + Mary Elizabeth Jones
Parents Allen Parham + Nancy Ashley
Parents William Andrew Dial + Mary Parham
Mother's family (0)
| Census | 1850 United States - Census transcript - John Parham - Household
Bledsoe, Tennessee
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| Census | 1860 United States - Census transcript - Elizabeth Betsy Brown - Household
Cumberland, Tennessee
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