The Shemwell Family

Daniel Webster ParhamAge: 78 years18581936

Name
Daniel Webster Parham
Given names
Daniel Webster
Surname
Parham
Birth 1858 21 21
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859

Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884
Birth of a brotherWesley Parham
April 20, 1860 (Age 2 years)
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 3 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
Historical Event
The Alaska Purchase
1867 (Age 9 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 9 years)
Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 11 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 grandfatherAllen B Parham
March 17, 1871 (Age 13 years)
Birth of a brotherJohn Calvin Parham
May 4, 1871 (Age 13 years)
Birth of a brotherLouella “Lulu” Parham
August 1875 (Age 17 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 20 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 brotherBurt Leslie Parham
October 1, 1879 (Age 21 years)
Birth of a sisterLilly Parham
October 1, 1879 (Age 21 years)
Death of a brotherLouella “Lulu” Parham
September 7, 1892 (Age 34 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 40 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 fatherGeorge Johnson Parham
November 12, 1900 (Age 42 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 58 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Death of a motherJane Wright
June 15, 1917 (Age 59 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 59 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 60 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 71 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 March 13, 1936 (Age 78 years)
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father
mother
Marriage: February 27, 1857Bedford, Lawrence, Indiana, United States
22 months
himself
Daniel Webster Parham
Birth: 1858 21 21Indiana, United States
Death: March 13, 1936Clark, Indiana, United States
2 years
younger brother
Wesley Parham
Birth: April 20, 1860 23 23Bloomington, Monroe, Indiana, United States
Death: March 16, 1937Bedford, Lawrence, Indiana, United States
11 years
younger brother
John Calvin Parham
Birth: May 4, 1871 34 34Indiana, United States
Death: March 20, 1961Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, United States
4 years
younger brother
Louella “Lulu” Parham
Birth: August 1875 38 38Monroe, Indiana, United States
Death: September 7, 1892Monroe, Indiana, United States
4 years
younger brother
Burt Leslie Parham
Birth: October 1, 1879 42 42Indiana, United States
Death: December 21, 1971Bedford, Lawrence, Indiana, United States
younger sister
Lilly Parham
Birth: October 1, 1879 42 42Lawrence, Indiana, United States
Death: 1967

Daniel Webster Parham has 25 first cousins recorded