The Shemwell Family

Della May ParhamAge: 59 years18831943

Name
Della May Parham
Given names
Della May
Surname
Parham
Birth December 29, 1883 28 24
Birth of a brotherClay Everett Parham
March 28, 1886 (Age 2 years)
Birth of a brotherWilliam Lee Parham
August 16, 1888 (Age 4 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 14 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 maternal grandfatherRussell Lee
March 29, 1906 (Age 22 years)
Census April 20, 1910 (Age 26 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherWilliam “Bill” Parham
November 15, 1910 (Age 26 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherMary Ann “Pollie” Hinch
May 1, 1911 (Age 27 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 32 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 33 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 34 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 motherMartha Caroline Lee
June 12, 1923 (Age 39 years)
Death of a fatherJesse Franklin Parham
January 3, 1929 (Age 45 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 45 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
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 57 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 1943 (Age 59 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Parham Cemetery
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father
mother
Marriage: November 23, 1876Tennessee, United States
13 months
elder brother
William Parham
Birth: about 1877 21 17Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death:
14 months
elder sister
15 months
elder sister
Temprance Parham
Birth: May 22, 1879 23 19Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: July 24, 1963Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
3 years
elder sister
Minnie Otis Parham
Birth: November 27, 1881 26 22Tennessee, United States
Death: October 6, 1971Spring City, Rhea, Tennessee, United States
2 years
herself
Della May Parham
Birth: December 29, 1883 28 24Tennessee, United States
Death: 1943Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
2 years
younger brother
Clay Everett Parham
Birth: March 28, 1886 30 26Rhea, Tennessee, United States
Death: March 2, 1946Rhea, Tennessee, United States
2 years
younger brother
William Lee Parham
Birth: August 16, 1888 32 29Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: June 28, 1970Rockwood, Roane, Tennessee, United States

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Jesse Franklin Parham - Household

Rhea, Tennessee

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Parham, Jesse FheadMW54M134TNTNTNFarmerHome Farm
Parham, Martha CwifeFW50M13455TNTNTN
Parham, Della MdaughterFW26STNTNTN
Parham, Clay EsonMW24M10TNTNTN
Parham, William LsonMW21STNTNTN
Parham, Josie Adaughter in lawFW16M10TNTNTN