The Shemwell Family

Elizabeth Temperance ParhamAge: 72 years18531926

Name
Elizabeth Temperance Parham
Given names
Elizabeth Temperance
Surname
Parham
Married name
Elizabeth Temperance Tollett
Birth December 26, 1853 28 26
Birth of a brotherJesse Franklin Parham
November 9, 1855 (Age 22 months)
Birth of a sisterMary Emaline Parham
April 4, 1859 (Age 5 years)
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859 (Age 3 years)

Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884
Census June 21, 1860 (Age 6 years)
Birth of a sisterSarah Jane Parham
August 29, 1860 (Age 6 years)
Birth of a sisterLucy A Parham
March 12, 1862 (Age 8 years)
Birth of a sisterCarrie Drucilla Parham
March 9, 1864 (Age 10 years)
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 7 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
Birth of a brotherWilliam A “Willie” Parham
December 12, 1865 (Age 11 years)
Historical Event
The Alaska Purchase
1867 (Age 13 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 13 years)
Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306
Birth of a sisterAlice Parham
July 23, 1868 (Age 14 years)
Birth of a brotherLafayette Parham
July 23, 1868 (Age 14 years)
Death of a sisterAlice Parham
July 23, 1868 (Age 14 years)
Death of a brotherLafayette Parham
July 23, 1868 (Age 14 years)
Birth of a brotherJames Emmett Parham
May 25, 1869 (Age 15 years)
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 15 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
Census July 13, 1870 (Age 16 years)
Death of a motherSarah Brown
June 1, 1872 (Age 18 years)
MarriageCharles Kilgore “CK” TollettView this family
about 1874 (Age 20 years)
Death of a brotherWilliam A “Willie” Parham
October 5, 1874 (Age 20 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 24 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 son
#1
James Emmett Tollett
May 25, 1883 (Age 29 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherDrucilla Selby
June 7, 1884 (Age 30 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Sarah Vern “Sallie” Tollett
August 15, 1886 (Age 32 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 44 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 husbandCharles Kilgore “CK” Tollett
August 22, 1907 (Age 53 years)
Death of a fatherWilliam “Bill” Parham
November 15, 1910 (Age 56 years)
Death of a sisterLucy A Parham
March 23, 1911 (Age 57 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 62 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 63 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 64 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 September 26, 1926 (Age 72 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Parham Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: after October 5, 1850
8 months
elder brother
3 years
herself
-13 months
elder sister
3 years
younger brother
3 years
younger sister
Mary Emaline Parham
Birth: April 4, 1859 33 32Sequatchie Valley, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: December 1, 1946Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
17 months
younger sister
18 months
younger sister
Lucy A Parham
Birth: March 12, 1862 36 35Pikeville, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
Death: March 23, 1911Pikeville, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
2 years
younger sister
Carrie Drucilla Parham
Birth: March 9, 1864 38 37Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: November 7, 1936Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
21 months
younger brother
William A “Willie” Parham
Birth: December 12, 1865 40 38Burke, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: October 5, 1874Burke, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
3 years
younger sister
Alice Parham
Birth: July 23, 1868 42 41Burke, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: July 23, 1868Burke, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
younger brother
Lafayette Parham
Birth: July 23, 1868 42 41Burke, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: July 23, 1868Burke, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
10 months
younger brother
James Emmett Parham
Birth: May 25, 1869 43 42Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: November 1, 1944Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Family with Charles Kilgore “CK” Tollett - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage: about 1874Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
9 years
son
James Emmett Tollett
Birth: May 25, 1883 35 29Pikeville, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
Death: January 10, 1941Pikeville, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
3 years
daughter
Sarah Vern “Sallie” Tollett
Birth: August 15, 1886 38 32Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
Death: April 26, 1962Cumberland, Tennessee, United States

Elizabeth Temperance Parham has 52 first cousins recorded

Father's family (52)

Parents William J Rector + Elizabeth Parham
2James A Rector18411860
3Martha Ann Rector18431915
4Mary C Rector18461925
5Isaac E Rector18481900
Parents Johnson Parham Jr + Elizabeth Betsy Brown
1Sarah Jane Parham18421893
6John W Parham18521931
Parents Willaim Taylor Orme + Martha Ann “Patsy” Parham
2James Isaac Orme18511875
3Mary Tennesse Orme18531934
5Thomas Allen Orme18581948
Parents Isaac Parham + Stacy Emma Taylor
3Stacy L Parham18591917
Parents James Washington Parham + Martha Elizabeth Stephens
3James Edwin Parham18611894
Parents Allen Parham + Mary Elizabeth Jones
1Mary Haret Parham18561940
Parents Allen Parham + Nancy Ashley
2William A Parham18661935
3Allen Parham Jr.18721943
Parents William Andrew Dial + Mary Parham
1James A Dial18531931
3Annie Louisa Dial18581914
7Alice Dial18661898
8Ida Dial18681897
9Ella Dial18701969
11Willie Lee Dial18751965
12Walter Malcomb Dial18781954

Mother's family (0)

Census1860 United States - Census transcript - William Parham - Household

Cumberland, Tennessee

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREPEBirthplaceMarSchoolR+WInfirm
William Parhamhead34MWFarmerTN
Sarah Parhamwife33FWHouse KeeperTN
Johnson Parhamson9MWTN
Martha Parhamdaughter7FWTN
Elizabeth Parhamdaughter5FWTN
Jessie Parhamson4MWTN
Mary Parhamdaughter1FWTN

Census1870 United States - Census transcript - William “Bill” Parham - Household

Cumberland, Tennessee

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREPEBirthplaceFFBMFBBornMarSchoolReadWriteInfirmCitDis
Parham, Williamhead44MWFarmerTN
Brown, Sarahwife43FWKeeping HouseTN
Parham, Johnsonson18MWHelps with farmTN
Parham, Elizabeth Tdaughter16FWHelps at homeTN
Parham, Jessieson14MWAt homeTN
Parham, Mary Edaughter11FWAt homeTN
Parham, Sarah Jdaughter9FWAt homeTN
Parham, Lucy Adaughter8FWAt homeTN
Parham, Carrie Ddaughter6FWAt homeTN
Parham, William Ason4MWAt homeTN
Parham, James Ason1MWAt homeTN