The Shemwell Family

Garland Lee ParhamAge: 56 years19051961

Name
Garland Lee Parham
Given names
Garland Lee
Surname
Parham
Birth February 22, 1905 42 36
Census May 1, 1910 (Age 5 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherElizabeth Betsy Brown
July 28, 1913 (Age 8 years)
Note: All living children are noted -b
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 10 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 11 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 12 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 sisterIcie Violet Parham
February 5, 1925 (Age 19 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 24 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 fatherThomas Sherman “Tom” Parham
May 2, 1944 (Age 39 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 36 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 of a motherLaura Alice Reed
December 24, 1950 (Age 45 years)
Death of a half-brotherJames Emmett Acuff
July 12, 1953 (Age 48 years)
Death of a brotherWilliam Rainey Parham
December 3, 1953 (Age 48 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 44 years)
Note: The Korean War was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 40 years)
Note: The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The divisive war, increasingly unpopular at home, ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control two years later. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War
Death June 12, 1961 (Age 56 years)
Cause of death: Auto accident
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: July 31, 1892Rhea, Tennessee, United States
1 year
elder brother
Daily Frank Parham
Birth: July 20, 1893 30 24Tennessee, United States
Death: April 11, 1978Tennessee, United States
21 months
elder sister
Icie Violet Parham
Birth: April 27, 1895 32 26Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: February 5, 1925Cowan, Franklin, Tennessee, United States
4 years
elder brother
4 years
elder brother
Ray Thomas Parham
Birth: June 19, 1902 39 33Tennessee, United States
Death: March 31, 1977Madison, Tennessee, United States
-3 years
elder brother
William Rainey Parham
Birth: January 29, 1899 35 30Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: December 3, 1953Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
6 years
himself
Garland Lee Parham
Birth: February 22, 1905 42 36Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: June 12, 1961Cowan, Franklin, Tennessee, United States
Mother’s family with Emmett R Acuff - View this family
step-father
mother
Marriage: July 31, 1892Rhea, Tennessee, United States
-5 years
half-brother
James Emmett Acuff
Birth: December 7, 1887 20 18Tennessee, United States
Death: July 12, 1953Mountain Home, Washington, Tennessee, United States

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Thomas Sherman “Tom” Parham - Household

Cumberland, Tennessee

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Parham, Thomas SheadMW47M17TNTNTNRunningSaw Mill
Parham, Laura AwifeFW41M1755TNTNTN
Parham, Frank DsonMW16STNTNTNFarm LaborerHome Farm
Parham, Icie TdaughterFW13STNTNTN
Parham, William RsonMW10STNTNTNFarm LaborerHome Farm
Parham, Thomas RsonMW7STNTNTN
Parham, Garland LsonMW5STNTNTN
Parham, ElizabethmotherFW94Wd86TNTNTN