The Shemwell Family

Homer James ParhamAge: 48 years19121961

Name
Homer James Parham
Given names
Homer James
Surname
Parham
Birth March 23, 1912 25 18
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 3 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 4 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 5 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 paternal grandmotherMartha Caroline Lee
June 12, 1923 (Age 11 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherJesse Franklin Parham
January 3, 1929 (Age 16 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 17 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
MarriageVida Mae JonesView this family
November 4, 1939 (Age 27 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 29 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 fatherClay Everett Parham
March 2, 1946 (Age 33 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 37 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
Death of a wifeVida Mae Jones
July 5, 1958 (Age 46 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 33 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 January 3, 1961 (Age 48 years)
Family with parents - View this family
father
Clay Everett Parham
Birth: March 28, 1886 30 26Rhea, Tennessee, United States
Death: March 2, 1946Rhea, Tennessee, United States
mother
Josie Alice Hyder
Birth: July 2, 1893Spring City, Rhea, Tennessee, United States
Death: October 20, 1982Red Bluff, Tehama, California, United States
Marriage: November 7, 1909Rhea, Tennessee, United States
2 years
himself
Homer James Parham
Birth: March 23, 1912 25 18Rhea, Tennessee, United States
Death: January 3, 1961Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, United States
Family with Vida Mae Jones - View this family
himself
Homer James Parham
Birth: March 23, 1912 25 18Rhea, Tennessee, United States
Death: January 3, 1961Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, United States
wife
Vida Mae Jones
Birth: November 18, 1906Wabash, Indiana, United States
Death: July 5, 1958West Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, United States
Marriage: November 4, 1939Wabash, Indiana, United States