James Edwin ParhamAge: 32 years1861–1894
- Name
- James Edwin Parham
- Given names
- James Edwin
- Surname
- Parham
 Birth | March 12, 1861 30 24 |
 Birth of a sister | Minna Nancy “Minnie” Parham August 2, 1864 (Age 3 years) |
 Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 20 days)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 5 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 5 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 7 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 mother | Martha Elizabeth Stephens December 6, 1874 (Age 13 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 16 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
 Marriage | Johanna Jane “Jenny” Campbell — View this family August 25, 1880 (Age 19 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandmother | Drucilla Selby June 7, 1884 (Age 23 years) |
| Death of a father | James Washington Parham June 18, 1885 (Age 24 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #1 | Merle Albertine Parham March 15, 1890 (Age 29 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #2 | Eddie Helen Parham August 15, 1894 (Age 33 years) |
| Death of a sister | Margaret Anna Parham 1894 (on the date of death) |
 Death | 1894 (Age 32 years) |
| Family with parents |
| father |
James Washington Parham Birth: August 12, 1830 35 35 — Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States Death: June 18, 1885 — Honey Grove, Fannin, Texas, United States |
| mother |
Martha Elizabeth Stephens Birth: February 13, 1837 — Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States Death: December 6, 1874 — Honey Grove, Fannin, Texas, United States |
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Marriage: April 8, 1852 — Tennessee, United States |
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4 years elder sister |
Mary Isabella Parham Birth: November 29, 1855 25 18 — Lamar, Texas, United States Death: |
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3 years elder sister |
Margaret Anna Parham Birth: July 20, 1858 27 21 — Lamar, Texas, United States Death: 1894 |
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3 years himself |
James Edwin Parham Birth: March 12, 1861 30 24 — Lamar, Texas, United States Death: 1894 — Lamar, Texas, United States |
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3 years younger sister |
Minna Nancy “Minnie” Parham Birth: August 2, 1864 33 27 — Lamar, Texas, United States Death: 1924 — Fannin, Texas, United States |
| Family with Johanna Jane “Jenny” Campbell |
| himself |
James Edwin Parham Birth: March 12, 1861 30 24 — Lamar, Texas, United States Death: 1894 — Lamar, Texas, United States |
| wife |
Johanna Jane “Jenny” Campbell Birth: September 9, 1863 — Cass, Texas, United States Death: February 5, 1942 — Lamar, Texas, United States |
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Marriage: August 25, 1880 — |
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10 years daughter |
Merle Albertine Parham Birth: March 15, 1890 29 26 — Lamar, Texas, United States Death: February 3, 1923 — Electra, Wichita, Texas, United States |
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4 years daughter |
Eddie Helen Parham Birth: August 15, 1894 33 30 — Texas, United States Death: September 1, 1943 — Paris, Lamar, Texas, United States |