The Shemwell Family

Jesse Franklin ParhamAge: 65 years18551920

Name
Jesse Franklin Parham
Given names
Jesse Franklin
Surname
Parham
Birth March 1, 1855 34 39
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859 (Age 22 months)

Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884
Census August 1, 1860 (Age 5 years)
Birth of a brotherThomas Sherman “Tom” Parham
February 3, 1863 (Age 7 years)
Death of a fatherJohnson Parham Jr
January 20, 1865 (Age 9 years)
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 6 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
Historical Event
The Alaska Purchase
1867 (Age 11 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 11 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 13 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 15 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 22 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Census June 21, 1880 (Age 25 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherDrucilla Selby
June 7, 1884 (Age 29 years)
Death of a sisterMartha Caroline Parham
January 9, 1885 (Age 29 years)
MarriageAmanda BarnardView this family
October 1889 (Age 34 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Lud Parham
October 29, 1890 (Age 35 years)

Birth of a son
#2
Creed Edward Parham
February 24, 1892 (Age 36 years)
Death of a sisterSarah Jane Parham
October 29, 1893 (Age 38 years)
Death of a wifeAmanda Barnard
December 4, 1895 (Age 40 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 43 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
MarriageMollie RiceView this family
before 1910 (Age 54 years)

Death of a motherElizabeth Betsy Brown
July 28, 1913 (Age 58 years)
Note: All living children are noted -b
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 60 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 61 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 62 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 brotherWilliam Johnson Parham
June 7, 1919 (Age 64 years)
Death May 31, 1920 (Age 65 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Buttram Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: estimated 1841
17 months
elder sister
14 months
elder brother
James Lafayette Parham
Birth: July 10, 1843 22 28Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
Death: May 30, 1929Osage, Missouri, United States
20 months
elder sister
3 years
elder brother
16 months
elder sister
4 years
elder brother
John W Parham
Birth: about 1852 31 36Tennessee, United States
Death: June 7, 1931Seattle, King, Washington, United States
3 years
himself
8 years
younger brother
Family with Amanda Barnard - View this family
himself
wife
Amanda Barnard
Birth: May 24, 1860Tennessee, United States
Death: December 4, 1895Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Marriage: October 1889Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
2 years
son
Creed Edward Parham
Birth: February 24, 1892 36 31Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: May 2, 1973Arlington, Virginia, United States
Family with Mollie Rice - View this family
himself
wife
Marriage: before 1910
-19 years
son

Jesse Franklin Parham has 56 first cousins recorded

Father's family (56)

Parents William J Rector + Elizabeth Parham
2James A Rector18411860
3Martha Ann Rector18431915
4Mary C Rector18461925
5Isaac E Rector18481900
Parents Willaim Taylor Orme + Martha Ann “Patsy” Parham
2James Isaac Orme18511875
3Mary Tennesse Orme18531934
5Thomas Allen Orme18581948
Parents William “Bill” Parham + Sarah Brown
1Johnson M Parham18511936
2Martha Jane Parham18521935
6Sarah Jane Parham18601940
7Lucy A Parham18621911
10Alice Parham18681868
11Lafayette Parham18681868
12James Emmett Parham18691944
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 - Elizabeth Betsy Brown - Household

Cumberland, Tennessee

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREPEBirthplaceMarSchoolR+WInfirm
Elizabeth Parhamhead45FWHouse KeeperTN
Sarah J Parhamdaughter17FWTN
James L Parhamson15MWFarmingTN
William J Parhamson13MWTN
Carrie E Parhamdaughter11FWTN
John W Parhamson9MWTN
Jesse F Parhamson5MWTN

Census1870 United States - Census transcript - Elizabeth Betsy Brown - Household

Cumberland, Tennessee

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREPEBirthplaceFFBMFBBornMarSchoolReadWriteInfirmCitDis
Parham, Elizabethhead55FWFarmerTN
Parham, Franklin Json15MWHelps on the FarmTN
Parham, Thomas Tson7MWAt HomeTN
Parham, John Wson18MWHelps on the FarmTN
Parham, William Json23MWHelps on the FarmTNJan
Parham, Mary Edaughter in law22FWHelps in the HouseTNJan

Census1880 United States - Census transcript - Elizabeth Betsy Brown - Household

Cumberland, Tennessee

NameColorSexAgeMonRelationCondMYOccupationUnEmSickBlindDDIdioticInsaneDisabledSchoolReadWriteBPFBPMBP
Parham, ElizabethWF64headWdKeeping HouseTNVANC
Parham, JohnWM27sonSWorks on FarmTNTNTN
Parham, Jesse FWM25sonSWorks on FarmTNTNTN
Parham, ThomasWM17sonSWorks on FarmTNTNTN

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