The Shemwell Family

Jesse Franklin ParhamAge: 73 years18551929

Name
Jesse Franklin Parham
Given names
Jesse Franklin
Surname
Parham
Birth November 9, 1855 30 28
Birth of a sisterMary Emaline Parham
April 4, 1859 (Age 3 years)
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859 (Age 13 months)

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 4 years)
Birth of a sisterSarah Jane Parham
August 29, 1860 (Age 4 years)
Birth of a sisterLucy A Parham
March 12, 1862 (Age 6 years)
Birth of a sisterCarrie Drucilla Parham
March 9, 1864 (Age 8 years)
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 5 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 10 years)
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
Birth of a sisterAlice Parham
July 23, 1868 (Age 12 years)
Birth of a brotherLafayette Parham
July 23, 1868 (Age 12 years)
Death of a sisterAlice Parham
July 23, 1868 (Age 12 years)
Death of a brotherLafayette Parham
July 23, 1868 (Age 12 years)
Birth of a brotherJames Emmett Parham
May 25, 1869 (Age 13 years)
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 14 years)
Death of a motherSarah Brown
June 1, 1872 (Age 16 years)
Death of a brotherWilliam A “Willie” Parham
October 5, 1874 (Age 18 years)
MarriageMartha Caroline LeeView this family
November 23, 1876 (Age 21 years)
Birth of a son
#1
William Parham
about 1877 (Age 21 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Sarah Anna “Sally” Parham
February 19, 1878 (Age 22 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
Birth of a daughter
#3
Temprance Parham
May 22, 1879 (Age 23 years)
Census June 25, 1880 (Age 24 years)
Birth of a daughter
#4
Minnie Otis Parham
November 27, 1881 (Age 26 years)
Birth of a daughter
#5
Della May Parham
December 29, 1883 (Age 28 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherDrucilla Selby
June 7, 1884 (Age 28 years)
Birth of a son
#6
Clay Everett Parham
March 28, 1886 (Age 30 years)
Birth of a son
#7
William Lee Parham
August 16, 1888 (Age 32 years)
Marriage of a childJohn Wesley HallSarah Anna “Sally” ParhamView this family
December 22, 1892 (Age 37 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#1
Ethel Lee Hall
January 10, 1894 (Age 38 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 42 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
Birth of a granddaughter
#2
Clara May Hall
August 21, 1899 (Age 43 years)
Marriage of a childWilliam Gaither ThompsonMinnie Otis ParhamView this family
August 13, 1902 (Age 46 years)

Birth of a grandson
#3
Otis Grant Hall
October 5, 1902 (Age 46 years)
Birth of a grandson
#4
Hughlon Hobert Hall
July 30, 1904 (Age 48 years)
Marriage of a childClay Everett ParhamJosie Alice HyderView this family
November 7, 1909 (Age 53 years)
Census April 20, 1910 (Age 54 years)
Marriage of a childWilliam Lee ParhamLucy Columbus KemmerView this family
June 28, 1910 (Age 54 years)
Birth of a grandson
#5
William Arthur Hall
November 11, 1910 (Age 55 years)
Death of a fatherWilliam “Bill” Parham
November 15, 1910 (Age 55 years)
Death of a sisterLucy A Parham
March 23, 1911 (Age 55 years)
Birth of a grandson
#6
Homer James Parham
March 23, 1912 (Age 56 years)
Birth of a grandson
#7
Herman Clay Hall
November 5, 1912 (Age 56 years)
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 wifeMartha Caroline Lee
June 12, 1923 (Age 67 years)
Death of a sisterElizabeth Temperance Parham
September 26, 1926 (Age 70 years)
Death of a grandsonHughlon Hobert Hall
June 13, 1928 (Age 72 years)
Death January 3, 1929 (Age 73 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
elder sister
-13 months
elder sister
3 years
himself
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 Martha Caroline Lee - View this family
himself
wife
Marriage: November 23, 1876Tennessee, United States
13 months
son
William Parham
Birth: about 1877 21 17Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death:
14 months
daughter
15 months
daughter
Temprance Parham
Birth: May 22, 1879 23 19Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: July 24, 1963Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
3 years
daughter
Minnie Otis Parham
Birth: November 27, 1881 26 22Tennessee, United States
Death: October 6, 1971Spring City, Rhea, Tennessee, United States
2 years
daughter
Della May Parham
Birth: December 29, 1883 28 24Tennessee, United States
Death: 1943Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
2 years
son
Clay Everett Parham
Birth: March 28, 1886 30 26Rhea, Tennessee, United States
Death: March 2, 1946Rhea, Tennessee, United States
2 years
son
William Lee Parham
Birth: August 16, 1888 32 29Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: June 28, 1970Rockwood, Roane, Tennessee, United States

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

Census1880 United States - Census transcript - Jesse Franklin Parham - Household

Cumberland, Tennessee

NameColorSexAgeMonRelationCondMYOccupationUnEmSickBlindDDIdioticInsaneDisabledSchoolReadWriteBPFBPMBP
Parham, Jesse FWM25headMFarmerTNTNTN
Parham, CarolineWF21wifeMKeeping HouseTNTNTN
Parham, WilliamWM3sonSTNTNTN
Parham, AnnaWF2daughterSTNTNTN
Parham, TempranceWF1daughterSTNTNTN

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Jesse Franklin Parham - Household

Rhea, Tennessee

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Parham, Jesse FheadMW54M134TNTNTNFarmerHome Farm
Parham, Martha CwifeFW50M13455TNTNTN
Parham, Della MdaughterFW26STNTNTN
Parham, Clay EsonMW24M10TNTNTN
Parham, William LsonMW21STNTNTN
Parham, Josie Adaughter in lawFW16M10TNTNTN