The Shemwell Family

Lud ParhamAge: 70 years18901961

Name
Lud Parham
Given names
Lud
Surname
Parham
Birth October 29, 1890 35 25

Birth of a half-brotherCreed Edward Parham
February 24, 1892 (Age 15 months)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 7 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
Marriage of parentsJesse Franklin ParhamMollie RiceView this family
before 1910 (Age 19 years)

Death of a paternal grandmotherElizabeth Betsy Brown
July 28, 1913 (Age 22 years)
Note: All living children are noted -b
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 25 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 26 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 27 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 fatherJesse Franklin Parham
May 31, 1920 (Age 29 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 38 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 motherMollie Rice
November 18, 1943 (Age 53 years)

Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 51 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
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 59 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 55 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 1, 1961 (Age 70 years)

Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Buttram Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: before 1910
-19 years
himself
Father’s family with Amanda Barnard - View this family
father
step-mother
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
half-brother
Creed Edward Parham
Birth: February 24, 1892 36 31Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: May 2, 1973Arlington, Virginia, United States
Family with Private - View this family
himself
wife
Private

Lud Parham has 43 first cousins recorded

Father's family (43)

Parents Isaac Newton Thurman + Sarah Jane Parham
4Annie Jane Thurman18691941
Parents John Curtis Hinch + Martha Caroline Parham
1John Harmon Hinch18621946
2Emily B Hinch18641956
3Anna Jane Hinch18661948
4Issac C Hinch18691888
5Gaither Ely Hinch18701943
6Elizabeth Hinch18751961
7James Virgil Hinch18771889
8Addie Hinch18791885
Parents William Johnson Parham + Mary Elizabeth Ford
1Eva Lesta Parham18711944
3John Curtis Parham18761973
4James Oscar Parham18791969
Parents Samuel Swafford + Cora Emmaline “Carrie” Parham
3Jimmy Swafford18711874
7Crocia Swafford18801983
12Anna Ida Swafford18931981
Parents Thomas Sherman “Tom” Parham + Laura Alice Reed
1Daily Frank Parham18931978
2Icie Violet Parham18951925
5Ray Thomas Parham19021977
6Garland Lee Parham19051961

Mother's family (0)