The Shemwell Family

Margaret Anna ParhamAge: 35 years18581894

Name
Margaret Anna Parham
Given names
Margaret Anna
Surname
Parham
Married name
Margaret Anna Walker
Birth July 20, 1858 27 21
MarriageJack William “J W” WalkerView this family
unknown

Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859

Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884
Birth of a brotherJames Edwin Parham
March 12, 1861 (Age 2 years)
Birth of a sisterMinna Nancy “Minnie” Parham
August 2, 1864 (Age 6 years)
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 2 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 8 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 8 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 10 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 motherMartha Elizabeth Stephens
December 6, 1874 (Age 16 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 19 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Death of a paternal grandmotherDrucilla Selby
June 7, 1884 (Age 25 years)
Death of a fatherJames Washington Parham
June 18, 1885 (Age 26 years)
Death of a brotherJames Edwin Parham
1894 (on the date of death)
Death 1894 (Age 35 years)

Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: April 8, 1852Tennessee, United States
4 years
elder sister
Mary Isabella Parham
Birth: November 29, 1855 25 18Lamar, Texas, United States
Death:
3 years
herself
3 years
younger brother
3 years
younger sister
Minna Nancy “Minnie” Parham
Birth: August 2, 1864 33 27Lamar, Texas, United States
Death: 1924Fannin, Texas, United States
Family with Jack William “J W” Walker - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage: