Martha J Parham1856–
- Name
- Martha J Parham
- Given names
- Martha J
- Surname
- Parham
 Birth | about 1856 27 21 |
 Birth of a sister | Stacy L Parham May 1859 (Age 3 years) |
 Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 12 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 brother | James A Parham about 1863 (Age 7 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 sister | Melinda Lynn Parham about 1866 (Age 10 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Sarah Emaline Parham July 20, 1867 (Age 11 years) |
| Death of a father | Isaac Parham between 1865 and 1870 (Age 9 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Death of a mother | Stacy Emma Taylor about 1880 (Age 24 years) |
| Census | June 21, 1880 (Age 24 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandmother | Drucilla Selby June 7, 1884 (Age 28 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 |
| 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 |
| Death of a sister | Stacy L Parham March 21, 1917 (Age 61 years) |
| 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/ |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 73 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 sister | Sarah Emaline Parham September 15, 1941 (Age 85 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 85 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 94 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 90 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 | unknown |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Isaac Parham Birth: January 24, 1828 33 32 — Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States Death: between 1865 and 1870 — Cumberland, Tennessee, United States |
| mother |
Stacy Emma Taylor Birth: about 1835 — Kentucky, United States Death: about 1880 — Cumberland, Tennessee, United States |
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Marriage: about 1853 — Cumberland, Tennessee, United States |
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2 years elder sister |
Mary E Parham Birth: about 1854 25 19 — Cumberland, Tennessee, United States Death: |
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3 years herself |
Martha J Parham Birth: about 1856 27 21 — Cumberland, Tennessee, United States Death: |
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3 years younger sister |
Stacy L Parham Birth: May 1859 31 24 — Cumberland, Tennessee, United States Death: March 21, 1917 — Cumberland, Tennessee, United States |
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5 years younger brother |
James A Parham Birth: about 1863 34 28 — Tennessee, United States Death: |
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4 years younger sister |
Melinda Lynn Parham Birth: about 1866 37 31 — Tennessee, United States Death: |
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19 months younger sister |
Sarah Emaline Parham Birth: July 20, 1867 39 32 — Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States Death: September 15, 1941 — Cumberland, Tennessee, United States |
Martha J Parham has 58 first cousins recorded
Father's family (58)
Parents William J Rector + Elizabeth Parham
Parents Johnson Parham Jr + Elizabeth Betsy Brown
Parents Willaim Taylor Orme + Martha Ann “Patsy” Parham
Parents William “Bill” Parham + Sarah Brown
Parents James Washington Parham + Martha Elizabeth Stephens
Parents Allen Parham + Mary Elizabeth Jones
Parents Allen Parham + Nancy Ashley
Parents William Andrew Dial + Mary Parham
Mother's family (0)
| Census | 1860 United States - Census transcript - Drucilla Selby - Household
Cumberland, Tennessee
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| Census | 1880 United States - Census transcript - Martha J Parham - Household
Cumberland, Tennessee
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