The Shemwell Family

Mary Haret ParhamAge: 83 years18561940

Name
Mary Haret Parham
Given names
Mary Haret
Surname
Parham
Married name
Mary Haret Dowlen
Birth September 20, 1856 23 20
Birth of a sisterTennessee Ann “Tennie” Parham
August 23, 1858 (Age 23 months)
Death of a motherMary Elizabeth Jones
August 1858 (Age 22 months)
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859 (Age 3 months)

Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884
Marriage of a parentAllen ParhamNancy AshleyView this family
December 12, 1860 (Age 4 years)
Birth of a half-sisterMartha Lena “Mattie” Parham
October 25, 1861 (Age 5 years)
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 4 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 half-brotherWilliam A Parham
December 21, 1866 (Age 10 years)
Historical Event
The Alaska Purchase
1867 (Age 10 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 10 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 12 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
Birth of a half-brotherAllen Parham Jr.
August 23, 1872 (Age 15 years)
Birth of a half-brotherJames Ashley Parham
February 21, 1874 (Age 17 years)
Birth of a half-sisterMittie Drucilla Parham
February 21, 1876 (Age 19 years)
MarriageWilliam H DowlenView this family
about 1878 (Age 21 years)

Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 21 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 27 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 41 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
Death of a husbandWilliam H Dowlen
February 25, 1915 (Age 58 years)
Death of a fatherAllen Parham
April 26, 1915 (Age 58 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 59 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 60 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 61 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 sisterTennessee Ann “Tennie” Parham
August 11, 1924 (Age 67 years)
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 half-brotherWilliam A Parham
January 20, 1935 (Age 78 years)
Death of a half-brotherJames Ashley Parham
January 5, 1939 (Age 82 years)
Death May 3, 1940 (Age 83 years)
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: December 20, 1855
9 months
herself
Mary Haret Parham
Birth: September 20, 1856 23 20Texas, United States
Death: May 3, 1940Lannius, Fannin, Texas, United States
23 months
younger sister
Tennessee Ann “Tennie” Parham
Birth: August 23, 1858 25 22Lamar, Texas, United States
Death: August 11, 1924Mineral Wells, Palo Pinto, Texas, United States
Father’s family with Nancy Ashley - View this family
father
step-mother
Marriage: December 12, 1860Hopkins, Texas, United States
13 years
half-brother
James Ashley Parham
Birth: February 21, 1874 41 36Texas, United States
Death: January 5, 1939Lamar, Texas, United States
-7 years
half-brother
William A Parham
Birth: December 21, 1866 34 29Lamar, Texas, United States
Death: January 20, 1935Lamar, Texas, United States
-5 years
half-sister
Martha Lena “Mattie” Parham
Birth: October 25, 1861 28 24Canyon City, Randall, Texas, United States
Death: December 23, 1945Maricopa, Arizona, United States
11 years
half-brother
4 years
half-sister
Mittie Drucilla Parham
Birth: February 21, 1876 43 38Texas, United States
Death: June 13, 1961Honey Grove, Fannin, Texas, United States
Family with William H Dowlen - View this family
husband
William H Dowlen
Birth: December 8, 1844Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
Death: February 25, 1915Windom, Fannin, Texas, United States
herself
Mary Haret Parham
Birth: September 20, 1856 23 20Texas, United States
Death: May 3, 1940Lannius, Fannin, Texas, United States
Marriage: about 1878

Mary Haret Parham has 57 first cousins recorded

Father's family (57)

Parents William J Rector + Elizabeth Parham
2James A Rector18411860
3Martha Ann Rector18431915
4Mary C Rector18461925
5Isaac E Rector18481900
Parents Johnson Parham Jr + Elizabeth Betsy Brown
1Sarah Jane Parham18421893
6John W Parham18521931
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 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)